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Narrative Journal of Travels

Date: 1820
Description: Narrative Journal of Travels from Detroit Northwest through the Great chain of American Lakes to the sources of the Mississippi River in the year 1820. Ill...
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Narrative Journal of Travels

Date: 1820
Description: Narrative Journal of Travels through the northwestern regions of the United States, extending from Detroit through the great chain of American lakes to the...
Book or Pamphlet

Bayfield, Lake Superior Guide Book

Date: 1858
Description: Front cover of a guide book describing Bayfield and an account of a pleasure tour to Lake Superior. The title is surrounded by a decorative border with flo...
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Olympian Hiawatha

Date: 1946
Description: Reproduction of a painting depicting an Olympian Hiawatha locomotive and an Olympian Hiawatha observation car traveling in the western United States. A man...
Magazine or Periodical

Frank G. Lenz

Date: 1892
Description: Portrait of Frank Lenz on his safety bicycle which he rode on a round-the-world tour. He is posed on a country road lined with fences and telegraph or tele...
Magazine or Periodical

Going Straight Through the Mountain

Date: 08 1892
Description: Engraving, probably after a photograph, showing Frank Lenz posing with his safety bicycle near the stone arch entrance of a canal tunnel cut through a moun...
Magazine or Periodical

An Awkward Fix

Date: 07 1892
Description: Engraved illustration depicting Frank Lenz sitting on the edge of a railroad bridge holding his safety bicycle in front of him and his box camera on his ba...
Magazine or Periodical

Escort Into Minneapolis

Date: 07 23 1892
Description: Frank Lenz entering Minneapolis escorted by members of the St. Paul Cycle Club, the Minneapolis Business Men's Bicycle Association, and the Minnesota Divis...
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A Stretch Between the Tracks

Date: 06 1892
Description: Frank G. Lenz posed with his bicycle between railroad tracks in the northeastern United States.
Magazine or Periodical

A Sorely Neglected Stretch

Date: 05 1892
Description: Frank Lenz posed with his bicycle on a badly neglected stretch of road. A split-rail fence encloses a field behind Lenz.

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