Vintage Victorian Antique Postcard of the City of Detroit Side Wheel Steamer

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This is a Vintage Victorian Antique Postcard of the City of Detroit Side Wheel Steamer. On the front it says The New D. & C. Steamer "City of Detroit". The Largest Side Wheel Steamer in the World. On the Bow of the boat it says Lake Erie Division City of Detroit. The City of Detroit III was built by the Detroit Shipbuilding Company in Wyandotte, Michigan and was designed by Frank E. Kirby. The architecture and decor were designed by painter and architect Louis O. Keil, who collaborated with Kirby on many projects. It was owned by the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company (D&C) and was launched on October 7, 1911. When it was launched the City of Detroit III was the largest sidewheeler on the Great Lakes, until the next year when a competing steamship company, the Cleveland Buffalo Transit Company (C&B), launched the 485-foot (148 m) Seeandbee. The City of Detroit III traveled regularly between Detroit, Michigan, Cleveland, Ohio and Buffalo, New York. The card is in good vintage condition but does have two slight bends. Not bad for being almost 100 years old. It is cancelled on the back and says Grand River Station next to George Washington 1 Cent stamp Detroit, Mich Sold as found.We are not postcard experts.

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