Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: detroit

Dick tells me that Sharon , a longtime family friend, passed away on Friday. Photo taken at Battle Creek's C.O. Brown Stadium. Original photograph here . Somewhere I've got a photograph of Bielby at a bluegrass festival; we'll have to see if I can find it.

Detroit's waterfront, May 28, 1990. The more I look at this photo, the better I like it. Every Memorial Day weekend, the Marine Historical Society of Detroit sponsors a tour from Detroit to Port Huron and back. The 1990 tour used both Bob Lo boats, and both were fully loaded. This photo was taken from the bow of St. Clair just as the tour began. Or mebbe from Columbia's bow. It's been a long time.... ================== Now, with both big boats inactive (I did not say retired), MHSD's tour necessarily uses smaller boats....

West Michigan Whiecaps center fielder Gorkys Hernandez. Handsome gent, no? Original photo (not much different) here . More game photos here . ============= Edit 9/3/07: Gorkys is the Midwest League's Most Valuable Player for 2007. At least according to the managers.

West Michigan shortstop Audy Ciriaco. Likely my best baseball picture of the summer. Original here . More game photos here . The Whitecaps begin the Midwest League Championship Round against Beloit tomorrow night.

Peoria Chiefs third basemen Ryne Malone (hmm: a guy named after his manager , I expect) unleashes a throw which will get hitter Jordan Newton at first base. That's Peoria's Nate Samson covering second, and West Michigan's Ryan Strieby hustling back to the base. Another version of this photo here . More game photos here .

Lansing Lugnuts third baseman Josh Bell--not to be mistaken for Great Lakes Loons 3B JB--follows through at West Michigan's Fifth Third Ballpark. The catcher's Louis Ott (normally an infielder); the ump is Takeshi Hirabayashi. Original photo here . More game photos here .

Pitcher Zach Piccola of the West Michigan Whitecaps. Zach was signing autographs, bantering with the crowd, and watching Duane Below, the starting pitcher, warm up pretty much simultaneously. Looked to be enjoying himself. He'd eventually relieve Below in mid-game. That's Whitecaps pitching coach Ray Burris behind him. Original photo here . More game pictures here .

Tom Brookens, infielder for the 1984 World Champion Detroit Tigers , is now managing the West Michigan Whitecaps. The 'Caps played their home opener last night, losing to Lansing. It was cold . More photos from the game here . A few more photographs of Brookens here . My website's Brookens page here .

West Michigan infielders Nick McIntyre and Brent Dlugach, plus an unknown Quad Cities baserunner, waiting for action to begin at Fifth Third Ballpark in Comstock Park, Michigan. I've been working hard on mwlguide.com/ for the past month, trying to catch up a couple years' neglect. Yesterday I rebuilt the site's front page, and used a version of this photograph. About 9 weeks to minor league Opening Day....

The Voice of the Tigers. At CO Brown Stadium in Battle Creek, before the Fort Wayne/Southwest Michigan game on June 29, 2006. Original photo here . Game photos here And John Seward wrote a terrific tribute on his blog .

"Wednesday August 16 1967 SS. Leafdale [sic] self unloader [down]bound for Toledo. Taken from Bob Lo boat SS Columbia trip down Detroit River @ Livingston Channel entrance" Sorry, no information about this ship. I've severely cropped this photograph; the original mostly shows water. Late edit 6/12/10: Built and launched as straight decker Harry Yates in 1910 for American Steamship Company. Converted to self-unloader in 1934, when she was renamed Consumers Power. Later named Fred A. Manske before becoming Leadale in (apparently) 1966. Last shipment in 1977; broken up in Columbia the next year. Borucki's Lakers

"Saturday September 12, 1965 SS. Detroit Edison passing downbound [sic] under Ambassador Bridge with coal from Toledo Middle of Bridge" 9/12/65 was obviously a beautiful day in Detroit.... Detroit Edison, as you might guess, carried coal to the power plants along the river. She was scrapped (in Texas) in 1987; evidently Belle River replaced her pretty directly. Borucki's Lakers

