Sailboat on Lake Huron

Name/Title

Sailboat on Lake Huron

Entry/Object ID

SHH 11.2540

Description

Black and white photographic print. Two masted sailboat with six people onboard. Taken from another boat off the bow. Man on the bow is holding the shoulders of a small boy. Man is standing at the tiller has turned to look back at rowboat being towed. Tree line at edge of lake is broken toward left and at left edge is large house. Boathouse on shore. This is in far 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 - 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, lower feft corner torn & missing

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