Related Records

1. 2005-85-2

   Color postcard showing the whaleback S.S. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS of the Goodrich Transit Company en route between Chicago and Milwaukee. Port bow view of the ship underway with many passengers depicted on the decks. Backside of the postcard details facts about the ship, including amenities, routes, and schedules.

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. 2006-53-4

   35mm black and white slide, partial port bow view of whaleback SOUTH PARK. Name has been painted over so only "ARK" is visible. Overlaid text on slide reads "Last of the whalebacks"

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. 2013-3-8

   Color photograph of a port view of the whaleback propeller METEOR of Cleveland Tankers Inc. underway near the Soo Locks.The words "Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Dale & Joann Fischer" visible in upper portion of photo in pink lettering. Used as a holiday card.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. P69-15-1

   Port bow view of bulk carrier EVERETTON and whaleback METEOR side by side at dock in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. P69-25-1

   Port bow view of the whaleback passenger vessel CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS loaded with passengers. Photo taken from an old postcard.

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. P69-79-10

   Certificate of enrollment for Alex McDougall of the passenger whaleback SS CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS owned by the Columbian Whaleback Steamship Company of New York, dated April 29, 1893.

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. P70-71-2

   Bow view of passenger whaleback CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS at dock showing damage to super-structure after hitting bridge in 1917 in Milwaukee.

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. P70-81-17

   Port bow view of Pittsburgh Steamship Company whaleback freighter JAMES B. COLGATE at dock in Duluth, Minnesota with another whaleback at dock in distance. Part of postcard titled 'Lake Superior Scenery."

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. P70-98-7

   Port bow view of the passenger whaleback vessel CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS going through the Soo Locks on its way to the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. Ship has a white hull.

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. P72-14-1

    Port bow view of whaleback passenger steamer CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS with a black hull entering the harbor at Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. P75-30-48

    Starboard bow view of passenger whaleback steamer CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS coming from Superior, Wisconsin and going through Soo Locks to go to the Chicago Worlds Fair. 1893.

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. P75-30-88

    Starboard side view of the passenger whaleback steamer CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, showing white hull, running from Hammond to Chicago during the World's Fair. c. 1893.

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. P75-3-1

    Close up starboard bow view of whaleback bulk carrier METEOR at dock.

    Record Type: Photo

    
14. P75-45-18

    Port side view of Pittsburgh Steamship Company whaleback freighter JAMES B. COLGATE underway.

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. P75-45-29

    Port bow view of whaleback freighter JOHN ERICSSON (built in 1896 at Superior, WI) underway.

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. P75-47-2

    Starboard bow view of whaleback steamer ALEXANDER MCDOUGALL entering harbor of Duluth, Minnesota in 1914.

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. P75-47-3

    Port side view of whaleback ALEXANDER MCDOUGALL underway in open water in 1940.

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. P76-18-17

    Port bow view of passenger whaleback CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS underway in harbor.

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. P76-26-11

    Close up bow view of ice-covered whaleback freighter at dock with crewman on deck.

    Record Type: Photo

    
20. P76-26-16

    Starboard side view of unknown whaleback freighter covered with ice entering harbor.

    Record Type: Photo