Great Lakes Collection

Battle of Lake Erie, War of 1812
British and American ships engaged in the Battle of Lake Erie, 1813. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ontario, 1870s
Map of Ontario, Canada, 1870s. Printed color lithograph

EVNT2A-00196
Oliver H. Perrys note proclaiming his Lake Erie victory: " We have met the enemy and they are ours." Woodcut with watercolor wash

US Navy base at Sackets Harbor, NY, 1814
Sackets Harbor on Lake Ontario in 1814, a US Naval station in the War of 1812. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Freighter struggling through a storm on Lake Superior, circa 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

Lake Erie grain boat in a snowstorm
Steamship carrying grain on Lake Erie in a snowstorm, headed for Buffalo, New York, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Landing of Jean Nicolet on the Wisconsin shore of Lake Michigan, 1634, the first European to reach that region. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

PNAV2A-00002
US Navy Commander Oliver Hazard Perry during the Battle of Lake Erie, War of 1812. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustratioin

Chicago grain elevators loading ships, 1870s
Grain loaded in Chicago on ships bound for the Erie Canal, 1870s. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Walk-in-the-Water steamboat on Lake Erie, 1818
Lake Erie steamboat " Walk-in-the-Water, " 1818. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

French map of the Great Lakes, 1703
La Hontans map of the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence valley, 1703. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an 18th century illustration

French settlement of the Great Lakes, 1600s
French Jesuit map of Lake Superior, Upper Michigan, and Wisconsin, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 17th-century illustration

Sault Sainte Marie Canal, US / Canada border, 1880s
Ships entering Sault Sainte Marie Canal connecting Lakes Superior and Huron on the US/Canada border, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Grain barges leaving Chicago for the Erie Canal
Barges loaded with grain from Chicago bound for the Erie Canal, under tow on Lake Michigan, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Portaging canoes between waterways
Native Americans carrying their canoes at a portage. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

PEXP2A-00066
French Jesuit missionary and explorer Jacques Marquette. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

AGRI2D-00040
Wild rice from the Great Lakes area. Digital photograph

AGRI2D-00039
Wild rice from the Great Lakes area, in a basket. Digital photograph

EXPL2A-00356
Beavers at work below Niagara Falls, early 1700s. Hand-colored woodcut from Molls New and Exact Map

Shipwreck on Lake Superior, 1800s
Storm washing shipwreck victims and debris ashore along Lake Superior, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Jesuit missionary preaching to Native Americans and fur traders in the wilderness. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

NATI2A-00164
Sauk and Fox Native Americans, Algonquian speaking people of the Great Lakes, 1850s. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Native American and his canoe beside Silver Cascade on the shore of Lake Superior, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

EVNT2A-00267
Native Americans burning a schooner in the Detroit River at night during Pontiacs War, 1763-1764. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Lake Superior fishing boats, 1800s
Fishing with nets in Munesing harbor, Lake Superior, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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US fleet of Oliver H Perry during his naval victory over the British on Lake Erie in 1813 during the War of 1812. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

EXPL2A-00357
Map of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence watershed. Printed color lithograph, 19th century

EVNT2A-00019
Map showing British colonies and northern New France during the French and Indian War, 1750s. Printed color lithograph of a 19th century illustration

EXPL2A-00171
Map showing the route of La Salles explorations in North America, late 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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French missionary Louis Hennepins map of the Mississippi River valley, Gulf Coast, and Great Lakes after LaSalle expeditions 1697

EXPL2A-00329
Louis Joliets map of New France, 1673-1674, including the upper Mississippi River he and Jacques Marquette discovered. Hand-colored halftone reproduction

EXPL2A-00350
French map of the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi River region, circa 1700. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction

EXPL2A-00375
Map of North America as known in the mid-1600s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an illustration in Campanius, 1702

PEXP2A-00026
Antoine de La Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac landing on the shore of Lake Saint Clair where he founded Fort Detroit, 1701. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Howard Pyle

PEXP2A-00055
Louis Joliet, with his autograph. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut of an illustration

EXPL2A-00016
Hennepins map of New France and Louisiana - La Carte de la Nouvelle France, 1683. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of the original map

AGRI2D-00041
Wild rice from the Great Lakes area. Digital photograph

EXPL2A-00267
Fort Frontenac on Lake Ontario, 1600s, at the head of the St Lawrence River, now Kingston, Ontario. Hand-colored 19th century halftone reproduction of the original map

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