SS Coralia Transporting Automobiles from Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, March 1937
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Artifact Overview
The Coralia, originally launched in 1896 as a Great Lakes bulk freighter, was converted into an auto carrier in the late 1920s. This photograph shows the Coralia towed by the Ford Motor Company's tugboat Dearborn. The Dearborn worked mainly in the Ford Rouge plant's harbor, shuttling barges between the harbor and the Rouge River proper.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
03 March 1937
Subject Date
03 March 1937
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.67992.E
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.125 in
Width: 11 in
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