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Poe Lock on the right largest in the world (excepting Panama) 800 feet long, 100 feet wide, with 21 feet draft.
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The locks, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. 9130
Poe Lock on the right largest in the world (excepting Panama) 800 feet long, 100 feet wide, with 21 feet draft.
Publisher: Detroit Publishing Company
American
about 1905
Medium/Technique
Offset photomechanical print on card stock
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2013.9355
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionFront: Copr. Detroit Photographic Co.
Back: divided. Mint.
"Phostint"
Trade Mark - Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.
Made only by Detroit Publishing Co.
Back: divided. Mint.
"Phostint"
Trade Mark - Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.
Made only by Detroit Publishing Co.
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2011, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in the United States, Canada and Europe; 2013, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 18, 2013)