great lakes

Great Lakes Seaway Trail - Jousting at the Sterling Renaissance Festiv...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: Two knights on armored chargers attempt to unseat one another in this jousting expostion at the Sterling Renaissance Festival. Location... More

Item 281; From Mexico to Atlantic Coast, Great Lakes to Gulf of Mexico...

Item 281; From Mexico to Atlantic Coast, Great Lakes to Gulf of Mexico and Florida, 18th century.

A Map of the five Great Lakes with part of Pensilvania, New York, Cana...

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Jesuit Style Ring - GRPO 14712 - Public domain portrait engraving

Jesuit style brass ring with octagonal plaque (11.7 mm by 12.4 mm) engraved "IM" and bordered by a rocker-stamp pattern. This was probably cast as a single unit. In the western Great Lakes, Jesuit rings are str... More

A perspective view of Montreal in Canada

Print shows a view of Montréal from across the Saint Lawrence River.

A view of Cape Rouge or Carouge, nine miles above the City of Quebec o...

Print shows a ship on the Saint Lawrence River with a rowboat of troops disembarking at a point above the city of Québec. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, ... More

A view of the fall of Montmorenci and the attack made by General Wolfe...

Print shows British warships on the Saint Lawrence River disembark troops below cliffs at the Plains of Abraham, waterfall in the foreground. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. ... More

A view of the City of Quebec, the capital of Canada, taken partly from...

Print shows warships on the Saint Lawrence River with the city of Québec in the background. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at No. 53 in Fleet Street, Thos. Jefferys the corner of S... More

An east view of Montreal, in Canada Vue orientale de Montréal, en Cana...

Print shows a view of Montréal from across the Saint Lawrence River, with ships in the foreground, and a legend identifying the General Hospital, the "Recollects," St. Sulpicius, the nunnery, the Jesuit's Churc... More

A series of four pictures of bananas with writing on them [Powder horn...

Untitled pictorial depiction of rivers and fortifications on conical powder horn. Present title devised by cataloguer. Manuscript: Black/brown inks on bovine horn, shellacked. Has pewter pouring spout attached ... More

A perspective view of the town and fortifications of Montreal in Canad...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the fortifications at Montréal from above the Saint Lawrence River. Illus. in: The Annual Register of World Events. Dublin : J. Exshaw, 1774, p. 407. Published in: The American... More

Plan of the town & fortifications of Montreal or ville Marie in Canada...

Print shows map "Plan of the town & fortifications of Montreal or ville Marie in Canada" on the Saint Lawrence River, with insert, after D. Pomarede (see no. 352), "View of the town &c of Montreal" which the fo... More

A new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, an...

Scale ca. 1:1,270,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Includes descriptive and historical notes. Supplements the author's A topographical descri... More

A new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and...

Scale ca. 1:1,270,000. LC copy annotated in ink. One annotation shows "Indian line as of treaty in 1784." Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and London. Includes historical a... More

A new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and...

Scale ca. 1:1,300,000. Hand colored. Annotated in ink. One annotation shows where "Genr. Wayne defeated the Indians Augt. 20, 1794." Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Prime meridian: Philadelphia and Lo... More

Partie occidentale du Canada, contenant les cinq Grands Lacs, avec les...

Scale ca. 1:7,500,000. "Longitude du méridien de l'isle de Fer; longitude du méridien de Paris." Relief shown pictorially. "Liv. XV, XVI, XVII." "No. 45." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site... More

A map shewing the communication of the lakes and the rivers between La...

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: London. In upper right corner: Gent. Mag. March 1790. Pt. I, p. 197. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Map of the middle states of North America with part of Canada shewing ...

Item 32 in exhibit, "City of magnificent distances, the nation's capital," that was presented in 1991 at Library of Congress. Map incorrectly locates "Columbia" (Washington, D.C.) on Shenandoah River Available ... More

Sousa and Great Lakes Navy Band by Paul Stahr

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Tuesday, September 21st, (noon.) Most glorious news. Copy of a letter ...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 190, Folder 26.

"Cyrus Tiffany in the Battle of Lake Erie, September 13, 1813," mural ...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

The troops disembarking to attack Fort Oswego, under the command of Ge...

Seascape drawing shows British sailors leaving their ships and rowing toward Fort Oswego on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812. The 2nd battalion of the Royal Marines, under Lieutenant General Sir George Gordo... More

Fort Niagara taken from the British side of the river at Newark / Stri...

Print shows Fort Niagara on a peninsula at the mouth of the Niagara River in Lake Ontario. Published in Port Folio Magazine October 1814, p. 297. Stamped on lower right on mount: Map Division Oct 4 '21 Library... More

This representation of the battle on Lake Erie is respectfully inscrib...

Print shows many ships from the stern engaged in battle on Lake Erie. Entered according to Act of Congress the 26 July 1815 by Murray, Draper, Fairman & Co., and J. Webster of the State of Pennsylvania.

