Clarence Holman photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: GLMS-0080

Collection Organization

The collection is composed of several sets of photographs depicting sailing vessels on the Great Lakes. Box 1 contains photographs of the J.T. WING, which may have been the last commercial sailing schooner to operate on the Great Lakes. Holman served aboard the schooner fom 1935-1937 as an able seaman and captured these photographs during his service. These images provide ample documentation of everyday life aboard, as well as other vessels encountered during the J. T. WING's cargo runs delivering pulp wood to paper mills in Green Bay, Wisconsin. An item-level inventory is available for the first portion of Box 1 and is linked from this finding aid under "External Documents".

Boxes 2 and 3 document Boy Scout sailing cruises aboard the vessels PREVAILING WINDS I and PREVAILING WINDS II in 1958, 1961-1964, and 2001. Additional photographs depict preparing the PREVAILING WINDS II for the sailing season in 1998 and 2001.

J. T. WING negatives and photographs - reprints, 1935-1937

 File – Box 1, Item: 1-275
Dates
Creation: 1935-1937

J. T. WING photographs - duplicates, 1935-1937

 File – Box 1, Item: 276-364
Dates
Creation: 1935-1937

J. T. WING photographs - originals, 1935-1937

 File – Box 1, Item: 365-478
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Creation: 1935-1937

History of the CHARLES F. GORDON (later J. T. WING), probably written by Holman, n.d.

 File – Box 2, Folder: 1

First Mate Bill Bayley steering by compass in fog off east coast of Michigan, August 1962

 File – Box 2, Folder: 2
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Creation: August 1962

PREVAILING WINDS I at Charlevoix, Brown's Marina, August 1958

 File – Box 2, Folder: 3
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Creation: August 1958

PREVAILING WINDS I in Round Lake at Charlevoix, MI, August 1958

 File – Box 2, Folder: 4
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Creation: August 1958

PREVAILING WINDS I at Charlevoix Harbor, August 1958

 File – Box 2, Folder: 5
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Creation: August 1958

Well-wishers see us out of Brown's Shipyard, Charlevoix, MI, August 1958

 File – Box 2, Folder: 6
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Creation: August 1958

PREVAILING WINDS sailing east on a southwest wind in Whaleback Channel, August 1958

 File – Box 2, Folder: 7
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Creation: August 1958

PREVAILING WINDS I under sail with following wind starboard tack, August 1958

 File – Box 2, Folder: 8
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Creation: August 1958

P. W. I transiting "Petite" de Troit" in Whaleback Channel, August 1958

 File – Box 2, Folder: 9
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Creation: August 1958

PREVAILING WINDS I on east course in Whaleback Channel, August 1958

 File – Box 2, Folder: 10
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Creation: August 1958

Captain Bob Hard in Bosin Chair at main masthead to retrieve halyard the let go!, August 1958

 File – Box 2, Folder: 11
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Creation: August 1958

PREVAILING WINDS in yard at Nickols and Holman Boat Works in Fenton, MI, 1960

 File – Box 2, Folder: 12
Dates
Creation: 1960

Preparing to unload P. W. I in back of boat shop at Nickols and Holman, Fenton, MI, 1960

 File – Box 2, Folder: 13
Dates
Creation: 1960

Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, MI, 1960

 File – Box 2, Folder: 14
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Creation: 1960

Under power in a dense fog, August 1960

 File – Box 2, Folder: 15
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Creation: August 1960

Children boating next to P. W. I at entrance to pool in Bay Fine, Ontario, August 1960

 File – Box 2, Folder: 16
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Creation: August 1960

Crew members swimming off the rocks, Whaleback Channel, August 1960

 File – Box 2, Folder: 17
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Creation: August 1960

PREVAILING WINDS I in rough seas on passage from Tobermory, Ontario, to East Tawas, Michigan, October 1960

 File – Box 2, Folder: 18
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Creation: October 1960

Crew members on deck watch on cruise out of Bay City, MI, August 1960

 File – Box 2, Folder: 19
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Creation: August 1960

PREVAILING WINDS I in East Tawas, Michigan, August 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 20
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Creation: August 1961

Looking aft from bowsprit, Lake Huron, 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 21
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Creation: 1961

PREVAILING WINDS I at pier in Presque Isle, MI, Harbor, 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 22
Dates
Creation: 1961

