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1. Birdseye view of Excelsior Bay, Lake Minnetonka, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910
Description:
View of Excelsior dock station looking west across the bay from the St. Albans Bay bridge. Ferries and express boats are docked, as well as the Plymouth.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

2. Boat at dock on Big Stone Lake, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:
1912?
Description:
Boat at dock on Big Stone Lake.
Contributing Institution:
Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. Boat at peninsula looking south on Big Stone Lake, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Boat at peninsula looking south on Big Stone Lake.
Contributing Institution:
Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Boat builder Joe Creese and son Elmer, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:
1913
Description:
Ortonville boat builder Joe Creese and his son Elmer. Photograph is marked "In 1913, Dad was 45."
Contributing Institution:
Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Boat Landing at the junction of Main Street and Albion Avenue, Fairmont, Minnesota

Date Created:
1893-06-16
Description:
Boat Landing at the junction of Main Street and Albion Avenue in Fairmont.
Contributing Institution:
Martin County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Boat "Mudhen" on Big Stone Lake, Ortonville, Minnesota

Date Created:
1921?
Description:
The "Mudhen" is docked at the shore. A smaller wooden boat and a wood canoe are attached to the Mudhen.
Contributing Institution:
Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Dock at Wildwood, White Bear Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Steamer dock with boathouse in foreground and steamer at dock; Wildwood Park on the southwest shore of White Bear Lake
Contributing Institution:
White Bear Lake Area Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. Excelsior dock, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930 - 1940
Description:
The Minnetonka, formerly the Hopkins, at the Water Street dock boarding passengers.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Excursion Boats in Lake City, Minnesota

Creator:
Carlson, Roy, 1886-1992
Date Created:
1988
Description:
Roy Carlson (1886-1992) discusses excursion boats in Lake City, Minnesota. He and the audience also discuss storms, using the boats for commuting and dancing, and the fires at Gillett & Eaton. A man name Otto mentions immigrating from Germany.
Contributing Institution:
Lake City Historical Society
Type:
Sound Recording Nonmusical
Format:
Oral histories

10. Express boat in Excelsior Bay, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930 - 1940
Description:
The express boat Minnetonka, formerly the Hopkins, in Excelsior Bay.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

11. Express boat interior, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906 - 1908
Description:
Interior view of one of the Lake Minnetonka express boats looking forward. The engine compartment is at left.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Express boat "Stillwater" on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906 - 1910
Description:
The express boat "Stillwater" at an unknown dock on Lake Minnetonka.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Express boat "White Bear," Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909
Description:
View of the express boat "White Bear" including a head-on view of bow. This image accompanied an engineering student's thesis "Speed Trials and Service Tests on the Steamboat White Bear."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Express boat "White Bear," Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909
Description:
View of the express boat "White Bear" including the rear of the boat at a 3/4 angle. This image accompanied an engineering student's thesis "Speed Trials and Service Tests on the Steamboat White Bear."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Express boat "White Bear," Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909
Description:
View of the express boat "White Bear" including an interior view of engine compartment. This image accompanied an engineering student's thesis "Speed Trials and Service Tests on the Steamboat White Bear."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Express boat "White Bear," Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909
Description:
View of the express boat "White Bear" including the stern and propeller. This image accompanied an engineering student's thesis "Speed Trials and Service Tests on the Steamboat White Bear."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Express boat "White Bear," Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909
Description:
View of the express boat "White Bear" including the rear of the boat at a 3/4 angle. This image accompanied an engineering student's thesis "Speed Trials and Service Tests on the Steamboat White Bear."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. Express boat "White Bear," Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909
Description:
View of the express boat "White Bear" including the stern and propeller. This image accompanied an engineering student's thesis "Speed Trials and Service Tests on the Steamboat White Bear."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Ferry on the Mississippi River, Red Wing, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890?
Description:
A ferry operating between Wisconsin and Minnesota sides of the Mississippi River. This boat had a capacity for six teams.
Contributing Institution:
Goodhue County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. "Ginger" of the Red Boat Line, Lake of the Woods, Minnesota

Creator:
Gjelhaug, J. A.
Date Created:
1915 -1920
Description:
Passenger and freight boat "Ginger" of the Red Boat Line, underway on the Rainy River making daily runs between Baudette and Frontier, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Lake of the Woods County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

21. Governor Hammond and touring legislators arriving at Baudette, Minnesota.

Creator:
Gjelhaug, J. A.
Date Created:
1915-06-14
Description:
Steamboat Agwinde arriving at Baudette with Governor Hammond and touring legislators on board.
Contributing Institution:
Lake of the Woods County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

22. Laborers in whaleback under construction, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1888?
Description:
Workers pose in whaleback under construction; the 101 whaleback barge was built in 1888
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Lake Sisseton boat landing, Fairmont, Minnesota

Date Created:
1893-06-16
Description:
Boat Landing at Lake Sisseton with Martin County's second of three courthouses in background, Fairmont.
Contributing Institution:
Martin County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. "Minnewaska" lake launch, Blue Mounds Township, Minnesota

Creator:
Swenson, Clarence
Date Created:
1912-08-02
Description:
Passenger boat used on Lake Minnewaska flying "Minnewaska" penant on the bow.
Contributing Institution:
Pope County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

25. Painting of a whaleback vessel on the Great Lakes

Creator:
Barry, David Frances
Date Created:
1890?
Description:
Photograph of a painting of a whaleback vessel on the Great Lakes.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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