Negative, Glass-plate

Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the starboard side of the North Western Transportation Company freighter S.R. KIRBY, under steam. A group of men are gathered along the starboard side of the main deck, where a ladder has been lowered to two figures in a rowboat. A tree-lined shoreline is visible in the background. The non-archival envelope which previously housed the plate included the following hand-written details:

1890 Wyandotte Mich.
Foundered, Lake Superior
5/10/16 - 20 lives lost
#116325 - 1890, Wyandotte
Composite
2338 gr., 1823 n., 294.0' x 42.0' x 21.0'
Foundered Lake Superior
May 10, 1916 20 lives lost.