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Print, Photographic - Commanders of American Lake Steamships
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1965.231.013

Print, Photographic

Commanders of American Lake Steamships

Photograph. Sepia-toned composite photo that shows the members of the International Shipmasters' Association in 1894. The photo includes oval-shaped, head and shoulders portraits of 154 captains. The name of the captain and the name of his ship are shown beneath each portrait. A small engraved drawing entitled, "Neptune Calming the Seas," is shown at the center of the composite. A small note at the center lower edge of the composite shows "Copyright, 1894, By J. H. Bowles, 94 Reade St., N.Y."

Names that are repeated twice include: "D. McLachlan" (captains) and "City of Cleveland" (ships).

Date
1894
Collection
Extent of Description
32.75" x 27.875"
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Ship Captains, International Shipmasters' Association, SS C. F. Bielman, SS Lora, SS W. L. Frost, SS Bulgaria, SS Specular, SS J. W. Moore, SS Badger State, SS Roumania, SS Castalia, SS J. H. Wade, SS Saxon, SS Syracuse, SS Mark Hopkins, SS Yakima, SS Hawatha, SS City of Cleveland, SS Alcona, SS Northern Light, SS Cadillac, SS City of Venice, SS George Stone, SS City of the Straits, SS V. H. Ketcham, SS Sam Mitchell, SS Arthur Orr, SS C. W. Elphicke, SS Russia, SS Delaware, SS Wyoming, SS Cherokee, SS Folsom, SS John C. Gault, SS Jesse H. Farwell, SS Centurion, SS Australasia, SS Pasadena, SS Griffin, SS Roman, SS Grecian, SS John Harper, SS Iroquois, SS Britannic, SS Cuba, SS Hudson, SS Colgate Hoyt, SS Masaba, SS Lehigh, SS Rochester, SS Joliet, SS City of Paris, SS Schoolcraft, SS John Mitchell, SS Saranac, SS North West, SS Mariposa, SS Robert Mills, SS Conestoga, SS Neosho, SS J. C. Lockwood, SS B. W. Blanchard, SS Pathfinder, SS Milwaukee, SS W. H. Wolf, SS Thomas Davidson, SS Northan King, SS Vega, SS Mohawk, SS City of Genoa, SS Chemung, SS S. C. Reynolds, SS Pontiac, SS Russell Sage, SS Maruba, SS Andaste, SS Colonial, SS La Salle, SS Idlehour, SS Gordon Campbell, SS Clarion, SS A. A. Parker, SS Avon, SS. H. J. Jewett, SS China, SS Wawatum, SS Corsica, SS State of Ohio, SS Marion, SS Gladstone, SS Selwyn Eddy, SS City of Glasgow, SS Italia, SS New York, SS Tempest No. 2, SS Wissahickon, SS Maritana, SS H. J. Johnson, SS German, SS C. J. Gould, SS Briton, SS Kaliyuga, SS Tuscarora, SS W. H. Gilbert, SS. George H. Dyer, SS J. C. Ford, SS Cayuga, SS Lyconning, SS Montana, SS Helena, SS Florida, SS Escanaba, SS Thomas W. Palmer, SS Manola, SS Tioga, SS Northern Wave, SS Brazil, SS Philip Minch, SS Tom Adams, SS Boston, SS H. W. Sibley, SS Pioneer, SS R. P. Fitzgerald, SS Oscoda, SS Vanderbilt, SS Alexander Nimick, SS White and Friant, SS E. M. Peck, SS Lewiston, SS William H. Stevens, SS Owego, SS Spokane, SS City of Detroit, SS John Owen, SS Nebraska, SS Thomas Maytham, SS H. B. Tuttle
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