lot of 2 Great Lakes Steamship, Juniata, Mackinal Island,MI. G.H.Wickman photo C

Description: 2 Vintage images of Great Lakes ship .Juniata on the straits of Mackinac. This photo was purchased from the estate of Mackinac Island photographer, George H. Wickman. There is no ID on the photo but I am assuming the image was taken by him - more on this photographer below. "Juniata The Milwaukee Clipper was launched on December 22, 1904, in Cleveland, Ohio, at the shipyards of the American Shipbuilding Company. Christened Juniata when she was launched, she was built for the Anchor Line, the Great Lakes marine division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Her sister ships are the SS Tionesta of 1902 and SS Octorara of 1910. The ship is 361 feet (110 m) in length, 45 feet (14 m) in beam, a depth of 22 feet (6.7 m), with a gross tonnage of 4333 tons. She carried 350 passengers in staterooms at 18 knots. As originally built, she had a riveted steel hull and a wooden superstructure. For the Pennsylvania Railroad, she carried passengers and freight between Buffalo, New York and Duluth, Minnesota until 1915. That year, the anti-monopoly Panama Canal Act, which forbade railroads from owning steamships, went into effect. Forced to divest from its marine divisions, the Pennsylvania Railroad sold its Anchor Line along with four other railroad-owned company fleets, to the newly formed Great Lakes Transit Corporation. Under this flag, she carried passengers along her old routes for another 20 seasons. For the duration of the 1933 season, Juniata carried passengers to and from Chicago for the Chicago World's Fair. Juniata was laid up in 1936 due to poor economic conditions as well as new regulations on wooden passenger ships following the Morro Castle disaster."-Wikipedia Steamer Juniata, Anchor Line, S.S. Milwaukee ClipperFrom the Website... www.milwaukeeclipper.com/ "In 1904 (predating the building of the RMS TITANIC by seven years) the Erie & Western Transportation Company, better known as the Anchor Line, commissioned the American Shipbuilding Company of Cleveland, Ohio, to build a 361 foot passenger and package freight steamer for service on the Great Lakes . Her name was JUNIATA, and she was powered by a 3,000 horsepower Quadruple Expansion steam engine, built by the Detroit Shipbuilding Company of Detroit, Michigan (one of only seven such engines built for Great Lakes passenger service). Carrying 350 passengers in staterooms, the JUNIATA was the epitome of first class travel and sailed between Buffalo, New York, and Duluth, Minnesota. Highly varnished mahogany woodwork and wicker furniture was in evidence, and a great oak staircase greeted passengers boarding the steamer, and cuisine worthy of the finest hotels awaited them. Twice remodeled to suit the Great Lakes passenger trade, the JUNIATA operated on the Great Lakes through the 1936 season. In 1937, when new safety features were instituted for passenger ships of American registry, the JUNIATA was retired from service because of her wooden superstructure." "Wickman, George H. Mackinac Island PHOTOGRAPHER ... 1898-1899Detroit street car conductor...1900Adrian PHOTOGRAPHER at 25 Maumee st east... 1906-1907Mackinac Island PHOTOGRAPHER and dealer in photographic materials and supplies... 1906-1908Saint Ignace PHOTOGRAPHER... 1908-1931Mackinac Island PHOTOGRAPHER and dealer in photographic materials and supplies.. 1910-1911Mackinac Island dealer in photographic materials and supplies... 1912-1915Mackinac Island dealer in curios ..1916-1919Boca Grande, Florida, PHOTOGRAPHER...1920Mackinac Island dealer in curios ... 1920-1925Mackinac Island PHOTOGRAPHER and dealer in curios....925Mackinac Island dealer in curios .... 1926-1927Boca Grande, Florida, PHOTOGRAPHER and dealer in curios or gifts ...1930,1940 George was born in Germany about 1868, and he immigrated in 1883. He was a naturalized citizen of the Unitedstates by 1900, and he remained single and lived alone according to all available records. He advertised nationally latein 1906: “FOR SALE - Well located studio in prosperous Southern Michigan town of 15,000 population. Equippedfrom stamp to 14x17 size; cameras and lenses first-class. Best skylight in city - northern exposure; city water and gas;low rent. Fine opening for a good workman. Big bargain for someone....” A 9 ¾ by 7 ½ inch photograph of MackinacIsland entitled: “Old Indian Trail” was copyrighted by G. H. Wickman in 1907. A neat impression of the block houseover “WICKMAN, MACKINAC” was blind stamped into postal photographs. Some of his post cards were made fromnegatives exposed by J. S. Desy of Mackinaw City. Florida post cards were copyrighted by G. H. Wickman, and latercards of Florida scenes were imprinted: “Photo by Wickman, Boca Grande.” George seems to have spent all of hiswinters at Boca Grande between 1920 and 1940 or longer, and to have maintained a seasonal photography and curiobusiness there. He became the largest retailer of post cards on Mackinac Island. Cards from George’s negatives werepress printed by German firms until World War I, when he established an exclusive arrangement with Curt Teich inChicago. One of the things produced by Curt Teich was a mailable package of twenty 2¼ by 3½ inch views ofMackinac Island with printing that included “G. H. WICKMAN, MACKINAC ISLAND, MICH.” in very small letters. George workedon Mackinac Island through the 1930s and 1940s until he sold the business to Robert Benjamin about 1950." - clements.umich.edu/files/tinder_directory Image meas. apx. 5" x 7". Judge condition of images from scan but please ask any and all questions before bidding as I want you to bid with confidence. These are historical images documenting a bygone era ... On multiple purchases please wait for invoice before paying as I combine items to save you money on shipping. Feedback will always be left once it is received. 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Price: 19.99 USD

Location: Royal Oak, Michigan

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