, 5 Jul 1856  Woodcut engraving of the Port of Genesse, on Lake Ontario, N.Y. from an ambrotype by E. T. Whitney of Rochester. The principal steamboats are, from left to right, the MAPLE LEAF, HIGHLANDER and ONTARIO. The original ambrotype is featured in Gerald T. Girvin, "The Maple Leaver Story Prior to the...

  , 20 Sep 1856  Woodcut engraving of the town and harbour of Mackinac at the entrance to Lake Michigan. The artist has included a paddlewheel steamboat, a propeller, a couple of schooners, smaller saling craft and a canoe. Piles of cordwood can be seen on a wharf in the middle distance. Fort Mackinac can be seen...

  , 20 Sep 1856  Woodcut engraving of the view of the Mackinaw, MI village and harbour from Fort Mackinac. "Town of Mackinac, on Lake Huron, State of Michigan"

  , 20 Sep 1856  Woodcut engraving of the town and harbour of Mackinac at the entrance to Lake Michigan. The artist has included variety of sailing craft and what appears to be a sternwheel steamboat at the middle pier. "Town of Mackinac, on Lake Huron, State of Michigan"

  c 1907  Black and white postcard of the Kingston waterfront featuring a concrete grain elevator. Clustered around the elevator and the neighbouring wharf are schooners, barges, tugs and a larger freighter. At the head of the wharf a barge is either under construction or being repaired. A barge is being...

  c 1915  Tinted postcard in a frame of the waterfront of Trenton, Ont. A small tug appears in the right middleground. In the background is a three-masted schooner. Other small row boats and sailboats can be found in the middle along with a number of boat houses. Divided back. Postally unused "In the...

    Coloured postcard of the waterfront at Deseronto, Ontario and the lumber operations of the Rathbun Company. At the wharves is a two masted schooner and the small steam freighter RELIANCE. Depending on the precise date of the picture the RELIANCE is either the property of the Rathbun Company (1903...

  1898  Coloured stereoview of two tugboats and a schooner in the Chicago River about 1898. "201. Chicago River on a Foggy Morning. Copyright, 1898 by T. W. Ingersoll" Reverse: "No. 201. Chicago River on a Foggy Morning. Joliet and Marquette in 1673 discovered the fact that the Indians used the...

    A photograph of the Hamilton waterfront by the Great Western Railway yards, featuring the grain elevator. To the left of the picture a schooner lies alongside the wharf. Used to illustrate Ivan S. Brookes, Hamilton Harbor, 1826-1901 .

    Winter sport on the Harbour in 1863. This view of the Point at the foot Bay St. shows H. L. Bastien's boathouse at the extreme right. To its left is the Smith's Grain Warehouse with a schooner frozen in in front of it. Grant's Sail Loft appears next. The schooner at the extreme left is wintering...

    Drawing of the old schooner TRADE WIND waiting for a good breeze, to start her on her way. She was built at Portsmouth in 1853 and lasted to 1909, a very long life. Used to illustrate Ivan S. Brookes, Hamilton Harbor, 1826-1901 . Signed "I. S. Brookes"

  c1870  Stereoview of the Oswego harbour from the upper bridge. In the centre of the harbour is a two masted schooner. The sail of another schooner is hanging to dry beyond the railroad trestle. There are a number of barges along the far side of the harbour. E. H. T. Anthony & Co., 591 Broadway, New...

  c 1888  Murton & Reid's coal wharf, Hamilton Used to illustrate Ivan S. Brookes, Hamilton Harbor, 1826-1901 . "Unloading a Coal Schooner"

  c 1889  The schooner ST. LOUIS downbound at Lock 4 on the Third Welland Canal in tow of the tug A.D. CROSS Used to illustrate Ivan S. Brookes, Hamilton Harbor, 1826-1901 .

  c 1907  Coloured postcard of the EASTLAND steaming out of Chicago past two three-masted schooners and a wooden laker with a grain elevator in the background. Divided Back. Postmarked "Chicago, Ill., 20 Aug. 1907" "Steamship Eastland and Chicago River" Reverse: "The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers,...

  c 1900  Stereoview of propeller and two tugboats, one towing a three-masted schooner, in the Chicago River about 1900. "River and Shipping, Chicago." "Stereoviews of New York City Central Park, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Buffalo, Cleveland,...

  c 1900  Stereoview of propeller and two tugboats in the Chicago River about 1900. In the distance is a steamboat with a bishops arch. Another, probably earlier, variation on this view was published by "Gates Bros. Publishers, Chicago" and titled "27 Chicago River, east from La Salle-st." "River View,...

  c1890  Stereoview of a two masted schooner and tugboat in Buffalo harbour and the western terminus of the Erie Canal. "331. Vessel in Lock, Erie Canal, Buffalo, N. Y." "Union View Co, Publishers, Rochester, N. Y." "Buffalo, N. Y."

