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| Description: | A Menominee Indian Village on Wolf River. There are dwellings on the shore and many people in canoes are on the river. |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | View of Detroit with several boats and ships in (probably) the Detroit River. |
| Date: | 07 08 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the ship the Charles C. West splashing into the Manitowoc River with a large crowd gathered to watch. |
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| Description: | Elevated view across river of the S.S. Hyacinth of the U.S. Lighthouse Service being repaired at the Manitowoc Ship Building Company dock. The Fr... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a winter scene with a large group of people skating on the frozen Manitowoc River between the 8th and 10th Street bridges. A dog trots acr... |
| Date: | 06 1939 |
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| Description: | Bridge on the Manitowoc River raised to allow the Pere Marquette car ferry through. River dredging equipment can be seen in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Engraved bird's-eye view of the wood shop, warehouse, machine shop, dry kilns, and foundry of the Manitowoc Seating Company. Several people pass in front o... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | George W. Dawson, an African-American passenger from the steamer Central America swims to a piece of debris to which several men are clinging after ... |
| Date: | 05 10 1942 |
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| Description: | USS "Peto" (SS-265), a Gato-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the peto, a sharp-nosed tropical fish of the mackerel family. "... |
| Date: | 1820 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1820 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1862 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Vicksburg, with the Mississippi River in the background. |
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| Description: | Map of Missouri with major cities, rivers, and railroads marked. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | A drawing of the 5.3 mile race course around Elkhart Lake. Page 12 and 13 of the official program from Elkhart Lake Road Race. The race took place on Sunda... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Woodcut illustration of a missionary priest wearing a robe standing in the fore of a canoe as it comes ashore paddled by a person in the aft. An Indian on ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Perspective drawing of the buildings at the Hayward Indian School. There is a man in a boat in the right foreground and an empty boat in the left foregroun... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Engraving of Pittsburg Landing taken from a photograph a few days after the Battle of Shiloh (Tennessee), which occurred on April 6-7, 1862. The image sho... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Map of a portion of Merton including the Bark River, a mill, Fort Hill, and Indian mounds. |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| 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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