Raft Collection

Rafting furs from the northwoods to market
Fur traders steering a raft through rapids of a river. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Papua, New Guinea, native village
Native village on Humboldt Bay, Papua, New Guinea, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Ohio River at New Albany, Indiana, 1870s
New Albany, Indiana, viewed from the Ohio River, about 1870. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Settlers on the Ohio River
Flatboat of settlers descending the Ohio River, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Mississippi River flatboat
Flatboat hauling cargo down the Mississippi River, early 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Franks crossing the Rhine into Gaul
Migration of the Franks across the Rhine into Gaul. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Boats on the lower Mississippi River, 1850s
Steamboats and a raft passing a sugar plantation on the Mississippi River, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

US Navy base in Memphis, Tennessee, 1850s
Navy Yard in Memphis, Tennessee, on the Mississippi River, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Young Lincoln working on a river barge
Young Abe Lincoln as a flatboatman on the Ohio River. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Raft transport on the St Lawrence River
Rafts on the rapids of the St Lawrence River, Canada. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Steamboat passing a raft on a river
Men steering a raft past a riverboat and its passenger excursion barge, early 1800s. Color halftone reproduction of an Arthurs illustration

Little Rock, Arkansas, 1870s
Little Rock, capital of Arkansas, viewed from the river in the 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Covered wagon crossing a river by rope ferry. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Japanese ladies of the Old Regime
Ladies on a Japanese ferry boat of the Old Regime, pulled by female swimmers. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th century illustration

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Balsas, or native rafts, on Lake Titicaca in the Andes Mountains. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Proslavery voters invading Kansas, 1850s
Pro-slavery forces ferrying Missouri voters to the Kansas shore to vote against free soil, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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