Lake steamers

The collection consists of photographs by Caswell & Davy. The photographs are of Superior Street from 1st or 2nd Avenue West, looking east up the hill and down toward the water; also, there is a photograph of the steamer "Arizona" from 1868.

The collection consists of copies of interviews and conversations recorded by the Cook County Historical Society.

The collection contains one financial ledger.

The collection consists of cabinet cards and unmounted, primarily, albumen prints stamped with Newton's name or his advertisement.  It is assumed he made the photographs.

The collection consists of photocopies of interviews and excerpts from interviews with Robert and Edgar Johns conducted by Helen White and Hawk Tolson. Topics covered include family history, commercial fishing, Isle Royale, place names, vessels, daring exploits on Lake Superior, fishing families, and conditions of daily life.

The collection contains photographs albums which depict Lake Superior Ships, docks, passenger ships, shipwrecks and ship buildings. Photographs in the collection were collected by Harvey Miller.

The collection contains a ship's log book, June 1933-July 1935, noting route, time and weather conditions of 18 voyages of the Steamer Winyah, a freighter that served commercial fisherman along the north shore of Lake Superior and Isle Royale. Also included is a pamphlet of regulations of the Duluth-Superior harbor.