Michigan Collection

BUSN2A-00110
Woodsman dancing to a fiddle in a logging camp at night, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

EXPL2A-00128
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

Canoeists on a slow-moving stream
Woodsmen in canoes floating on a tranquil river, circa 1900. Printed color halftone reproduction of a Schoonover illustration

Racing heavy canoes on a northern river, 1800s
A bateau (boat) race in the north woods, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

US after the Missouri Compromise, 1820
Slave and free territories in the United States after the Missouri Compromise Act, 1820. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

EXPL2A-00194
Father Jacques Marquette holding a peace pipe to greet Native Americans during his journey to the upper Mississippi River, 1673. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-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

Canoeing a load of furs from the north woods
Trappers running rapids on a wilderness river, circa 1900. Printed color halftone reproduction of a Schoonover illustration

PNAT2A-00035
Chief Pontiac addressing a gathering of Native Americans. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustrations

Pontiac
Chief Pontiac of the Ottawa nation. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

BUSN2A-00099
Lumbermen clearing a log-jam on a river, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

BUSN2A-00156
A big load of logs on a skidder in Michigan, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

EXPL2A-00195
Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet on the upper Mississippi River in canoes 1673. 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

Michigan iron mine, 1800s
Republic Iron Mine in Upper Michigan, circa 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

PNAT2A-00014
Ottawa chief Pontiac in tribal council, holding a wampum belt. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

NATI2A-00199
Native American women gathering wild rice by threshing it into their canoe. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

NATI2A-00049
Native American and his canoe beside Silver Cascade on the shore of Lake Superior, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

NATI2A-00042
Native American women gathering wild rice in baskets. 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

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

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

EXPL2A-00257
Death of Father Marquette in Michigan, returning from a mission to the Ilinois Indians, 1675. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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

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

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

Michigan Civil War memorial, Shiloh battlefield
Monument to Michigan soldiers, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph

EVCW2D-00186
Monument to Civil War soldiers from Michigan who died in the Battle of Shiloh, Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee. Digital photograph

BUSN2A-00204
French traders canoeing on a river in the forests of North America. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Lewis Cass, with his autograph. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait

Americans retreating to Detroit, 1812
William Hull withdraws the American forces to Fort Detroit after defeat at Brownstown, 1812. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

William Hull portrait, with his autograph. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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