Ice breaker MACKINAW at Cheboygan, MI, 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 23
Dates
Creation: 1961

P. W. I under sail in heavy seas,Lake Huron, 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 24
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Creation: 1961

PREVAILING WINDS under sail with wind abeam, 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 25
Dates
Creation: 1961

PREVAILING WINDS in Straits of Mackinac, August 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 26
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Creation: August 1961

P. W. I tied up at Coal Pier, Mackinac Island, August 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 27
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Creation: August 1961

PREVAILING WINDS at Coal Pier, Mackinac Island, August 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 28
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Creation: August 1961

Fortified "garrison" tower at Fort Mackinac, Mackinac Island, August 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 29
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Creation: August 1961

Crewman aloft on mainmast to make a repair or adjustment, Mackinac Island, August 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 30
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Creation: August 1961

PREVAILING WINDS at Hessel in Les Cheneaux Islands, Lake Huron, August 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 31
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Creation: August 1961

PREVAILING WINDS under sail in St. Mary's River, MI, August 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 32
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Creation: August 1961

Crew member on beach at South Fox Island, Lake Michigan, August 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 33
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Creation: August 1961

Sea explorer vessel WILLIAMS at Soo Locks Coast Guard station, August 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 34
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Creation: August 1961

Crew of WILLIAMS, Ship 310, Boy Scouts of America, August 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 35
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Creation: August 1961

U.S. Coast Guard buoy tender TAMARACK, August 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 36
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Creation: August 1961

P. W. I alongside Coast Guard tender W-258 at Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, August 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 37
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Creation: August 1961

Army Corps of Engineers driving steel pilings at lock entrance, August 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 38
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Creation: August 1961

PREVAILING WINDS I tied alongside Coast Guard tender CHERRY at Soo Locks Coast Guard station, August 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 39
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Creation: August 1961

PREVAILING WINDS heading west in American lock to Lake Superior, August 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 40
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Creation: August 1961

Corps of Engineers sucking dredge at Cheboygan Harbor, MI, August 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 41
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Creation: August 1961

PREVAILING WINDS in Canadian lock at Sault Ste. Marie, August 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 42
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Creation: August 1961

PREVAILING WINDS I at anchor in Waska Bay in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, August 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 43
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Creation: August 1961

PREVAILING WINDS at East Tawas at end of cruise, August 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 44
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Creation: August 1961

PREVAILING WINDS I at anchor in Waiska Bay, Lake Superior, August 1961

 File – Box 2, Folder: 45
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Creation: August 1961

PREVAILING WINDS under sail south from Straits of Mackinac to South Fox Island, Lake Michigan, August 1962

 File – Box 2, Folder: 46
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Creation: August 1962

Crew ashore on west beach of South Fox Island, August 1962

 File – Box 2, Folder: 47
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Creation: August 1962

Wind "blowout" in sandy moraine on South Fox Island, Lake Michigan, August 1962

 File – Box 2, Folder: 48
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Creation: August 1962

Looking down to beach on southwest corner of South Fox Island, August 1962

 File – Box 2, Folder: 49
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Creation: August 1962

Boarded-up lighthouse on South Fox Island, August 1962

 File – Box 2, Folder: 50
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Creation: August 1962

Wind "blowout" in south moraine on South Fox Island, August 1962

 File – Box 2, Folder: 51
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Creation: August 1962

Reproductions of maps of North America (1600-1778) removed from unknown book, n.d.

 File – Box 2, Folder: 52

Photographs of Boy Scout sailing activities on Lake Fenton, MI, 1933-1935

 File – Box 3, Item: 1-17
Dates
Creation: 1933-1935

Photographs of Boy Scout cruise to Isle Royale, MI, 1964

 File – Box 3, Item: 18-41
Dates
Creation: 1964

Photographs of PREVAILING WINDS II being prepared for the 1998 sailing season, 1998

 File – Box 3, Item: 42-50
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Creation: 1998

Photographs of PREVAILING WINDS II being prepared for the 2001 sailing season, May 2001

 File – Box 3, Item: 51-70
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Creation: May 2001

Midland, MI, Boy Scout cruise to Whaleback Channel, Lake Huron, July 2001

 File – Box 3, Item: 71-141
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Creation: July 2001

Pleasure cruise on the schooner APPLEDORE out of Bay City, MI, 2001

 File – Box 3, Item: 142-153
Dates
Creation: 2001