Mystery Ship
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Thanks to The Rock for his insight on the possible identities of several Mystery Ships depicted in the photo. Click here to read The Rock's comments and learn what one of the vessels may be!
posted by Ookpik at 3:34 PM
Friday, October 05, 2007
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- Name: Ookpik
- Location: Michigan, United States
I began my interest in vernacular photography by a chance acquisition of over 10,000 negatives dating from the late 1920's through the early 1970's. Luckily, I knew what I had was something more than "someone's old pictures." This cache of old images became the impetus for me to create two Photoblogs: Ookpik’s Negativity and Mystery Ships Of The Great Lakes. Ookpik’s Negativity contains photos that I would like to know more about while Mystery Ships Of The Great Lakes features photos of ships that I am trying to identify.
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- Edward S. Kendrick / South American
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- John Roen IV
3 Comments:
I am not going to stick my neck out on that tug pulling the barge,(Maida--there, I did) but I will say that IF, again, IF, that is an "H" on the stack of that freighter behind the barge, then that's one of those old classic Hutchinson Line freighters out of Cleveland.
Probably going to need help on both barge and freighter! Come on, someone come forward!
The Rock
Hi Rock,
Thanks for explaining the photo! I did not realize there was a freighter passing by in the background. The stack logo very well could be an H. Unfortunately, part of the barge blocks the stack so I guess we will never know for sure!
My Grandfather, Captain John C Ryan, commanded the tug Jesse James for a time in the late 40s early 50s. Primary job was towing the tug barge Maida. This was his last command.
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