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Steamship Pere Marquette 18
March 19, 1905
The screw rail ferry, Pere Marquette 18. Flags are flying, including one with her name and the American flag. This was Chicago's largest excursion boat. Caption on front reads: "Steamship 'Pere Mar...
Ferry at Frankfort
The screw ferry, Ann Arbor No. 7, at Frankfort. Later named Viking, then Viking I. Caption reads: "Frankfort, Mich."
The "Ann Arbor No. 7"
View from shoreline towards the screw ferry, "Ann Arbor No. 7." The ferry was later named "Viking," then "Viking I."
The Pere Marquette 18
circa 1910-1919
The screw rail ferry, Pere Marquette 18, entering the harbor. Caption reads: "Pere Marquette Steamer Entering, Milwaukee, Wis."
"Wisconsin" Docked at Washington Island
The screw ferry, "Wisconsin," docked at Washington Island. Twenty-one metal drums line the edge of the dock in the foreground. Original is in scrapbook on loan from Haldor Gudmundsen of Washington ...
Steamer "Vernon"
The screw passenger and freight vessel, "Vernon," docked, with several small boats in the foreground. This ship was lost with all on board off Two Rivers Point, Oct. 28, 1887.
