Sidewheel Steamer MICHIGAN

ambrotype

PHOTOGRAPHS - AMBROTYPES
USA, Great Lakes
Before 1866
metal; wood; textile; glass; leather
overall: 4 3/4 x 6 x 1 in.

Ambrotype of the starboard view of sidewheel steamer MICHIGAN; 1/2 plate in hinged case, lined with red plush and mounted in oval brass frame; vessel is seen at coal dock in the Great Lakes region; in background is a sign for the Illinois Coal Company; the barge at right is unidentified.

The 190-foot steamboat MICHIGAN, was launched at Detroit in 1847. She provided regular service on the 750-mile route between Buffalo, Detroit, and Green Bay, Wisconsin, for seventeen years. In 1865 she was converted to a tow barge.

UNIDENTIFIED barge
1995.115