fur trade

Leather Buckets, Free images of New Mexico

Two leather buckets filled with water near a fire ring.

A Plan of the Straits of St. Mary, and Michilimakinac, to shew the sit...

Scale ca. 1:75,000. LC copy has printed title with incorrect date [i.e. 1781] glued in lower right margin. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 770 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a r... More

Virginia Marylandia et Carolina in America Septentrionali ..

Cartouche showing European traders and Natives in tropical setting around a large skin with title text. Illus. in: Atlas geographicvs maior ... / per Iohannem Baptistam Homannvm. Norimbergae : Curantibus Homa... More

A plan of the Straits of St. Mary, and Michilimakinac, to shew the sit...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

A map of the inhabited part of Canada ... with the frontiers of New Yo...

Cartouche showing Englishmen trading with Natives in a wilderness setting. Illus. in: The North American atlas, selected from the most authentic maps, charts, plans, &c. hitherto published / by Wm. Faden. Lond... More

Articles of agreement between John Lewis, James Wilkinson, and Abner M...

Mackinaw Boat, Free images of New Mexico

The Paul LaPlante is a replica Mackinaw sailboat used by fishermen on Lake Superior in the mid-late 1800 and early 1900s.

Mulak - Elk, Fort Vancouver national historic site

"Mulak” is the Chinuk Wawa word for “elk.” It is pronounced “MOO-lahk.” The location where Fort Vancouver stands was once the site of a large prairie, created by Indigenous peoples using controlled burns. Sele... More

Robert Campbell - National Parks Gallery

Member of Rocky Mountain Fur Company. Was in charge of party that lost four men on the Bad Pass Trail when attacked by the Blackfeet in 1829.

Map of the United States, Territory of Oregon, west of the Rocky Mount...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Map of the United States, Territory of Oregon, west of the Rocky Mount...

Scale ca. 1:1,000,000. Relief shown by hachures. Label pasted on, signed in black ink: Wash: Hood Capt. Topl. Engrs. LC copy annotated in pencil with extensive notes and revisions. "S. Doc. no. 470, 25 Con. 2 s... More

Map of the United States, Territory of Oregon, west of the Rocky Mount...

Relief shown by hachures. "S. Doc. no. 470, 25 Con. 2 s." Includes notes. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy annotated in pencil: scale incorrect. Another issue d... More

Chief Factor's House - National Parks Gallery

Fort Vancouver. The Chief Factor's House, originally built in 1837-1838, was reconstructed in 1976. Located near the north entrance inside the stockade, the house is a one and one-half story structure. There ar... More

Map of the United States, Territory of Oregon, west of the Rocky Mount...

Relief shown by hachures. Includes note. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy signed on verso: Oregon Territory 1838, Millard Fillmore. Sectioned and folded into 8... More

Der Kürschner. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows two men working at a furrier's shop making fur coats and other garments. In album: Oertels Lesebuch, 32 Bilder, 2te Abtg.

Indian Trade Store - National Parks Gallery

Fort Vancouver. The original Indian Trade Shop and Dispensary was built during the years 1836-1841. The reconstruction was completed in 1981. It is a one and one-half story building of post-on-still constructio... More

Blacksmith Shop, Fort Vancouver national historic site

Fort Vancouver. The blacksmith shop was built between 1836 and 1841, and the current building was reconstructed in 1981. The exterior walls are constructed of chinked, horizontal infill timbers placed between v... More

Fur Store, Fort Vancouver national historic site

Fort Vancouver. The fur warehouse was reconstructed in 1992-1994, based on the original warehouse built in 1841. It is the largest reconstructed building in the fort stockade and represents one of the four simi... More

Bakehouse and Two Privies - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...

Fort Vancouver. The bakehouse, originally built in 1844, was reconstructed in 1974. The building is a one and one-half story, rectangular building with a gable roof and lean-to over back ovens. Wood shingles co... More

Bastion and Stockade Wall - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...

Fort Vancouver. The full extent of the stockade was constructed prior to 1845, and it was reconstructed between 1966 and 1973. Its construction incorporates the use of ten to thirteen-inch diameter posts (calle... More

Restored Well and Reconstructed Well Sweep

Fort Vancouver. The well is the only original structure remaining in the Hudson's Bay Company stockade. Originally built around 1845, it was excavated in 1955 and rehabilitated in 1974. It was historically used... More

Transatlantic sketches--the Mississippi River

Wood engravings showing three views of the Mississippi River, captioned: 1. Down the lower Mississippi--from the Baton Rouge; 2. Voyageurs ascending the lower Mississippi; 3. Woodchopper's hut, lower Mississippi.

Breaking out through the ice - the sealing fleet leaving St. Johns, Ne...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 28, 1884 April 5, p. 221. DCRM(G) example 1E3 - statement of responsibility, with two or more names

The first sealer of the season / drawn by Charles Graham from a sketch...