"American self unloader Reiss Bros upbound Bob Lo Island Amherstburg channel Saturday August 1963" Notice that one of the [flickr] commenters says Mr. Borucki's identification is incorrect. Any assistance on correcting that id would be appreciated. Built as the William K. Field in 1924 as the flagship of the Reiss Steamship line. Also named George D. Goble & Robert S. Pierson over the course of her long career. Name was Spruceglen when she was scrapped in 1985. Borucki's Lakers

"Steamer Myron [sic] Farr of the Tomlinson Line upbound--taken from Ambassador Bridge Sat July 22, 1950" This ship collided with--and did major damage to--the Interstate Bridge which carried traffic across the Duluth-Superior harbor on November 21, 1924. Borucki's Lakers

"Oct 5, 1941 Steamer Snyder approaching Ambassador Bridge Detroit, Mich" Snyder was named after the president of the Shenango Furnace Company. She was built for that firm in 1912, and sailed under Shenango colors until sold in 1967. The ship was repowered in 1952, and had significant work done in 1971. After her Shenango career she was owned and sailed by the Interlake, Cleveland Cliffs, & American Bulk Shipping fleets. Scrapped in 1988 . Bowling Green University's Historical Collections of the Great Lakes has a large collection of materials from this ship. Detroit in the background. Notice the high smog level. Borucki's Lakers

"Sunday August 3, 1941 Steamer Joliet aproaching the Ambassador Bridge Detroit, Mich" A Cleveland Cliffs carrier. Built by American Shipbuilding at Lorain in 1916 as the Herbert F. Black; renamed to Joliet in 1930. Scrapped 1963. An earlier Joliet was part of the Pittsburgh fleet; there's a current Joliet operated by Star Lines between St. Ignace and Mackinac Island. Borucki's Lakers

"Taken March 29, 1940 at ft of Riopelle St. Nose of whaleback South Park." Third of three photos of this ship; I gave a detailed ship bio a few weeks ago . This is a fascinating photo, really; interesting detail. This is a lot more like a photo I'd take than the typical Borucki shot. Borucki's Lakers

First pic: "Wed Sept 20 1939 S.S. Maud Thorden 19 Sailors mutinied and left boat at ft of Hasting street" Second pic: "Wed Sept 20, 1939 It was to pick up pig iron in Cleveland to take to Europe but the sailor's said it was contraband and refused to go. They did not get a bonus so" First of two; I'm perhaps missing a third. I've copied both captions here because neither alone tells the whole story. News accounts generally reported the number of mutinous crewmen as 14, not 19; the ship carried 14 sailors and 6 officers. Contraband, to some extent, is in the eyes of the beholder. It's important to recall that World War II had just been launched when Mr. Borucki took this photo. The crew members were concerned that the newly-warring parties (particularly Britain) might seize the Sweden-bound ship, its cargo, and its crew. They were also concerned about mines in the North Sea. The Finnish Counsel agreed that the cargo was risky, and intervened in their favor. They were granted 60-day visas, and hoped to find work on a Caribbean-bound vessel. Captain Armas Engstrom was able to recruit a mostly-American crew in Detroit and Cleveland, retaining two mutineers who had returned to the ship. (Some of the press coverage mentions $1000 bonuses, and Mr. Borucki hints at them.) The ship cleared the Welland Canal on September 29. Maud Thorden would again appear in American news accounts the next summer, as she carried Red Cross supplies to Finland in June. In August she'd join her sister ship, Marisa Thorden, to carry refugees from Europe to New York City. While the press treated these as fully separate events, Captain Engstrom seems to have been a brave man. This ship was built in 1921 as Older, then renamed Maud Thorden when she joined the Thorden fleet in 1935. She had several other names after being sold in 1955, and was scrapped in 1961. Still under a Finnish flag and evidently out of Thorden control, she'd been seized by the Allies in 1944, but was returned to her owners after the war. The Thorden fleet's ships mostly had names which looked like this--a woman's name followed by Thorden--but that seems to have been a naming convention and they evidently didn't honor specific women. Gustaf B. Thorden ( Google translation ) was born in Sweden, but built his business in Helsinki; he'd retreat to Sweden in 1944 when it appeared that the USSR would dominate postwar Finland. He remained in Sweden until his death in 1963. Most of Hastings Street was urban-renewed out of existence; the Chrysler Freeway has largely swallowed it up. This location was likely in the current RenCen parking lot. Borucki's Lakers