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"Plowboy" Approaching the Mission Dock

Date: 1904
Description: View from shoreline of the steamboat "Plowboy" approaching the Mission Dock at La Pointe. The Plowboy was the first steam ferry to go to Madeline Island. T...
Drawing

Pic Island from Camp Porphyry

Date: 1850
Description: Pic Island on the north shore of Lake Superior.
Photograph

First Girls Party on Beach

Date: 09 07 1927
Description: Women employees of Thordarson? in bathing suits on the beach during the First Girls Party to Rock Island.
Postcard

Boats at Fishing Wharf

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Description: View from shoreline of boats docked at the fishing wharf. People are fishing from the pier, and a group of people are in a rowboat near a ferry. There are ...
Photograph

Young Aldo Leopold

Date: 1904
Description: A young Aldo Leopold is posing smiling, wearing a jacket and bow tie while sitting on a pier. He is vacationing in the Cheneaux Islands. A shoreline with b...
Map or Atlas

The United States of North America: with the British and Spanish Territories, According to the Treaty, of 1784

Date: 1785
Description: Map of part of North America engraved and hand-colored (the light brown design is a superposition of the map and cartouche derived from the oxidation of th...
Postcard

Group Portrait of People Standing on a Pier

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Description: View across water towards a group of people, men, woman, and young girls and boys, posing on a pier in front of a building on the shoreline of Sister Bay. ...
Photograph

Jesse Stone

Date: 1913
Description: Jesse Stone walking on board sidewalk, with the Mission Inn along the shoreline in the background.
Photograph

The Wreck of the Louisiana

Date: 06 10 2005
Description: Underwater view of algae and mussels living on the engine mount of the sunken Louisiana. To the left, an underwater archeologist is surveying the si...
Photograph

Underwater Archeologist at the Site of the Louisiana

Date: 06 10 2005
Description: Underwater view of an underwater archeologist investigating the drift pins of the Louisiana. Algae and mussels are covering most of the wood of the ...
Photograph

Surveying the Site of the Louisiana

Date: 06 10 2005
Description: Underwater view of an archeologist surveying the frames of the Louisiana. Mussels and algae are growing on the wood of the ship.
Photograph

Survey of the Milwaukee

Date: 08 03 2014
Description: Underwater view of an archeologist surveying the site of the sunken Milwaukee. The archeologist is swimming over a measuring tape, which runs from t...
Photograph

The Stern and Hold of the Northerner

Date: 01 21 2011
Description: Underwater view of the stern of the Northerner. The timber cargo is in the hold. An archeologist is surveying and photographs the wreck off the star...
Photograph

The Bow of the Pathfinder

Date: 05 12 2015
Description: Underwater view of the bow of the Pathfinder. Algae is growing along the sides, and clumps of sand are on the ship. A maritime archeologist is surve...
Map or Atlas

Amplissimæ Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciæ Ludovicianæ: A R. P. Ludovico Hennepin Francisc Miss in America Septentrionali anno 1687

Date: 1720
Description: Detailed, ornate, and comprehensive map of America from the east coast to present day Texas. Numerous features appear throughout the map, including Native ...
Photograph

Group Walking Along the Shoreline of Lake Michigan

Date: 
Description: View down slope towards a family walking along the shore of Lake Michigan at Gordon Lodge.
Photograph

Lumberman Divers

Date: 
Description: Archaeologists examining the wreckage of the Lumberman at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
Photograph

Australasia Hull

Date: 10 2009
Description: Archaeologist documenting the hull of the Australasia at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
Photograph

Diver Documenting Niagara Wreck

Date: 
Description: Diver holding an artifact found while documenting the wreck of the Niagara.
Photograph

Niagara Paddle Wheel

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Description: View of the paddle wheel of the wrecked steamer Niagara at the bottom of Lake Michigan.

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