Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
SS Marquette
General material designation
- Graphic material
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
Level of description
Item
Repository
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
c.1879-1888 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
3.5" x 5.25" (b/w)
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Custodial history
Donated to the Daly House Museum by Frank Robb in 1993. Rephotographed by Fred Morrison in 1958 for the Manitoba Historical Society.
Scope and content
Photograph of the SS Marquette. The steamboat is shown taking on cordwood and lumber at a landing on the Red River.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
Associated materials
Accruals
General note
History: The SS Marquette steamer was built in Moorhead, North Dakota for entrepreneur, Peter McArthur. It had a cargo capability of 170 tons and could carry up to 350 passengers. The boat was used for the transportation of both passengers and goods on the Assiniboine from 1879 to 1882. From 1882 to 1888 is was used on the Red River.
(Source: "Brandon: A Prospect of a City" by Mary Hume)
Accompanying material
Note: The caption underneath the photograph reads, "Assiniboine River Boat Marquette, 1876; Winnipeg to Brandon and West," however, this date is incorrect as the ship was not in service until 1879.