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    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

   

    Grand Portail -- Pictured Rocks, L. S.

   

    From Bela Hubbard, Memorials of a Half-century in Michigan and the Lake Region, (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1888) p. 163

    Gouache and pencil on paper drawing of a Mackinaw boat with sails raised flying an American flag. A three-masted, arched propeller is off the stern in the background. Mounted on cardboard.

    Built originally for Frank W. Gilchrist of Alpena, MI, the tug was in the Great Lakes Towing Co. fleet from 1899 until 1943. The colors of the hull and cabin and the "G" on the stack are consistent w

    Oil on board portrait of the CITY OF CLEVELAND on a calm lake at night. A three masted schooner is off the bow in the background.

    Watercolor on paper of two Great Lakes freighters in the Saint Clair River.

    "U.S.S. Yantic at Sea" by Robert Hopkin is undated and shows a distant view from starboard bow of the gunboat in heavy weather under shortened sail. A brass plaque on the frame indicates that the obj

    This watercolor illustration is by C.W. Norton, and depicts the steam propeller Benton of 1867. It is a port side profile showing a black-hulled steamer with white rails and superstructure, single st

    This image shows the schooner J.T. Wing on Belle Isle as the Museum of Great Lakes History between 1949 and 1956. Colorful and generally accurate, the rendering would be considered folk art. While th

    One watercolor painting of the tugboat, Sweepstakes. The painting shows a port side view of the tugboat which is underway in fair weather on a lake. The artist has signed her name, "Perry," in the lo