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A Lake steamer at the pier, Petoskey, Mich. – Antique Print

A Lake steamer at the pier, Petoskey, Mich., c1906. — historic photograph
A Lake steamer at the pier, Petoskey, Mich., c1906.. Historic photograph from the Steamboats collection.

(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 rare historic photograph captures A Lake steamer at the pier, Petoskey, Mich. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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A Lake steamer at the pier, Petoskey, Mich.

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Taken around 1906, this view shows a lake steamer tied up at the pier in Petoskey, a resort town on Little Traverse Bay on the northeast shore of Lake Michigan. In the early twentieth century, passenger steamers were a main link between northern Michigan's summer resorts and larger ports, carrying visitors, mail, and freight along the lakeshore. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this 8 x 10 inch glass negative, produced a large body of views of American towns, waterfronts, and transportation, so the picture also documents how a lakeside town depended on its dock.

Created / publishedc1906.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesCorresponding glass transparency (with same seriescode) available on videodisc frame 1A-30488. G 3223" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019014. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsPiers & wharves. Ships.United States--Michigan--Petoskey.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 803 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-62480

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