Digital Collection
2013.044.113

Print, Photographic

Black and white close-up photo of the Ford Motor Company Marine Division freighter HENRY FORD II's stern, as taken as taken off of its port quarter from a point near the Jefferson Avenue bridge over the Rouge River as it waits for the railroad drawbridge to the northwest. Coal is piled on board above the level of its decks. A salt pile and the Morton Salt Company's silos stand in the background. A handwritten note is on the verso:

Neg. #19
Rouge River
3-15-77
M/V HENRY FORD II
Fantail
The Toledo Coal Run
Taken from the Jefferson Ave. Bridge

Date
1977
Collection
Print Size
5" x 3.5"
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