Steamship Resolute, of Dundee, arriving at St. John's, Newfoundland with cargo of harp seals. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 29, 1885 April 18, p. 244.

fur trade from "Upper Canada Sketches ... With illustrations, portrait...

This image has been taken from scan 000073 from "Upper Canada Sketches ... With illustrations, portraits and map". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of th... More

Laliberte's fur parlor--the finest in the world, Quebec, Canada

Stuffed animals and animal hides on display. 11964 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 9460. Copyright by B.L. Singley.

Eskimo fur dealer - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Photo by Lomen Bros., Nome. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Eskimo fur dealer, Alaska. 19th century, Library of Congress collectio...

Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Finest fur parlar [sic] in the world, Quebec, Canada

Stuffed animals and animal hides on display. D8235 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2501.

The Finest fur parlor in the world--Holt, Renfrew & Co., furriers to H...

H11594 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map of the Trans-Mississippi of the United States during the period of...

13194 U.S. Copyright Office From: History of the Fur Trade of the Far West, by H.M. Chittenden, vol. 3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Laliberte's fur parlor--the finest in the world, Quebec, Canada

Stuffed animals and animal hides on display. H78656 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1011. Copyright by W.S. Smith.

The crafty traders and the easy Indians / Will Crawford.

Illustration shows Joseph G. Cannon and Nelson W. Aldrich dressed as a frontiersman labeled "Licensed Trader[" offering trinkets labeled "Pauper-Competition Scare, Steady-Work Yarn, Prosperity-For-All Bluff, Ca... More

Ye New Amsterdam drummer; and how he made himself solid in his territo...

Illustration shows a series of vignettes that depict the initial failure of a Dutch salesman, "Van Bummer", in business dealings with the Natives; after learning their language, he regales them with "ye tales o... More

Trading with the Indians / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows, in two scenes, a comparison of what was and what might have been; on the left, Natives trading furs with settlers, and on the right, Natives, burdened with furs, standing outside a stockade ... More

Monuments of civilization / Keppler., Political Cartoon

Illustration shows at top, Puck holding a paper that states "The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research - Here modern science, aided by Vivisection, is gradually conquering and eradicating human disease" wi... More

Fort Vancouver Cultural Landscape - Public domain map

Fort Vancouver. A closer look at the boundary of the Fort Vancouver component landscape identifies some of the reconstructed features that suggest the historic landscape, including the fort stockade, garden, or... More

Front Entrance Path - National Parks Gallery

Fort Vancouver. The entrance path to the fort is considered a compatible feature of the historic landscape. The north entrance to the fort was historically accessed by a wagon road, about 12-15 feet wide and pr... More

Twenty-six Lead Balls (FOUS 1450)

Twenty-six .50 caliber lead ball reproductions. During the fur trade, lead balls like these would have been used in smoothbore muskets such as the Northwest trade gun. The Northwest trade gun was specifically m... More

Serpent Sideplate (FOUS 1413) - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...

Many different muskets were available during the time of the fur trade, but the Northwest Trade gun was by far the most popular among the various American Indian tribes that traded at Fort Union. Serpent sidepl... More

Buffalo Robe Coat (FOUS 890) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...

During the fur trade, on average about 25,000 buffalo robes were sent down river each year to the major commercial centers. The robes were then used as blankets, padding in carriages and made into buffalo coats... More

Two Lead Balls (FOUS 181) - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...

Two .54 caliber lead balls. These balls were probably used in a musket such as the Northwest Trade gun. During the time of the fur trade, these smoothbore trade guns were among the most common firearms that Ame... More

Glass Bead (FOUS 39311) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Very light yellowish-brown, lampworked drawn glass bead. According to Lester A. Ross, author of Trade Beads from Archeological Excavations at Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site, "beads of this class... More

Two Lead Balls (FOUS 181) - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...

Two .54 caliber lead balls. These balls were probably used in a musket such as the Northwest Trade gun. During the time of the fur trade, these smoothbore trade guns were among the most common firearms that Ame... More

Projectile Point (FOUS 1002) - Public Domain image, National Parks Gal...

Metal projectile points like this one, that archeologists unearthed at Fort Union, were introduced to American Indians during the fur trade. It’s triangular shape and rectangular stem, called a tang, are simila... More

Twenty-sid Lead Balls (FOUS 1450)

Twenty-six .50 caliber lead ball reproductions. During the fur trade, lead balls like these would have been used in smoothbore muskets such as the Northwest trade gun. The Northwest trade gun was specifically m... More

Twenty-Six Lead Balls (FOUS 1450)

Twenty-six .50 caliber lead ball reproductions. During the fur trade, lead balls like these would have been used in smoothbore muskets such as the Northwest trade gun. The Northwest trade gun was specifically m... More

Metal Scissor (FOUS 8664) - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...

