Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Accession # |
2006-24-4 |
Description |
Color postcard of the harbor and Fox Pier at Put-In-Bay, Ohio. In background are PUT-IN-BAY and ERIE ISLE. |
Object Name |
Postcard |
Place |
Put-In-Bay, OH |
Photographer |
Ackley, E.B., Sandusky, Ohio |
Size of original |
3.5" x 5.5" |
Search Terms |
Put-In-Bay, OH PUT IN BAY ERIE ISLE Ferry harbor pier |
Credit line |
Donated in memory of Robert D. Krauss |
Provenance |
Collection of maritime photographs and negatives from Sturgeon Bay Boat Works, estate of Robert Krauss (Father of the donor). Robert Krauss died August 11, 1999. He was employed at the Kewaunee Shipbuilding and Engineering Corporation in the early 1940s when the photos were taken. In 1945 or 1946 he started his own boat building company called "Krauss Kraft." He built two ferry boats for Washington Island. He worked with Walter Haertel, a naval architect from Sturgeon Bay, WI. |