Ore boats on Lake Huron

Photograph

Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens

Name/Title

Ore boats on Lake Huron

Entry/Object ID

SHH 11.2519

Description

Black and white photograph. Blurry view of an ore boat taken from ship on Lake Huron. Smokestack with black smoke trailing behind boat. Very calm water. Two masts on boat . Three deep negative marks upper middle and left side. Light and dark areas not related to photo. From a series of photos of the Seiberling's summer home in and around Hessel, Michigan.

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

1896 - 1897

Place

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Notes

Medium: black and white photograph

Dimensions

Height

2-3/4 in

Width

3 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

Yellowed & dirty, faded,

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

One of 232 photos from Photo Album SHH 2014.3. There are high resolution scanned images of the both the album pages and the individual photos. See SHH 2014.3 catalog record for further details. The individual photos were originally cataloged by SSD between Dec 1987 and Oct 1989.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

June 10, 1994

Updated By

bwelch@stanhywet.org

Update Date

July 8, 2025