Sailboat on Lake Huron

Name/Title

Sailboat on Lake Huron

Entry/Object ID

SHH 11.2539

Description

Black and white photographic print. Two masted sailboat under sail on lake taken from another sailboat. Part of sail and boom of a second boat seen at right edge of photo. At least six people aboard with a man in a flat hat at the tiller. Two people have their elbows over the gunnel in front of him and a group of three more people, possibly F.A. Seiberling and two children are closer to the bow. Fairly large negative mark under sail of second boat, one on the sail and one at lower right corner. Rowboat is tied to stern. From a series of photos of the Seiberling's summer home in and around Hessel, Michigan.

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

Seiberling, Frank Augustus

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 - 1898

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

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

September 10, 2025