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Tashmoo Plus Two: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 03/19/2011 - 3:39pm.
Detroit, Michigan, circa 1912. "Daily river excursion steamers. Sidewheelers Tashmoo, Owana and City of Detroit III at White Star Line dock." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Thanks Gramps!
Submitted by beal99 on Mon, 03/21/2011 - 10:52am.
My Grandpa painted ships in Detroit, I have a beautiful oil painting of the Tashmoo hanging on my wall that he did a few years before he died.
Sorry, honey
Submitted by Darnaud on Mon, 03/21/2011 - 8:10am.
Couldn't get the money to take the cruise.
Studebaker
Submitted by sionnach on Mon, 03/21/2011 - 1:04am.
Is the name on the crating on the machine goods "Studebaker Corporation"?
[It is. - Dave]
And on the top deck
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sun, 03/20/2011 - 7:25pm.
is the dutiful U-boat spotter.
The Glass Hack
Submitted by Clare on Sun, 03/20/2011 - 11:33am.
This was the nickname given the Tashmoo. She had over 600 windows. She was a day steamer that sailed from Detroit every morning in the summer with a stop at Tashmoo Park to disembark picnickers. She continued to Port Huron with a short stop, crossed over to Sarnia headed back to Harsons Island to pick up the people after a outing at the park, returning to Detroit in the evening.
Built in 1901, she sank at Amherstburg, Ontario, in 1936 and was cut up for scrap.
99 bottles of everything.
Submitted by Jimmy Longshanks on Sun, 03/20/2011 - 3:13am.
From the number of empties on the lower left, it looks as if these were not dry cruises.
Barrels of bottles!
Submitted by Oldmanmac on Sun, 03/20/2011 - 1:58am.
Looks like someone remembered to put the glass recycling out! Hope that isn't all beer !
On the dock
Submitted by Alan_Flor on Sun, 03/20/2011 - 1:58am.
Those have to be the flimsiest shipping crates I've ever seen.
Paul Senior
Submitted by RDown3657 on Sat, 03/19/2011 - 7:28pm.
My gosh, if it isn't Paul Teutul Sr., of Orange County Choppers!
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