Six people on a sailboat

Name/Title

Six people on a sailboat

Entry/Object ID

SHH 11.2522

Description

Black and white photographic print of six people on a sailboat. Man in vest and hat at tiller. Little boy in sailor suit leaning on left arm on port gunnel facing camera. An older boy in vest and hat sits on starboard gunnel looking back at camera. Another young boy stands in center of boat, facing camera and pointing off to the right behind the camera. A woman with a hat and veil sits beside him looking toward the camera. In the left lower corner is a little girl in a white ruffled dress, dark beret and blond pig tails. The mast and hatch cover bulkhead, which has an umbrella laying on it, is between the blond girl and the rest of the group. Land in background. 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

3-1/4 in

Width

3-1/4 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

Yellowed & dirty, faded, upper left corner missing

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