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November 8, 1912. Wyandotte, Michigan. "Steamer Seeandbee on the ways, broadside." The Great Lakes sidewheeler, built for the Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co., the day before its launch at the Detroit Ship Building yards. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
... or a fence guy, or a train guy, but this is quickly becoming one of my all-time Shorpy favorites. The totality of this photograph is just stunning.
I had absolutely no idea that sidewheelers like this were being built in the early 20th century.
Thirty years after launch, she would be converted into an aircraft carrier to train pilots, USS Wolverine (IX-64).
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