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- Unloading Ore at Lackawanna Ore Docks, Buffalo, New York, circa 1900 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Unloading Ore at Lackawanna Ore Docks, Buffalo, New York, circa 1900
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- Freighter "Frontenac" Unloading Ore at Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, 1923 - Henry Ford sited his new manufacturing complex on the newly dredged River Rouge to accommodate ships bringing in raw materials or taking on finished product for delivery. Desiring complete self-sufficiency at the Rouge, Ford assembled his own fleet of cargo carriers, ocean-going ships, barges, tugboats and canal boats. This photograph shows <EM>Frontenac</EM>, a Ford Motor Company ore freighter.
- October 29, 1923
- Collections - Artifact
Freighter "Frontenac" Unloading Ore at Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, Dearborn, Michigan, 1923
Henry Ford sited his new manufacturing complex on the newly dredged River Rouge to accommodate ships bringing in raw materials or taking on finished product for delivery. Desiring complete self-sufficiency at the Rouge, Ford assembled his own fleet of cargo carriers, ocean-going ships, barges, tugboats and canal boats. This photograph shows Frontenac, a Ford Motor Company ore freighter.
- Ford Motor Company Ore Carrier MS Benson Ford at the Rouge Plant, circa 1948 - Ford Motor Company's ore carrier <EM>Benson Ford</EM> is seen docked at Ford's Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Built in 1924, the <EM>Benson Ford</EM> carried iron ore from Duluth, Minnesota, to the Rouge, where the ore was processed into steel. The <EM>Benson Ford</EM> was decommissioned in 1981.
- circa 1948
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Motor Company Ore Carrier MS Benson Ford at the Rouge Plant, circa 1948
Ford Motor Company's ore carrier Benson Ford is seen docked at Ford's Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Built in 1924, the Benson Ford carried iron ore from Duluth, Minnesota, to the Rouge, where the ore was processed into steel. The Benson Ford was decommissioned in 1981.