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The Launch: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 7:10pm.
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November 9, 1912. Wyandotte, Michigan. "Steamer Seeandbee, the launch." Thrilling denouement of the scene glimpsed earlier here. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Graffiti
Submitted by Joekomar on Sun, 01/22/2012 - 10:31pm.
Is that an early form of graffiti on the platform the people are standing on?
[It's a railroad car, which frequently bore handwritten markings by RR yardmen, though usually in chalk. And graffiti dates back to ancient times.]
Side wheeler
Submitted by Jazznocracy on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 3:47pm.
As I see from the other shot, this ship was a side wheeler. I'm very curious why designers as late as 1911 would choose to make a ship a paddle wheeler, rather than a screw propeller driven craft. There must have been advantages.
Business opportunity
Submitted by jastbrown on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 10:08am.
What a great moment in time it would have been for an enterprising pickpocket! I'm surprised that the photographer hasn't captured one.
Got your back
Submitted by Quiet Mike on Fri, 01/20/2012 - 6:52am.
What a great image! I would like to thank the photographer for such an interesting viewpoint. The spectators watching the event so intently make the picture, rather than get in the way, and are as interesting a subject as the launching of the ship. They help to place the event in history. I wonder if he (or her) felt this at the time? Or that this was the only place they could set up their camera. I suspect the latter, but all the same, a wonderful image. I'm going to remember this next time I'm taking photos and thinking that the crowds are getting in the way of my shot.
E ticket?
Submitted by tterrace on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 9:28pm.
I think those people on the boat had the most fun.
I do hope the chaps got out in time
Submitted by rgraham on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 8:56pm.
I remember seeing quite a few people standing right where that ship is making a splash.
Murder weapons!
Submitted by Goats Of Venus on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 8:07pm.
Those hat pins the ladies are sporting could easily be used for knitting, trussing the turkey or—Heavens to Betsy—homicide!
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