South American Burned
Photograph
The steamship South American, moored in Holland, with upper decks destroyed by fire.
This image was featured as History Mystery #17 with the solution: After the 1934 season, the South American was laid up for the winter on Lake Macatawa (then Lake Black) when a fire occurred. Completely rebuilt, she continued in use until 1967.
In addition, a newspaper clipping from 12 Sept. 1924 about the fire.
2023.10.288
Digital scan
South American (ship)
Nautical1880 Tourism steamship era -1930
Winthers, Sally
2023.10
Found in Collection
These photos were published by Jack Sheridan for Commercial Record "History Mystery" features.
Digital data in CatalogIt
These image(s) were copied from the SDHC photo blog [or the Jack Sheridan drive if that was a superior version] in preparation for updating the SDHC website in 2023.
11/02/2023
08/25/2024