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Drawing of The Milwaukie Steamboat

Date: 1832
Description: An early type of sidewheel passenger and freight steamboat The Milwaukie, also known as The Milwaukee. It was used on Lake Erie and upper lak...
Print

A Sea Otter

Date: 1784
Description: Plate 43. Scene from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska.
Print

A View of Snug Corner Cove in Prince William's Sound

Date: 1784
Description: Plate 45. Scene from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska.
Print

Fortified Village of Aztalan

Date: 1955
Description: Artist's conception of ancient village of Aztalan, fortified with high walls surrounding it.
Book or Pamphlet

River Scene

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of steamboat in the distance on a river (possibly the Wisconsin River).
Book or Pamphlet

Steamer Weyerhauser on Mississippi River

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of the steamboat Weyerhauser on the Mississippi River.
Book or Pamphlet

"Rambo" and "Musser"

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of the "Rambo" and "Musser" transporting a log raft on the Mississippi River.
Magazine or Periodical

The First Louisiana Native Guards

Date: 02 28 1863
Description: The First Regiment of the Louisiana Native Guards disembarking at Fort Macomb, Louisiana. The fort is adjacent to the Venetian Isles community, now legally...
Photograph

Frank and Lillian Drew's Cottage on Lake Flora Dell

Date: 1911
Description: View of Frank and Lillian Drew's cottage on Lake Flora Dell. Their daughter, Delia Drew King, is on the steps. "Home Again" is written along the right side...
Photograph

"The Cottage by the Sea"

Date: 1911
Description: View of the Drew family cottage on Lake Flora Dell. A caption of "The Cottage by the Sea" is to the left of the photograph, in addition to a decorative bor...
Photograph

"A Mermaid"

Date: 1911
Description: Delia Drew King wades in Lake Flora Dell. There is a hill and shoreline in the background, and a group of people stands near a pier behind Delia. A hand-dr...
Photograph

"Mountaineers"

Date: 1911
Description: A group of men, women, and children pose on a bluff above Lake Flora Dell. In the background are several cottages surrounded by trees near the shoreline of...
Photograph

The Bluff

Date: 1911
Description: View from lake of the bluff along shoreline of Lake Flora Dell. There is a hand-drawn decorative border, moon, stars and clouds, and the word "Finis."
Photograph

Christmas Greeting Card

Date: 
Description: Christmas greeting card depicting the Benton-Franklin Inter-county bridge over the Columbia River connecting Kennewick and Pasco, Washington. A riverboat a...
Print

Hamburg Landing

Date: 05 31 1862
Description: Engraved view of the Commisary [sic] depot of Major-General Halleck's army at Hamburg Landing.
Book or Pamphlet

The Gun Boat Fleet

Date: 04 05 1862
Description: Engraved illustration for the story titled: "The Fight at Island No. 10". The view from the deck of a boat looks out at the approaching gun boats coming do...
Photograph

Dorothy Schoenbrun

Date: 1967
Description: Villagers near Phat Diem gathered to watch American Dorothy Schoenbrun sketching near an irrigation canal. Mrs. Schoenbrun was accompanying her husband, jo...
Print

Fort Mackinack

Date: 
Description: Woodcut illustration of Fort Mackinack.
Map or Atlas

Maps of Townships in Oneida County, Wisconsin Showing Sites of Acreages Fronting on Lakes, Swamps, and Streams

Date: 1930
Description: These 40 hand-drawn maps depict the survey townships in Oneida County, Wisconsin, on printed township grids. Lakes, rivers, and waterfront properties are d...
Photograph

068 - Camper Sketching Outdoors Next to Lake

Date: 
Description: Young camper seated on stool on a hill overlooking the lake. She has a sketchpad and pencil in hand.

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