Empty log boom

Empty log boom on Saginaw Bay. Man standing on point with pole. Printed on mat front: "Photographed by G.F. Sterling, West Bay City, Mich." Printed on mat back: "Michigan Central, 'the Niagara Falls route.' Copies of this photograph can be had at any time at the Central Gallery, West Bay City, Mich. Also photographs of scenery in and around Mackinaw [sic] Island, Sault St Marie, northern Michigan lumber camps and woodland scenery in the game country; also Niagara Falls and other scenery on the Michigan Central R.R., Washington, New York, Chicago, and other cities. Also scenery of Gettysburg Battle Field. Photographs mailed to any address. G.F. Sterling, Prop. Official photographer Michigan Central R.R. Copies of this photograph will be mailed to any address upon receipt of 50c., larger ones $1." Typed on label on mat back, very faded: "The Ocean-Tug See Gull (?) with a 5,000,000 raft from Georgian Bay, Canada, in the Durrell & Goldie patent Boomsticks. Bay City, Mich., June 19, 1889."