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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sauk and Fox Native Americans, Algonquian speaking people of the Great Lakes, 1850s. 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

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

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

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

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

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

Wild rice from the Great Lakes area. Digital photograph

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

Wild rice from the Great Lakes area. Digital photograph

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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