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| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Lake Superior shoreline, with terraces leading to the beach. A canoe is on the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the Porcupine Mountains on Lake Superior. A deer is standing in the lake drinking water. A man is on the rock ledge above the shoreline and is a... |
| Date: | 08 1852 |
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| Description: | Pencil drawing of a lake shoreline. A few trees frame the arc of the shore and steamboats are visible along the distant shore. |
| Date: | 08 1852 |
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| Description: | Pencil drawing of Milwaukee Harbor with large sailboats on the water. In the minimalist depiction the sandy shoreline with short plant growth sweeps aroun... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Several men rowing in a boat near Fort Howard that has an American Flag, barracks, and various related military buildings enclosed behind a wall. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | An illustration of the Old North Pier landing on Huron Street, drawn from memory. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | An original illustration of the lock at Rexford Flats. |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Landscape view of Fort Snelling, Minnesota Territory from a nearby hill showing the Fort, the Mississippi river, the countryside, farm buildings and tipis.... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Pencil drawing of trees around the shore of a lake from across a field. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Lithographic view of a man in a canoe on Big-Foot's Lake (modern day Lake Geneva) with a small settlement on a bluff overlooking the lake. A group of birds... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Engraved drawing of Norman Wiard's ice locomotive, Lady Franklin being pulled from water onto ice using its anchor. The vessel was built, but never ... |
| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Engraved drawing of Norman Wiard's ice locomotive, Lady Franklin leaving a snowy riverbank and entering the frozen river. The vessel was built, but ... |
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