Three men at a cookfire

Name/Title

Three men at a cookfire

Entry/Object ID

SHH 11.2547

Description

Black and white photographic print of F.A. Seiberling (left) in sailor cap with visor, vest, white shirt and tie, pants matching vest, with thumbs in vest sleeves watching man squatting at open fire with frying pan in his left hand. Will Chase is standing further back to the right in dark pants, light shirt, suspenders, and flat cap. A sailboat is moored in the background, sail down, with a man working in it. The lake is choppy. Three limbs at fire for hanging pots. Large smear of negative mark lower left corner. 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, Chase, William Sabin

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

3-1/4 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