Wow-wow-wow! A lot going on in this 1903 photo!!
Antique August, 1903 photo of a steamer ferry boat excursion across Flat Head Lake, Montana, to Wild Horse Island, as pictured.
Tidbits we discovered while investigating this photo:
- We *think* that the steamer ferry pictured here is the Klondike (Klondyke?), based on other photos we found online. Just a guess, but a pretty good one?!
- The gentlemen in band uniforms have "MWA" on their chest, which we *think*....stands for Modern Woodmen of America, which was popular at the time for promoting and sponsoring community brass bands around the US.
- Note the inscription on the back!! Hilarious! Also, the name Jessie Hamlin, which we have not investigated - passenger? crew?
- It seems like every time we look at this pic we notice additional details.....like that a significant number of the men appear to be wearing ribbons with pins/medals (??) on them, which leads us to guess that this was a group or club outing of some sort.
- And then there's that baritone player sitting on the roof! Ah....musicians haha!
- There's much more to discover in this pic, but we'll leave that to you and won't spoil it for you :-)
Overall dimensions approx 7x9". Photo-only dimensions approx 5x7. Please refer to pics for evidence of condition and email with questions. Thanks!