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Detroit Mailboat G F BECKER 1932 Mailboat photo
Detroit Mailboat G F BECKER 1932 Mailboat photo
Photo #710
(Use this photo number when ordering)
by Jan Kaulins


DEROIT MAILBOAT G F BECKER 1932 photo picture print for sale. DETROIT G F BECKER MAIL BOAT 1932 old photo picture print photograph for sale. This sepia toned G.F. BECKER DETROIT MAILBOAT in 1945 black and white photo print is made for a restored vintage Original G. F. Becker Mail Boat Detroit black and white restored photograph. It is a wonderful image of this historical GF BECKER DETROIT MAIL BOAT during its operation in 1945. It is pictured here on The Detroit River with the Ambassador Bridge seen behind it in the distance. You can easily make out the name of THE G.F. BECKER on the stern at the aft of this vessel.


The very first Detroit Mail Boat the “FLORENCE B” was in operation from 1895 to 1907 and then followed by the “C.F.BIELMAN” until 1932. In those days, contracts ran from July 1st of one year through June 30th of the next year. The “G.F.BECKER” assumed the job and carried mail from 1932 – 1936. Next came the “O.F.MOOK” from 1936 to 1946. When Mr. Mook died in an onshore accident, the “G.F.BECKER” took over until the contract expired in 1948. It was on July 1, 1948 that the J. W. Westcott Company won the contract using the “J.W.WESTCOTT” as the Mail Boat. In 1949, the company replaced her with a new craft, the “J.W.WESTCOTT II”. As of this writing, she is still operating as Detroit’s Mail Boat.During 1900, the MARINE STATION was moved from it’s original location to the foot of First Street, in a part of the old Michigan Central building. About five years later, the office was moved across the street to the old Wayne Hotel overlooking the river. In 1928, the operating point was moved to the foot of 12th Street. It remained there until 1948. It was during this period…1928 to 1948…that mail was actually sorted on the boats and the Mail Boat became a truly “FLOATING POST OFFICE.”


THESE BLACK AND WHITE DETROIT PHOTO ART PRINTS ARE VERY HIGH QUALITY REPRODUCTIONS OF ORIGINAL OLD VINTAGE HISTORICAL DETROIT PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS. THESE SEPIA TONED DETROIT BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS ARE OFFERED FOR SALE HERE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. THEY HAVE BEEN MADE FROM ORIGINAL NEGATIVES OR ORIGINAL FIRST GENERATION PRINTS, MANY OF THEM ARE 50 YEARS OLD AND SOME DATE TO THE EARLY 1920's AND 1930's. THE RARE OLD DETROIT ORIGINAL PHOTOS AND BLACK AND WHITE NEGATIVES USED FOR THESE PRINTS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, NATIONAL ARCHIVES, THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND NUMEROUS PRIVATE COLLECTIONS. IT HAS TAKEN SEVERAL YEARS TO PUT THESE OFFERINGS TOGETHER ON THIS WEBSITE. MANY OF THESE PHOTOS ORIGINALLY CAME FROM OLD DEFUNCT NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARCHIVES, WHERE THEY WERE USED ONCE FOR A STORY AND THEN USUALLY JUST THIS ONE ORIGINAL PRINT WAS MADE AND KEPT FOR THEIR ARCHIVES. HENCE, THESE HISTORICAL IMAGES WERE NOT ORIGINALLY MADE TO BE FOR SALE, BUT WERE TO BE USED AS IMAGES FOR NEWS STORIES AS THEY UNFOLDED--MAKING THESE IMAGES EXTREMELY RARE HAVING SURVIVED SO MANY YEARS. VERY FEW OF THESE IMAGES HAVE EVER BEEN OFFERED FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL NOW.

THE ORIGINAL OLD DETROIT BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE DIGITALLY BEEN RE-MASTERED AND ALL MAJOR FLAWS, SUCH AS TEARS, SRACTCHES, MISSING PIECES, FOLDS, INK STAINS ETC. ON THESE RARE PHOTOS HAVE BEEN PAINSTAKINGLY REMOVED AND CORRECTED AND HIGH QUALITY PRINTS OF THESE HISTORIC RARE DETROIT BLACK AND WHITE SEPIA TONED PHOTOS ARE NOW OFFERED, FOR THE FIRST TIME, ON THIS WEBSITE WWW.OldDetroitPhotos.COM . THESE PHOTOS HAVE BEEN BEAUTIFUL RESTORED AND ARTISTICALLY SEPIA TONED AND OFFERED IN A LIMITED EDITION OF INDIVIDUALLY PRINTED PHOTO PRINTS. THEY ARE READY FOR DISPLAY IN YOUR HOME OR OFFICE. HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN AND ENJOY SOME VERY SPECIAL AND UNIQUE DETROIT PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY.



 

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