Great Lakes Art Database

Forest Queen

Description
Creator
Unknown
Item Type
Drawings
Description
This is a black and white charcoal drawing of the steamboat " The Forest Queen. " The boat is shown on choppy water. There is a center smoke-stack with black smoke pouring out. Flags are flying on board. One flag has the words Detroit and Port Huron. The artist is unknown and there is no date on this piece.
The Forest Queen was built by John Bushnell at Newport, Michigan (aka Ward's Landing, now Marine City) in 1855 for Samuel and Eber B. Ward. Ran out of Detroit to either Port Huron and Saginaw, or Cleveland and Buffalo. Converted to a barge in 1866.
Date of Original
ca. 1855
Date Of Event
ca. 1855
Dimensions
Width: 25 in
Height: 18.5 in
Image Dimensions
Image Width: 17in
Image Height: 11in
Subject(s)
Forest Queen (Steamboat)
Local identifier
2006.004.331
Collection
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
Language of Item
English
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
Contact
Detroit Historical Society
Email:jeremyd@detroithistorical.org
Website:
http://detroithistorical.org

Street/mail address:

Jeremy Dimick

Director of Collections & Curatorial

Detroit Historical Society

5401 Woodward Avenue

Detroit, MI USA 48202

P. 313.297.8391

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Forest Queen


This is a black and white charcoal drawing of the steamboat " The Forest Queen. " The boat is shown on choppy water. There is a center smoke-stack with black smoke pouring out. Flags are flying on board. One flag has the words Detroit and Port Huron. The artist is unknown and there is no date on this piece.
The Forest Queen was built by John Bushnell at Newport, Michigan (aka Ward's Landing, now Marine City) in 1855 for Samuel and Eber B. Ward. Ran out of Detroit to either Port Huron and Saginaw, or Cleveland and Buffalo. Converted to a barge in 1866.