2011.040.035
Negative, Glass-plate
Negative, glass-plate. Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the starboard side of the freighter CENTURION, under steam. A crew member is on deck. A tree-lined shoreline is visible in the background.
Original non-archival envelope included the handwritten note, "#126994 - Blt. 1893 at Bay City. Steel. Renamed ALEX B. UHRIG, 1920. Was F.W. Wheeler's 100th hull. Always had machinery aft not midship as shown on some lithographs"