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Waa-Na-'Taa or The Foremost in Battle, Chief of the Sioux Tribe

Date: 1835
Description: Waa-Na-'Taa or The Foremost in Battle, Chief of the Sioux Tribe. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the Treaty of Prairie du...
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Travelers on Lake Superior

Date: 1850
Description: Travelers in a rowing canoe on Lake Superior.
Photograph

Robinson's Landing

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Description: Up the river along the shoreline, opposite from Robinson's Landing. There is a man in a canoe in the river near the shoreline. Two women are on the protrud...
Painting

Indian Duck Hunting

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Description: Watercolor of Canadian Prairie Indian at lake's shore with gun in hand and a recently hunted duck on the ground. A dog is at his feet. On the far shoreline...
Book or Pamphlet

Winnebago Wigwam

Date: 1884
Description: Indians standing and sitting near wigwams. Four wigwam frames are covered, with the one on the right uncovered, with a campfire inside. In the distance are...
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Native of Oonalashka, and Their Habitations

Date: 1784
Description: Plate 57. Scene from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska.
Photograph

Delta Upsilon Fraternity

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior front view from Lake Mendota of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity House, located at 640 North Francis Street, erected in 1906. A group of people are o...
Photograph

Village of the Kalispel

Date: 1910
Description: The original caption reads: "The Kalispel, who now number about a hundred, are scattered along the eastern side of the Pend d'Oreille river in eastern Wash...
Painting

Marquette and Joliet Discover the Mississippi River

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Description: A painting depicting Marquette and Joliet in a birch bark canoe with two other men during their excursion on the Mississippi River, which they discovered o...
Postcard

View of Alma, Wis.

Date: 1908
Description: Photographic postcard view over the Mississippi River showing of the town of Alma. Bluffs are behind the town. In the foreground, two men wearing hats are ...
Photograph

South Shore

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Description: View along shoreline of a man and two boys fishing on a wooden dock. A rowboat is pulled up on the shore. Two cars are parked near trees. In the far backgr...
Photograph

Small Vessels Carry Supplies

Date: 1943
Description: Small fishing vessels carried supplies for troops marching up the coast towards Buna, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Here soldiers lower cases ...
Photograph

Men in the Backwoods

Date: 1930
Description: Men, either campers or fishermen, portaging a canoe through backwoods cut-over forest area.
Photograph

Man in a Canoe

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Description: A man is sitting in the back of a canoe or rowboat holding a paddle in the water by his side. The canoe or rowboat also has oars in oarlocks. On the far sh...
Photograph

Blackhawk Summer Homes

Date: 05 16 1908
Description: View from the water (probably Lake Mendota) of summer cottages at Blackhawk. There is a pavilion at the shoreline. There are two people canoeing near the s...
Photograph

Namakan River Shore

Date: 1911
Description: The dramatic shoreline of the Namakan River, featuring eroded land and tall trees. The canoes are on the shoreline.
Photograph

The Noon Portage

Date: 1909
Description: Two of The Gang carrying a canoe on a portage in the Presque Isle River.
Photograph

Canoe Instruction

Date: 1935
Description: View across water towards Girl Scouts in five canoes setting out from shore on Rice Lake at Camp Hickory Hill. There is a temporary shade structure and woo...
Photograph

Valley of the Minnesota (St. Peter's) River

Date: 1884
Description: Lithographic engraving depicting two people on a bluff overlooking a river. Several canoes are present on the river. Caption reads: "'Valley of the Minneso...

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