  1896  Engraving of the Loss of the York published in John Ross Robertson, Landmarks of Toronto : A Collection of Historical Sketches of the Old Town of York From 1792 until 1833, and of Toronto From 1834 to 1895 [volume 2], Toronto: J. Ross Roberston, 1896, page 829. "Loss of the York"

  c. 1876  Aging cabinet photograph of two vessels, one two-masted schooner and one propeller in the American locks at Sault Sainte Marie. The pilot house on the propeller features a winged bald eagle

  c 1885  Stereoview of two schooners, one three-masted the other two-masted, in the Milwaukee River. The vessel on the left is the VIRGINIUS. There are piles of what appears to be cord-wood to the left of the picture and what may be quarried stone in the background between the two sailing vessels. Two...

  c 1900  Stereoview of at least four tugboats and three schooners in the Chicago River about 1900. Across the river is a grain elevator and a steel swing bridge. "Chicago River, Shipping &c. Chicago" "Picturesque American Popular G Series"

  c 1890  Mounted black and white photograph of Kingston Harbour from the late nineteenth century. The picture predates the large grain elevators that were a feature of the waterfron by the turn of the century. The one steamboat appears in the company of several schooners moored at wharves to the...

  1885  Engraving of the grain elevators at Buffalo, NY with a schooner under towand a steamboat and barge in the harbour at the entrance to the Erie Canal. Illustration from the article by Jane Meade Welch, "The City Of Buffalo," Harper's Monthly, July 1885, p. 197 Among the Elevators From a photograph...

  1885  Engraving of the Coal Docks at Buffalo, NY. A train dumps coal into them from the top while a schooner and steamboat load coal at the water level. A lone oarsman rows through the harbour in a one man racing scull. Illustration from the article by Jane Meade Welch, "The City Of Buffalo," ...

  1881  Vessels on the Menominee River, Milwaukee, WI Illustration from the article by Ernest Ingersoll, "Milwaukee," Harper's Monthly, April 1881, p. 705 Down the river from the Grand Avenue Bridge

  1881  Illustration from the article by Ernest Ingersoll, "Milwaukee," Harper's Monthly, April 1881, p. 707 A Grain Elevator

  1882  The long wharves of Marquette, MI Illustration from the article by F. Johnson, Jun, "The Upper Peninsula of Michigan," Harper's Monthly, May 1882, p. 893 Ore-shipping piers at Marquette

  1882  One schooner in the lock and another waiting to enter the Sault Sainte Marie Canal Illustration from the article by F. Johnson, Jun, "The Upper Peninsula of Michigan," Harper's Monthly, May 1882, p. 898 Entrance to Lock, Sault Sainte Marie Canal Connecting Lakes Superior and Huron

  1886  Engraving of the view from the Viaduct along the Cuyahoga River, Cleveland, OH. A variety of schooners and steamboats can be seen moored along the river while a tug makes its way downstream. Illustration from the article by Edmund Kirke, "The City Of Cleveland," Harper's Monthly, March 1886, p....

  1886  Engraving of the entrance to Cleveland harbour including steam and sailing vessels. Illustration from the article by Edmund Kirke, "The City Of Cleveland," Harper's Monthly, March 1886, p. 582 The River from the Viaduct

  1872  Engraving of the propeller driven steamboat COLUMBIA on Lake Erie. Two schooners are in the background Illustration from the article by by Constance F. Woolson, "Round By Propeller," Harper's New Monthly Magazine, September 1872, p. 518 The "Columbia" - Sunrise

  1870  Panoramic photograph of the Duluth, MN waterfront with a steamboat and schooner moored there.

  1870  Panoramic photograph of the Duluth, MN waterfront with a schooner and what appears to be a dredge. A map of the head of Lake Superior

  1884  Steamboats and schooners bunched up in the Chicago River Illustration from History of Chicago from the Earliest Period to the Present Time in three volumes by A. T. Andreas (Chicago: A. T. Andreas, 1884)

  1884  Schooners under tow in the Chicago River, along with steamboats and barges. Illustration from History of Chicago from the Earliest Period to the Present Time in three volumes by A. T. Andreas (Chicago: A. T. Andreas, 1884)

  1884  Schooners moored on the Chicago River below on one of the bridges. Illustration from History of Chicago from the Earliest Period to the Present Time in three volumes by A. T. Andreas (Chicago: A. T. Andreas, 1884)

  1884  Loading grain into the OSCEOLA of Buffalo from Newberry & Dole's Chicago warehouse Illustration from History of Chicago from the Earliest Period to the Present Time in three volumes by A. T. Andreas (Chicago: A. T. Andreas, 1884)

  1890  Full-rigged ship, schooner and steamboat in the Detroit River off Windmill Point. A boat load of fishermen haul in a net. Illustration from History of Detroit and Wayne County and Early Michigan: A Chronological Cyclopedia of the Past and Present (Detroit: Silas Farmer & Co., 1890) 3rd edition.

  1899  Two four masted schooners and a two-masted schooner with a grain elevator in the background Illustration from J. B. Mansfield, ed., History of the Great Lakes. Volume I, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1899. "The Older Type of Schooners, Grain Carriers"