Aerial view of Les Cheneaux Islands, Michigan

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Name/Title

Aerial view of Les Cheneaux Islands, Michigan

Entry/Object ID

SHH 11.2672a-d

Description

Four copies of a black and white photograph of an aerial view of the Les Cheneaux Islands. The closer land on the left is the southeast end of Long Island, where Camp Wildwood was located. The land to the right of that and the peninsula in the middle are Marquette Island where SunSands and Lakenwood are located. The land beyond is mainland Michigan and the town of Hessel. Heavily wooded areas. Slightly hazy photo.

Photograph Details

Subject Place

City

Hessel

State/Province

Michigan

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Collection

PERMANENT COLLECTION

Acquisition

Accession

SHH-Original

Source or Donor

Seiberling Heirs

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1936

Notes

Medium: black and white photograph

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

SHH 93.87, SHH 11.2673

Dimensions

Height

6-3/4 in

Width

11-3/4 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

Yellowed with age, dirty, and slightly curled horizonally.

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

There are also other copies of this same photo (SHH 11.2673 & SHH 93.87 are slightly narrower views, and the latter has writing on the back which identifies it with the Irene Harrison Family (Hand written in pencil on back "A Merry Christmas to Capt. Harrison and his Chief Mate/ In memory of the famous cruise around St Joseph Island and the rescue at Lime Island/ From "The Deck Hand" and Billy & Judy/ 12/25/36")

Created By

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Create Date

February 28, 1994

Updated By

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Update Date

July 8, 2025