North and South American 1936
Photograph
Aerial (or from tall building) photo of two passenger steamships moored in the Chicago downriver of the Michigan Avenue Bridge.
This image was featured as History Mystery #124 with the text: These steamers spent many winters docked at the Pavilion in the 1920s. The aerial photo was taken of the Chicago River at Michigan Ave. The vessels were the North American and South American.
2023.10.366
Digital scan
North American (ship)South American (ship)
From 1914 to 1924 these mighty ships parked for the winter in Saugatuck.
NauticalTransportation: water
Winthers, Sally
Digital data in CatalogIt
These image(s) were copied from the SDHC photo blog [or the Jack Sheridan drive if that was a superior version] in preparation for updating the SDHC website in 2023.
11/05/2023
11/05/2023