Str. F.P. Jones, sponsor – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of Str. F.P. Jones, sponsor brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The launch of the steel freighter *F.P. Jones* at Wyandotte, Michigan, on March 8, 1913, is the event this glass negative records. The sponsor, the woman who traditionally christens a new vessel, and a couple posed for the photographer, so the picture captures the ceremony as much as the ship itself. Great Lakes freighters of this period carried iron ore, coal, and grain between lake ports, and their launchings drew crowds from local shipyard towns. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm known for its wide-ranging views of American places, made the image.
| Created / published | 1913 Mar. 8. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs.Group portraits.Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | 463-T" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043735. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | F.P. Jones (Freighter) Cargo ships. Launchings. Couples.United States--Michigan--Wyandotte. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 806 × 980 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-70500 |
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