Postmarked 1912; photograph c. 1910; the ferry boat Excelsior, built in 1876 for the Detroit and Windsor Ferry Company; travelled mainly between Windsor and Detroit; also used as an excursion boat to Belle Isle; addressed to Miss Vera Robbins; on the bank is the building on Sandwich Street West that housed the D. M. Ferry Company, a seed wholesaler (60-62 Sandwich Street West) and J. and T. Hurley, Coal, Ice, and Wharfingers (56-58 Sandwich Street West). The owner was Timothy Hurley. The building was roughly at Dougall Avenue. About 1912-1913, D. M. Ferry Company moved to 2-6 McDougall Street.