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    Looking forward from the upper deck of the CHICORA on the Red River Expedition in 1870

    Engraving of the steamboat CHICORA in Collingwood harbour in 1870, from which she embarked troops for the Red River Expedition

   

   

    Noted on reverse, taken from a tintype.

   

    Late 19th century half-model of a Great Lakes sailing vessel, made by Erie-based mariner John Gray, probably during his retirement. Gray experienced first hand life on these vessels as he sailed out

    The City of Detroit (From Canada Shore) A. C. Warren R. Hinshelwood Entered according to Act of Congress A. D. 1872 by D. Appleton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington

    Watercolour on paper

    The flag on the mast shows A D & P, which stood for the Atlantic, Duluth and Pacific Line. The image was used in a company ad in the 1871 edition of "The Great Lakes" and was probably meant to repres