The artist, Abijah E. Ketchum, captures the mood ofan 1880s summer sunset at South Haven, Michigan . The Lighthouse was constructed of wood in 1871. A number of Local people ofthe period are represented. The woman fishing on the pier is the artist's wife. Captain James S. Donahue, US Lighthouse Keeper at South from 1874 to 1909, is the man with crutches visible in front of the Lighthouse. The schooner sailing out ofthe piers is Jessie Winters and the passenger steamship arriving from the southwest is C ity of Kalamazoo, built in South Haven. The Reverend Ketchum was a Methodist minister in South Haven, Michigan, from 1881 to 1884, and a painter known for his Lakescapes. (oil on canvas, courtesy, Michigan Maritime Museum)
SaiCiJl9 Tliro"91i Time: Great Lakes MaritimeArt The Michigan Maritime Museum is offering a panoramic view of the evol ution of G reat Lakes ships and how they have been depicted in art over the years. T he art and artifacts, selected from the museum's own collections, included oil paintings, watercolors, lithographs, sketches, wood carvings, ship models, rope wo rk and even fab ri c art. T he artists whose work is on exhibit include Bertha Jacques, Remy C hampt, James C lary, David Hamburg, Dave Davis, Frank Irey, Steve French, Patrick Kelly, Howard Sprague and Mary Lou Ridley-Richards. The exhibit will be open through March 2004. MICHIGAN MARITIME MUSEUM, 260 Dyckman Aven ue, South Haven MI 49090; 269 637-8078; web site: www.MichiganMaritimeMuseum.org.
This historic promotional painting produced by the Meyercord Co., Chicago, features the Graham & Morton Line sidewheel passenger steamship City of C hicago, c. 1905. This vessel was built in 1890 for passenger and freight service between Chicago and St. Joseph, Michigan. After a mid-Lake fire in 1914, she was rebuilt and renamed City of Sr. Joseph, retiring in 1929. (Courtesy Michigan Maritime Museum)
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