[City of Cleveland, Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co.] – Vintage Wall Art
![[City of Cleveland, Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co.], [between 1907 and 1915] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3c/3cb5de145618-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures [City of Cleveland, Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co.] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[City of Cleveland, Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co.]
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The name painted on the bow, "City of Cleveland," identifies this as one of the passenger steamers of the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company, which ran overnight service across Lake Erie between Detroit and Cleveland. The stenciled "U.S. Mail" marks the ship as a carrier of federal mail, a role that gave these lake steamers a dependable place in the region's travel and commerce. The glass negative dates from roughly 1907 to 1915, when the Detroit Publishing Company was documenting steamboats and waterfront life across the country, and the ship's broad decks and white superstructure show the handsome side-wheel style of the era.
| Created / published | [between 1907 and 1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Title from jacket. On bow: Lake Erie Division / D & C / U.S. Mail / City of Cleveland. G 5018" on negative. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 791 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-69364 |
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