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  1. 1959.05.03

    Photograph of Main Street in Leland, with the Leland Mercantile on the left side.

    Record Type: Photo

    Front Street
  2. 1959.05.04 A

    Photograph of Manitou Joe, an Indian chief said to also be of black descent. Joe Manitou (Other side of 1959.05.04 B

    Record Type: Photo

    Joe Manitou
  3. 1959.05.04 B

    Photograph of Carp Lake, 1.5 miles south of Leland

    Record Type: Photo

    Carp Lake
  4. 1959.05.05

    Photograph of the charcoal iron furnace in Leland.

    Record Type: Photo

    Charcoal Iron Furnace
  5. 1959.19.03

    Photograph of the ship "Columbia."

    Record Type: Photo

    Columbia
  6. 1960.15.01

    Photograph of the breakwater construction in Leland harbor.

    Record Type: Photo

    Breakwall Construction
  7. 1960.15.13

    Photograph of the Sleeping Bear Point Coast Guard crew. Captain Fred Marsh and surfman John Basch practice with Coast Guard crew, using beach cart to put a line on submerged barge. (Captain and surfman wearing dark uniforms, others wearing white)

    Record Type: Photo

    Life Saving Crew
  8. 1960.15.14

    Photograph of the Sleeping Bear Point Coast Guard crews. Captain Fred Marsh and surfman John Basch, wearing dark uniforms, lead practice with "body crutch."

    Record Type: Photo

    Life Saving Crew
  9. 1960.15.15

    Photograph of the Sleeping Bear Point Coast Guard crew, righting a barge. Man in the middle with feet spread is surfman John Basch.

    Record Type: Photo

    Life Saving Station
  10. 1960.15.16

    Photograph of the S.S. Venezuela, far left, the tug Howard, in the middle, and the S.S. Amazonas, on the right, in Sleeping Bear Bay. Amazonas, and her consort (tow barge) Paisley, went ashore.

    Record Type: Photo

    Sleeping Bear Bay
  11. 1960.15.17

    Photograph of three boats, the Howard, S.S. Amazonas, and the Venezuela, in Sleeping Bear Bay Information with photograph: "The Howard, pushing the badly leaking Amazonas up against the venezuela, with lines pulled under Amazonas between Howard and Venezuela to keep her afloat and get her into drydock. All were wooden ships. Amazonas light, wouldnt ride out a storm, and the Venezuela was loaded with coal."

    Record Type: Photo

    Three Wooden Ships
  12. 1960.15.27

    Photograph of the mailboat crew in Leland, after bringing in mail from North Manitou through a violent storm. In Photograph: Lightkeeper (unknown), Captain Will Carlson (eventually drowned), Captain Tracy Grosvenor, and Surfman Clem Brown.

    Record Type: Photo

    Mailboat Crew
  13. 1960.15.43

    Photograph of the steamer Lou A. Cummings of the Traverse Bay Line. In 1889 Captain Henry Webb, of Neahtawanta Point, purchased the Lou A. Cummings and put her on the Traverse City - East Jordan run. 7:00 A.M. from Traverse City to Elk Rapids, Antrim City, Pine River (Charlevoix), Old Mission, Bowers Harbor (Haight's Dock), Suttons Bay, and back to Traverse City ever evening. This was the same schedule the steamer Sunnyside had followed. The ...

    Record Type: Photo

    S.S. Lou A. Cummings
  14. 1960.15.44

    Photograph of the steamer Lou A. Cummings of the Traverse Bay Line. In 1889 Captain Henry Webb, of Neahtawanta Point, purchased the Lou A. Cummings and put her on the Traverse City - East Jordan run. 7:00 A.M. from Traverse City to Elk Rapids, Antrim City, Pine River (Charlevoix), Old Mission, Bowers Harbor (Haight's Dock), Suttons Bay, and back to Traverse City ever evening. This was the same schedule the steamer Sunnyside had followed. The ...

    Record Type: Photo

    Lou A Cummings
  15. 1960.15.45

    Photograph aboard the steamer Lou A. Cummings of the Traverse Bay Line. In 1889 Captain Henry Webb, of Neahtawanta Point, purchased the Lou A. Cummings and put her on the Traverse City - East Jordan run. 7:00 A.M. from Traverse City to Elk Rapids, Antrim City, Pine River (Charlevoix), Old Mission, Bowers Harbor (Haight's Dock), Suttons Bay, and back to Traverse City ever evening. This was the same schedule the steamer Sunnyside had followed. ...

    Record Type: Photo

    Lou A. Cummings
  16. 1960.15.47

    Photograph of the steamer Lawrence of the Northerm Michigan Line. It is the sister ship of the Champlain, and carried mail to Grand Traverse Bay Ports

    Record Type: Photo

    S.S. Lawrence
  17. 1960.15.48

    Photograph of an unidentified steamer on Glen Lake. Possibly owner of the boat: John Dorsey.

    Record Type: Photo

    Steamer
  18. 1960.15.52

    Photograph of a freighter for the Lake Superior Iron Co, the Joliet of Ishpeming.

    Record Type: Photo

    Joliet of Ishpeming
  19. 1960.15.71

    Photograph of the S.S. Missouri at the Leland dock, probably about 1910 or a little earlier. Leland, Glen Arbor, North Manitou Island, and the ports along Grand Traverse Bay were regular stops.

    Record Type: Photo

    S.S. Missouri
  20. 1962.47.01

    Photograph of the lighthouse on South Manitou Island.

    Record Type: Photo

    South Manitou Island

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