Detroit Historical Society

    This oil painting depicts the steam freighter Coralia navigating a river toward an industrial complex, likely steel mills. The vessel was built at Cleveland in 1896, and sailed for a number of firms

    Titled "The Wreck of the Steamer WALK-IN-THE-WATER, Nov. 1, 1821,” this oil-on-wood work is the only known painting contemporary to the first steamboat on the upper lakes. Only three years in service

    This painting is of the steamer Cliffs Victory. The ship is painted in Cleveland Cliff's livery of black and soft green. Originally built in Portland, Oregon, the steamer was a post-WWII conversion.

    This image of the steam-powered freighter Alex B. Uhrig is attributed to artist L. Schmitt. Originally built as the Centurion by F.W. Wheelers in West Bay City, MI, in 1893, it ran in Reiss Steam Shi

    Built as the Grace McMillan in 1879, this ship was an early Frank E. Kirby vessel constructed by the Detroit Dry Dock Company. In 1900, she was sold to Detroit’s White Star Line and renamed IDLEWILD.

    The wooden steam propeller Atlantic was built in Cleveland in 1863, and over a long career served on all the Great Lakes. At the time this painting was created by Seth Arca Whipple in 1883, it was ow

    The small steamer Island Queen was built for Datus Kelley in 1855 by Daniel Dibble on Kelley's Island in Lake Erie. She initially ran from Sandusky, Ohio to the islands, and later was owned by variou

    Gift made in memory of donor's father, Robert H. Beauchamp, who was with the Interlake SS Co. of Cleveland, OH for 35 years until his retirement at the age of 65. He began sailing as a boy of 14 when

   

    Vessels name was changed to City of Cleveland III in 1912.

    One framed, limited edition (400/750) color reproduction print of a painting of the passenger steamship, SS CITY OF DETROIT III, of the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company. The print shows a sta

    One framed, limited edition (169/250) color reproduction print of a painting of the bulk carrier, SS EDMUND FITZGERALD, of the Columbia Transportation Company. The print shows a port side bow view of

    This watercolor painting is an interior view of the grand salon of the steamer GREATER DETROIT which was launched in 1924, with interior design by Louis Kiel and decorated by W. & J. Sloan Co. of New

    One framed reproduction print of a watercolor painting entitled "A View of Detroit and the Straits, Taken from the Huron Church, June 22nd 1804." The color print on linen paper shows a view of the Sa

    This dynamic watercolor of the steamer Sheboygan was painted by June Perry, artist, diver, and wife of maritime historian C. Patrick Labadie. It is undated. The Sheboygan was built in Manitowoc, Wisc

    The Put-In-Bay was designed by Frank Kirby and launched in 1911 at the Wyandotte yards of the Detroit Shipbuilding Company. It ran daily passenger excursions from Detroit to the Lake Erie Islands, Sa

    Lithograph of the passenger steamer TASHMOO, from a painting by Jim Clary about 1974. Vessel is seen steaming upbound in the St. Clair River, passing St. Clair, Michigan, where Clary maintained a stu

    This watercolor of the motor yacht YOREDA (1929) was painted by the donor, Fr. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. for the Dossin Great Lakes Museum's collection. It shows a starboard profile view of a white yac

    One watercolor painting of the passenger steamship, CITY of SOUTH HAVEN. Built at Craig Shipbuilding Co. in Toledo for Dunkley-Williams Co. of Chicago, this vessel ran a regular run between that city

    Print of Seth Arca Whipple's best-known work, the "Tug Champion with Eight Vessels in Tow" in the Detroit River. Similar in detail to a watercolor the artist did of the same subject, the rendering is