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Drawing

Running the Rapids of New River

Date: 02 21 1874
Description: African American boatmen run a rapids in a small river boat.
Print

A View of Snug Corner Cove in Prince William's Sound

Date: 1784
Description: Plate 45. Scene from Cook's Third Expedition, 1776-1779, while in Alaska.
Photograph

Boats in a River in Peru

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of group of boats and people on shoreline of a river in Peru, with mountains in the background.
Photograph

Boating on Kezar Lake

Date: 
Description: A view of a two people in a boat on Kezar Lake, with the Sabattus Mountains in the distance.
Photograph

Riverboat on Copper River

Date: 
Description: View of a riverboat on Copper River with the Chugach Mountains rising in the background.
Photograph

Three Men in Rowboat

Date: 
Description: View across water toward three men in a rowboat on a river in a mountain gorge.
Photograph

Lumbering Town

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Description: Distant elevated view of a lumbering town including a river and surrounding forest. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View of Raymond, Wash."
Map or Atlas

Recreational Map of Glacier National Park, Montana: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

Date: 1930
Description: Pictorial map of Glacier National Park, Montana and Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Illustrated by Joe Scheurle, it depicts white people, American ...
Map or Atlas

Recreational Map of Glacier National Park, Montana: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

Date: 1930
Description: The back of the pictorial map titled Recreational Map of Glacier National Park, Montana: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. 14 panels of text and photo...
Photograph

Hong Kong Harbor Scene

Date: 09 1951
Description: The large, ornamental office building of Thomas Cook and Sons on the waterfront in Hong Kong. The firm was one of the oldest and largest travel companies i...
Photograph

Sampan Boat in Hong Kong Harbor

Date: 09 1951
Description: A sampan boat in Hong Kong harbor. Perhaps what caught the photographer's eye was the laundry on the boat hanging out to dry.
Photograph

Lake Scene

Date: 
Description: Lake scene with children in a rowboat near the Rock Ridge Mountains and Lake. Caption reads: "Rockridge Mountains and Lake, Denville, N.J."
Photograph

General City View

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a city along a shoreline. Mountains appear in the background. Published by P.E. Kern, Skagway, & Valdez, Alaska.
Photograph

City View

Date: 
Description: Elevated general view of the city with harbor and mountains. A ship is docked near the railroad bridge.
Photograph

City View

Date: 
Description: View from the harbor showing the city near the mountainside. Published by E.A. Hegg, Cordova, Alaska.
Photograph

City View

Date: 
Description: View of the city's shoreline from across the bay. A boat can be seen along the nearest shore and mountains rise behind the city buildings in the distance.
Photograph

City View, Sitka, Alaska

Date: 
Description: View from across the harbor showing the pier and mountains in the background.
Photograph

City View

Date: 
Description: View of the city from across the water, where a boat can be seen. Mountains rise in the background.
Photograph

Eskimo Tent Village

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Description: Elevated view of an Eskimo tent village on sandspit along the shoreline. Wood buildings are along higher ground on the right near a river.
Photograph

Crew on Higgins Boat

Date: 08 11 1943
Description: Crew of four aboard a Higgins boat, also known as a LCVP, which stands for "Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel." Their names, left to right, are Fireman 1st...

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