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Lake steamers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Caswell & Davy photographs

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S4492
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1870-1875

Cook County Historical Society oral history recordings

 Collection — Item tapes
Identifier: S2318
Abstract

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

Dates: 1978

Duluth-Superior Steamship Company journal

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: S3024
Abstract

The collection contains one financial ledger.

Dates: 1890-1897

George A. Newton photographs

 Collection
Identifier: S2381
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1880-1900

Robert E. and Edgar Johns oral history transcripts

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S4574
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1968-1992; Majority of material found in 1968, 1987, 1992

Harvey Miller photograph collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2397
Abstract

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.

Dates: undated

Steamer Winyah log book

 Collection — Box SC
Identifier: S3084
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1933-1935