First view of Com. Perry's victory / M. Cornè ; W.B. Annin sc.

Print shows American warships under the command of Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry, firing on British warships during the Battle of Lake Erie. Printed above image: Engraved for the Naval Monument. Published in: Th... More

Second view of Com. Perry's victory / M. Cornè p. ; W.B. Annin sc.

Print shows American warships under the command of Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry, firing on British warships during the Battle of Lake Erie. Printed above image: Engraved for the Naval Monument. Published in: Th... More

A geological and agricultural survey of the district adjoining the Eri...

Introductory reports signed: Amos Eaton. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LAC ecr 2018-09-26 update

Wheeling, Lake Erie & Cincinnati lines of post coaches

Advertisement for a post coach line, with illustration of a coach and four horses. Engraving printed by Armstrong & Green, Wheeling, Va. File print may be in LOT 10616. This record contains unverified, old data... More

Shoulder Cape (Pelerine) - Public domain dedication photo

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Map of the route of the proposed New York & Erie Railroad, as surveyed...

Shows New York state from Westchester County to Lake Erie, and part of northern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The line was chartered on April 24, 1832. See entry 404. Scale ca. 1:500,000. LC Railroad maps, 481 D... More

O'-Check-Ka or Four Legs Head Chief of the Winnebagoes on Winnebago La...

O'-Check-Ka or Four Legs, full length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, wearing traditional dress and holding rifle, 1827. Illus. in: The aboriginal port-folio : a collection of portraits of the most ce... More

Map showing the most direct commercial route from the Atlantic via L. ...

Shows area from Washington, D.C., north to above Lake Huron and from Cape Cod to the Mississippi River. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000]. LC Railroad maps, 73 Description derived from published bibliography. Available a... More

Map of the proposed Great Western and Lake Erie Rail Road of Pennsylva...

Physical map of Pennsylvania and parts of adjacent states showing drainage, relief by hachures, spot heights in feet, state boundaries, canals, cities and towns. Finished and proposed railroads with names of li... More

A chart exhibiting the lighthouses of the lake coast of the United Sta...

Map of lighthouse locations in the Great Lakes region of the U.S. using red overprint symbols to indicate the locations and to emphasize state boundaries. Lighthouse locations also shown along the upper St. Law... More

Railroads in Michigan, with steamboat routes on the Great Lakes. Drawn...

Shows main line from Detroit to Kalamazoo and from Munroe to Hillsdale. Scale ca. 1:3,500,000. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848. From Doggett's Railroad Guide (1848) LC Railroad maps, 237 ... More

A map of a part of the southern & western states showing the contempla...

The map covers an area from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi delta, and from Columbus, Ohio, to Little Rock, Ark. It shows Ft. Massac and "Capitol City" in southern Illinois and northern Kentucky as sites selec... More

Map of the northwestern states. Shewing [sic] what proportion lies nor...

Outline map of the north-central United States showing the canals and the railroad network and naming the Michigan Central and the Michigan Southern Railway. John B. Jervis was chief engineer on the Mohawk & Hu... More

Skeleton map, showing the position and connections of the Michigan Sou...

Outline map of the northeastern United States showing railroads in operation, under construction, and under proposal. Chartered in 1846 and consolidated April 1855 with the Northern Indiana Railroad under the n... More

The North Pennsylvania Rail Road and its connections, Octr. 1853.

Outline map of the eastern Great Lakes, east to Philadelphia and New York City, showing the east Pennsylvania coal fields. Chartered April 8, 1852, under Philadelphia, Easton and Water-Gap Railroad. See entry 5... More

A map showing the route of the proposed rail road from the Copper and ...

Outline map of eastern Wisconsin, and parts of Illinois and Michigan, showing major drainage, township lines, large cities, and the railroads. Scale not given. At left of map: "Facts and Figures." LC Railroad m... More

Check your baggage to Oswego. Great northern and western route! via Os...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 8j.

View fo the lake & north west-connections with Philadelphia.

Indicates railroads in the Great Lakes region, south to the Ohio River, and from New York State to the Mississippi River. Shows proposed railroads as far west as the Missouri River. Scale [ca. 1:2,400,000]. LC ... More

International despatch! from New York and Philadelphia to the west and...

Transportation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 14.

Commodore Perry at the battle of Lake Erie / J.R. Chapin ; F.F. Walker...

Print shows Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry behind a cannon aboard ship during the Battle of Lake Erie, with men waving hats, and a rooster perched on an unattended cannon.

Perry's victory on Lake Erie, and an Old bachelor's last prayer. Sold ...

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Commodore Perry at the battle of Lake Erie. "Ready! All ready your hon...

Print shows Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry speaking to gunners aboard ship during the Battle of Lake Erie.

Alexander Ramsey to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, March 06, 1863 (Requests...

Grand pleasure excursions to Lake Superior one of the new magnificent ...

