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Sailboat "Alpha"

Date: 1900
Description: Group of people on sailboat "Alpha" at dock on Madeline Island. Captain Daniel Angus is at the tiller.
Photograph

Ferryboat Landing

Date: 1929
Description: Ferryboat landing, with the boats providing service between Gills Rock and Washington Island.
Book or Pamphlet

Pottawatomie Lighthouse

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the "Pottawatomie" lighthouse in snowy expanse of land, with the lake in the background.
Painting

View of La Pointe, Madeline, Wisconsin

Date: 1842
Description: American Fur Company with both Mission churches. Sketch purportedly by a Native American youth. Probably an overpainted photographic copy enlargement. Pape...
Photograph

Marines Loading Truck

Date: 1945
Description: Marines use an International TD-9 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with a dozer shovel loader to fill a truck parked on a beach. A ship is in the water behind...
Photograph

Rural Lake

Date: 
Description: View of a rural lake with a footbridge leading to a small island.
Photograph

Boats Docked on Jones Island

Date: 1898
Description: View from water of boats docked near houses on Jones Island. To the right two flags are strung up flagpoles near a building with a covered porch, perhaps a...
Print

Attack Upon Roanoke Island

Date: 
Description: Etching of the "Attack upon Roanoke Island" by troops landing from naval vessels, after a painting by Chappel.
Photograph

"Islander" Steamer Ship

Date: 
Description: View of the steamer ship "Islander" leaving Mackinac Island. Signs painted on the ship reads=: "Islander," "Arnold Line" and "St. Ignace Mackinac Island" (...
Photograph

Cuba from Air

Date: 1959
Description: Aerial view of the island of Cuba taken from a small plane. Part of the plane with a Cuban flag painted on it is in the frame, and the island with many bui...
Photograph

View of Mackinac Island

Date: 07 1923
Description: View of Mackinac Island from a wooden pier. There are large houses, some with turrets, facing the water.
Photograph

Mackinac Island

Date: 07 1923
Description: View of Mackinac Island from a boat offshore. There are two large wooden piers with warehouses, and a beach on the right. Commercial buildings line the wat...
Photograph

Two Soldiers Inspect a Knife

Date: 08 19 1943
Description: Two soldiers inspect a knife at Kiriwina Beach Camp on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). They are standing in ...
Postcard

Boat Landing, Schliewert's Island

Date: 
Description: Colorized postcard view over water towards boats and boaters at a resort. In the background are people and boats near a pier. The resort is among trees on ...
Map or Atlas

A New and Correct Map of the World, Laid Down According to the Newest Discoveries, and from the Most Exact Observations

Date: 1712
Description: Engraved double-hemispherical world map by Moll, included in his atlas The world described, or, A new and correct sett of maps: shewing the kingdoms and st...
Map or Atlas

Theatre de la Guerre en Espagne et en Portugal

Date: 1740
Description: Engraved and hand-colored map of the Iberian peninsula as a theater of war during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). The map is dedicated to Ki...
Print

R.M.S.S. Magdalena Dinner Menu

Date: 08 09 1890
Description: One-page menu from the R.M.S.S. Magdalena of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, with a parrot and a cockatiel perched on a branch above the compan...
Map or Atlas

Map of Part of the Schuylkill Valley

Date: 05 01 1899
Description: Map showing the Schuylkill River with roads, ferries, and points of interest from Valley Forge to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as it appeared during the Revo...
Drawing

Fort Armstrong

Date: 
Description: Illustration of Fort Armstrong on Rock Island, looking from opposite shoreline. There is a barge and other boats on the Mississippi River in front of the f...
Postcard

Pettibone Drive, Lovers' Lane and Mississippi River

Date: 
Description: View along unpaved drive, bordered by lawn and trees. In the background on the right is a bridge over the river. Caption reads: "Pettibone Drive, Lovers' L...

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