Cars Wait To Board The "Straits Of Mackinac" Ferry During A Blizzard In Mackinaw City, November 1940
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Ann Arbor News, November 13, 1940
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DEER HUNTERS MAROONED AT STRAITS: Taken yesterday afternoon from the deck of the ferry "Straits of Mackinac" at Mackinaw City, this picture, snapped during poor visibility due to a blizzard, shows some of the 500 cars of deer-hunters held on this side of the straits on their way to the Upper Peninsula. Heavy seas and a blinding snowstorm combined to hold all ferries in port until 10 o'clock last night and this was supplemented by lack of electricity to operate the hydraulic hoists to load cars in the ferries. State highway department officials announced today that the ferries now were being operated as rapidly as possible to move the hunters across to St. Ignace, in order that they may reach their destinations and be ready to look for deer by the opening of the season on Friday.
Ann Arbor News, November 13, 1940
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DEER HUNTERS MAROONED AT STRAITS: Taken yesterday afternoon from the deck of the ferry "Straits of Mackinac" at Mackinaw City, this picture, snapped during poor visibility due to a blizzard, shows some of the 500 cars of deer-hunters held on this side of the straits on their way to the Upper Peninsula. Heavy seas and a blinding snowstorm combined to hold all ferries in port until 10 o'clock last night and this was supplemented by lack of electricity to operate the hydraulic hoists to load cars in the ferries. State highway department officials announced today that the ferries now were being operated as rapidly as possible to move the hunters across to St. Ignace, in order that they may reach their destinations and be ready to look for deer by the opening of the season on Friday.
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1940
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November
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