Launching Party for the Steamer "Merton E. Farr," September 11, 1920
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From 1895-1924, Detroit Publishing Company was one of the world's major image publishers. Its wide-ranging stock of original photographs included scenes from around the globe. Detroit Shipbuilding Company launched the Merton E. Farr in 1920. Workers built the 587-foot-long freighter using surplus materials from a World War I shipbuilding program. The vessel was scrapped in 1970.
From 1895-1924, Detroit Publishing Company was one of the world's major image publishers. Its wide-ranging stock of original photographs included scenes from around the globe. Detroit Shipbuilding Company launched the Merton E. Farr in 1920. Workers built the 587-foot-long freighter using surplus materials from a World War I shipbuilding program. The vessel was scrapped in 1970.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
11 September 1920
Creators
Spencer & Wyckoff Photo Company
Place of Creation
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Creator Notes
Photographed by Spencer & Wyckoff Photo Company, Detroit, Michigan. Published by the Detroit Publishing Co., Detroit, Michigan.
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Detroit
Couzens, Margaret Manning, b. 1877
Farr, Merton E. (Merton Elmer)
Livingstone, Susan Ralston Downie, d. 1925
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.DPC.022845
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Toning (Photography)
Color
Brown
Dimensions
Height: 7.25 in
Width: 9.25 in
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