Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Carus Collection |
Accession # |
P82-37-3-93 |
Description |
Black and white photograph of passenger steamer ISLE ROYALE. Starboard side view of vessel at dock. 1933. |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
1933 |
Vessel Info |
Vessel name: MANITOU Official number: 92521 Other names: ISLE ROYALE (5/23/1933-1942) Build date: 1893 Builder: Chicago Ship Building Company Place of build: Chicago, IL Dimensions: 274.7 x 42.2 x 20.8 Gross Tonnage: 2944.0 Vessel Rig: Passenger Propeller Rebuild info: Possibly converted to barge, c.1937. Ownership changes: Manitou Steamship Co. (1893-1907) Northern Michigan Transportation Co. (1907-1920) Michigan Transit Co. (1920-1925) Central Securities Co. (1925-1926) Michigan Transit Corp. (1926-1933) Isle Royal Transportation Co. (AZ) (1933-1949) Other history: Ran mainly between Chicago and Mackinac Island. Disposition: Partially burned in layup in Manistee, MI in October 1936. Towed to Manitowoc, WI, where stack, spars and upper works were removed and lower hull sold to Captain John Roen, and converted to a barge. Listed abandoned in 1949. |
Other number |
Volume A |
Size of original |
6.5" x 8.5" |
Search Terms |
Steamer Passenger Vessel ISLE ROYALE MANITOU |
Credit line |
Carus Collection Donated by Henry N. Barkhausen |
Provenance |
Materials in this collection were collected and compiled by Great Lakes ship captain Edward Carus of Manitowoc over a period of more than 50 years. Captain Carus began his career on the Great Lakes sailing on schooners and spent many years as a captain for the Goodrich Line before retiring. During his career, he researched and recorded the maritime heritage of the areas where he sailed, particularly the western shore of Lake Michigan. Captain Carus worked for ten years with Edwin Schuette, also from Manitowoc, and Mr. Schuette also contributed to the collection. In 1937, Captain Carus had fallen on hard times, his wife was bedridden and they were in need of money. Although Captain Carus desired his extensive collection to stay in Manitowoc, neither the City of Manitowoc nor Mr. Schuette was willing to purchase it at the time. Instead, Henry N. Barkhausen purchased it and kept it in his personal collection for more than 40 years before donating it to the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in 1981, returning it to Manitowoc. Edwin Schuette passed his portion of the collection to his son, Henry Schuette, who then donated his portion to the museum in 1981 as well. |