Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Carus Collection |
Accession # |
P82-37-8-8 |
Description |
Black and white photograph of car ferry MISSOURI. Port side view of the vessel underway near shore. |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
1904-1918 |
Vessel Info |
Vessel name: MISSOURI Official number: 200861 Other names: None available Build date: 1904 Builder: Chicago Ship Building Company Place of build: Chicago, IL Dimensions: 225.00 x 40.00 x 24.42 Gross Tonnage: 2434.0 Vessel Rig: Propeller Rebuild info: None available Ownership changes: Northern Michigan Transportation Co. (1904-1918) Michigan Transit Co. (1918-1926) Warren A. Cartier (1926-1932) Milwaukee Boat Co. (1932-1933) Wisconsin & Michigan Steamship Co. (1933-1936) Sand Products Corp. (1936-1947) Other history: Chartered to Goodrich Transit Co., Chicago, IL, in winter, 1920-21, to replace damaged ALABAMA on Grand Haven-Muskegon run. Disposition: Laid up at Muskegon, MI, c.1940. Engine removed and hull stripped, 1943. Scrapped at Hamilton, Ontario in 1947. |
Other number |
Volume G |
Size of original |
8" x 10" |
Search Terms |
Passenger Vessel car ferry carferry MISSOURI |
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. |