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

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

SS Coralia Transporting Automobiles from Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, March 1937