Print, Photographic

Black and white photo of the Ford Motor Company Marine Division freighter JOHN DYKSTRA headed down the Detroit River, as taken from off of its starboard side, with the Hiram Walker and Sons Distillery in Windsor in the background. A handwritten note is on the verso:

Neg. #23
May 1975
Detroit River
STR. JOHN DYKSTRA
Ford Motor Co. Marine Div.
Bulk Freighter #265808 GRT: 10,606
Built - Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mich. - 1952
Hull No: 424 Capacity at M.S. 18950 L.T.
O.A. Dim: 644' x 67' x 35'
Launched as RICHARD M. MARSHALL
Renamed JOSEPH S. WOOD in 1957. Given present name in 1966.