Launch of S.S. Calcite – 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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A window into the past: Launch of S.S. Calcite, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Launch of S.S. Calcite
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This view records the launch of the S.S. Calcite at Wyandotte, Michigan, on March 30, 1912, a river town on the Detroit River that built vessels for Great Lakes trade. Bulk freighters of this period carried ore, coal and stone between lake ports, and shipyard launches like this one were a regular event in the region's industrial life. The image survives as an 8 by 10 inch glass negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm known for its broad photographic survey of American towns, rivers and industry in the early twentieth century.
| Created / published | 1912 Mar. 30. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | 208 T" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. X 953. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Calcite (Freighter) Launchings. Cargo ships.United States--Michigan--Wyandotte. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 791 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-76092 |
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