Transportation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 137, Folder 25.

Grand pleasure excursions to Lake Superior. The splendid passenger ste...

Transportation. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 137, Folder 26.

[Paddleboat on one of the Great Lakes]

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Map showing the Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad and its connection...

Map of the Great Lakes area showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Scale 1:1,267,200. LC Railroad maps, 437 Description deri... More

Map of the country from Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean. From the l...

Map of the western United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, military posts, railroads, and the Northern Pacific Railroad in red. Includes a profile of the line. Scale 1:2,100,000. ... More

Map of the Erie Railway and its connections.

Map of the northeastern and north-central states showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroads with emphasis on the main line. Incorporated in 1832 as the New York and Er... More

Light-house at Cleveland, Ohio, Lake Erie

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Map showing the line of the Lake Erie and Louisville Railway and its c...

Map of the north-central states showing drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. Consolidation of the Fremont, Lima, and Union and the Lake Erie and Pacific Railroads... More

Battle of Lake Erie / painted by W.H. Powell ; engraved by T. Phillibr...

Print shows Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry in a rowboat while being transferred from the U.S. Brig Lawrence to the U.S. Brig Niagara. Caption: "If a victory is to be gained, I'll gain it" Oliver H. Perry. Engrav... More

Light-house at Spectacle Reef, Lake Huron

Illus. in: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, v. 48, no. 286 (1874 March), p. 471.

Battle of Lake Erie / painted by W.H. Powell.

Print shows Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry in a rowboat while being transferred from the U.S. Brig Lawrence to the U.S. Brig Niagara. Caption: "If a victory is to be gained, I'll gain it" [Oliver H. Perry]. Ente... More

Fort Sheridan, Ill., Lake Michigan from camp

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Washington Arch, Apostle Islands, Lake Superior

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Railroad map showing the lands of the Standard Coal and Iron Co. situa...

Detailed map of the north-central and Great Lakes region showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, coal fields, names of railroads, and the railroad network. 13641 U.S. Copyright Offic... More

Corning, N.Y., 1882 : junction of the New York, Lake Erie, and Western...

Bird's-eye view. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes col. ill. LC copy faded and soiled. Acquisitions control no. 1-88

Stannard's Rock light house, Lake Superior; Method of drilling for ran...

Illus. in: Report of the U.S. Light-House Board, 1882, pl. 9.

Stannard's Rock light house, Lake Superior

Section of piers and elevations of hoisting engine and derricks (above) and Plan (below) Illus. in: Annual Report of the U.S. Light-House Board, 1882, pl. 13.

Light-house on Stannard's Rock, Lake Superior

Illus. in: Annual Report of the U.S. Light-House Board, 1882, frontispiece. On print, lower right: Phototype, F. Gutekunst, Philada. Above print: U.S. Light-House Establishment, 1882.

[Rock in Apostle Islands, Lake Superior]

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The Castle from the drive, M.M.A., Orchard Lake, Michigan

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The Barracks from the rear, M.M.A., Orchard Lake, Michigan

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The Cadets at mess, M.M.A., Orchard Lake, Michigan

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[Great Lakes, Coralia] - Public domain image of a steam boat

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The Mess hall from the side, M.M.A., Orchard Lake, Michigan

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The Engine house, M.M.A., Orchard Lake, Michigan

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Str. H.C. Frick - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "13" and "12" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08958. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Lake Huron from the caves, Pointe aux Barques

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Great Lakes, Coralia - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 062911. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The Academic building, M.M.A., Orchard Lake, Michigan

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Str. Hennepin - Public domain image of steamship

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Lake near the Castle, M.M.A., Orchard Lake, Michigan

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Moonlight on Lake Michigan - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Str. United Empire - Public domain image of a steam boat

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The Riding hall, M.M.A., Orchard Lake, Michigan

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Str. Lackawanna - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "19" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08960. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The Castle from the side, M.M.A., Orchard Lake, Michigan

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Str. M.M. Drake - Public domain image of steamship

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Shore of Lake Huron, Pointe aux Barques

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Str. M.M. Drake - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "10" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08957. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Ashland, Lake Superior, Wis. 1890.

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 1020 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index to points of interest and view of... More

The Quartermasters' building, M.M.A., Orchard Lake, Michigan

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A Residence at Orchard Lake, Michigan

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Along the shore, Orchard Lake, Michigan

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Academic building from the area, M.M.A., Orchard Lake, Michigan

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Str. United Empire steamboat - Public domain image of a steam boat

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "48" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08964. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

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Battalion in the area, M.M.A., Orchard Lake, Michigan

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Juneau Park and Lake Michigan, Milwaukee

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Str. Lackawanna - Public domain image of steamship

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Str. Castalia - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "25" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08955. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

General view from the south, M.M.A., Orchard Lake, Michigan

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Lake Ontario from the boulevard, Oswego, N.Y.

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Str. Hennepin - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "43" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08959. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.