Traveling to Put-in-Bay in 1878

Around 1878 this Summer Time Card of the Put in Bay Steamers was printed by the Calvert Lithograph Company of Detroit. Steamers brought passengers to Put-in-Bay from Sandusky, Cleveland, Toledo and Detroit.

The steamer Pearl in Put-in-Bay harbor, circa 1878

The side-wheel steamers Alaska and Pearl were new in the summer of 1878. They had a daily line, with the exception of Sundays, that traveled between Put-in-Bay, Cleveland and Buffalo, with connections at Put-in-Bay to and from Sandusky, Detroit, and Toledo.

Advertisements for the Put-in-Bay House, the Beebe House, and the Golden Eagle Wine Cellars appeared on the opposite side of the Steamer Time Card.

Several books and historical photographs about the Lake Erie Islands region are available at the Sandusky Library and its Archives Research Center.