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Chicora

Object/Artifact
13 1/2" x 25" bird's eye maple plaque with a drawing of the Chicora ship dated 1896. the artist is L.A. Haine
chicora plaque; Origsize: 13 1/2 x 25
chicora closeup of name; Origsize: 13 1/2 x 25 signature of plaque; Origsize: 13 1/2 x 25 worksheet test June 2012 SDHC newsletter; Ron Spengler and Mary Redford, Society Young Scholar, hold a wooden plaque with a portrait of the Graham & Morton lost steamship the Chicora burned into it. The artist's name in the lefthand corner is Haine and the picture is dated 1896, a year after the Chicora was lost on Lake Michigan in a January storm. A large amount of wreckage washed ashore between Saugatuck and South Haven and it is likely that the wood for the plaque is a salvaged piece of this wreckage. Spengler bought the plaque from a Hillsdale area man, restored it and presented it to the Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society. It was unveiled following a presentation on the Chicora given by society member and author Kit Lane on June 13. submitted by Kit Lane

2012.42.01

Nautical

Voss, Mary

2012.42

Mrs. Ron Spengler

Donation

LA Haine

1896

shipsChicora

Sec 2E Shelf S24

Good

Notes: the plaque has been repaired at one time as it has a large crack across it Status: OK Status By: Mary Voss Status Date: 2012-06-06

06/06/2012

07/29/2024