Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Accession # |
2006-24-41 |
Description |
Crane on freighter ORMIDALE at Gladstone, Michigan. Men working are visible at lower right corner of photograph. Photo is dated May 20, 1934. |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
05/20/1934 |
Place |
Gladstone, MI |
Vessel Info |
ORMIDALE was previously named MOTOR I. Built at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company as hull 81. |
Size of original |
2.5" x 3.5" |
Search Terms |
ORMIDALE Freighter |
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. |