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The Petoskey
A stern side view of the screw passenger and freight vessel, Petoskey, underway. Sign on ship reads Petoskey, Manistee.
The "Milwaukee" Sidewheel
The sidewheel passenger and freight, "Milwaukee," at Dewey Hill, Grand Haven, Michigan, at the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway depot.
Manistee Ship
circa 1880
The screw passenger and freight vessel, Manistee. Faint typing on picture describes the loss of the Manistee on November 16, 1883. The ship Manistee lost on Lake Superior on Nov.,1883, midway betwe...
Lady Elgin at dock
A sketch of the sidewheel passenger, Lady Elgin, at her wharf in Chicago, Illinois.
Lady Elgin Docked
circa 1859
Lithograph from Frank Leslie's Illustrated News of the sidewheel passenger, Lady Elgin, at her wharf in Chicago, Illinois in 1860. From a photograph taken on the day prior to her sinking. Sign on h...
