Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1985.010.007 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Cripps, John |
Description |
One of thirty-four black and white photographs that were in an album owned by Johannes Otto Petersen. A photograph of a ferry in the water. The ferry has three levels with open sides. There are people visible on each level. The bow of the ship is pointed toward the camera. There is a cabin with windows on the top level of the ship. Written on this cabin is "NORTH SHORE". Behind the cabin two smoke stacks are visible. There are two poles, one at either end of the ship, from which lines of flags are flying. On the side of the bow "MUNICIPAL PIER AND LINCOLN PARK" and "NORTH SHORE" are written. There is an inscription on the back in Danish. |
Print Size |
2 1/2 x 3 1/2 |
Place of Creation |
USA/Lake Michigan |
Associated People |
Petersen, Johannes Otto |
Search Terms |
Petersen, Johannes Otto ferry boat ship North Shore Lincoln Park Municipal Pier Lake Michigan |
Date Received by Museum |
12/1984 |
Provenance |
There is an inscription on the back in Danish. The inscription appears to refer to Lake Michigan. The photograph is likely of a ferry that ran between Municipal Pier and Lincoln Park on Lake Michigan. The photos in this accession relate to the donor's step-father's younger brother Johannes Otto Petersen. Shortly before his death he had given John an album of photos taken during his years in the U.S. Johannes Otto Petersen's hometown was Fredericia, Denmark. He worked in the 1920s as a linotypist with the Danish Lutheran Publishing House in Nebraska. On his return to Denmark he spent the rest of his life as a linotypist with Politiken Newspaper. He died in 1982. The donor removed the photographs from their original album. June Sampson identified some of the locations in the photographs in her Thank You Letter to the donor as Blair, Nebraska; Racine, Wisconsin; California; and Montana. |
Images |
138\1985010007.JPG |
Accession number |
1985.010 |