Metal scissors were a popular trade item at Fort Union. Just like today, tailors used them to cut fabric and thread. But it wasn’t only a tailor who used them at Fort Union. American Indian and Métis women woul... More

French-style Iron Trade Axe (FOUS 737)

"French axe" or "Squaw axe"? During the 1800s this axe (FOUS 737) might have been referred to as a "Squaw axe" because women often used small axes, or hatchets, for chopping wood or other tasks. The word "Squaw... More

Beaver Dam, National Parks gallery

Big Hole National Battlefield Site. The camp site provided water, fish, beaver, and over small game for the Nez Perce. Natural systems continue to be evident across the cultural landscape. These features and sy... More

Two Lead Balls (FOUS 181) - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...

Two .54 caliber lead balls. These balls were probably used in a musket such as the Northwest Trade gun. During the time of the fur trade, these smoothbore trade guns were among the most common firearms that Ame... More

Construction of Boat - National Parks Gallery

Construction of a small boat that likely would have been used during the fur trade.

Needle (FOUS 17017) - National Parks Gallery

Metal needles like this one became available to American Indians through the fur trade. Why would they want metal needles instead of the ones they traditionally used? One reason might be that fur traders import... More

Canadian scenes. Fur trader. Horydczak collection.

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Canadian scenes. Fur trader. 1930s public domain photogrpaph.

Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Spirit of the Northwest] - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of American trade card, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Members of the Fur Traders Assn.

President Coolidge posed, standing with members of the Fur Traders Association. National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 2, p. 21, no. 32702.

[Daughters of movie magnate call on the president. Misses Edith and Ir...

National Photo Company Collection. Item in album: v. 1, p. 14, no. 41092.

James Taylor Cabins, Yukon River, Opposite 4th of July Creek, Eagle, S...

Significance: James Taylor, a miner who had been in the country since the early days of the twentieth century, settled on the right bank of the Yukon when he had ceased mining and turned to trapping in the mid ... More

Lithograph of Fort Vancouver, 1854

Fort Vancouver. This lithograph of the 1854 fort landscape was created by Gustav Sohon. Hudson's Bay Company developments are predominately located to the right and in the foreground, while later U.S. Army deve... More

Flatware box in the Fur Trade room.

Flatware box in the Fur Trade room. ; April 1973

Fur Trade room. - National Parks Gallery

Fur Trade room. ; April 1973 Public domain photograph of cabinet interior, office, living or dining room, furniture, free to use, no copyright restri... More

Fur Trade room. - National Parks Gallery

Fur Trade room. ; January 1975 Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright res... More

View of Fur Trade room. - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

View of Fur Trade room. ; July 1977

Fur Trade room. - National Parks Gallery

Fur Trade room. ; July 1977 Public domain photograph of a cabin, log house, dwelling in National Park, free to use, no copyright restrictions image -... More

View of Fur Trade room. - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

View of Fur Trade room. ; May 1978

Buffalo hide, powder horns, and more; Fur Trade room.

Buffalo hide, powder horns, and more; Fur Trade room. ; May 1978

Furs on a table; Fur Trade room.

Furs on a table; Fur Trade room. ; May 1978 Public domain photograph of a cabin, log house, dwelling in National Park, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - ... More

Earth observations taken from shuttle Discovery during STS-85 mission

STS085-506-081 (7-19 August 1997) --- Montreal is a city on an island that grew up around the mountain -- in 1535 Jacques Cartier landed on an island in the St. Lawrence River and named a 233 meter-high mountai... More

Village House #1 - National Parks Gallery

Fort Vancouver. The HBC Village is one of the archeological sites included in the Fort Vancouver landscape boundary. Located outside the stockade, the area is estimated to have contained between forty and sixty... More

Fort Vancouver Landscape - National Parks Gallery

Fort Vancouver. Fort Vancouver is a component landscape within Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. It is part of a larger historic district that was listed on the National Register in 2007. As part of that n... More

ISS014-E-12686 (21 Jan. 2007) --- This wintry scene of Quebec Provinc...

ISS014-E-12686 (21 Jan. 2007) --- This wintry scene of Quebec Province in Canada was photographed by one of the Expedition 14 crew members aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station. In 1535 Jacque... More

Photo of Bifacial Blade Tip - GRPO 6941 - Public domain dedication

Prior to the advent of the fur trade, Native Peoples in the Great Lakes Region utilized tools produced from wood, bone, stone, and native copper. One such example of a tool is this bifacial chert blade tip fra... More

Village House #2 - National Parks Gallery

Fort Vancouver. This reconstruction (2009) represents a village house that was originally built around the 1840s. It is a post-on-sill construction with a gable roof, glad with wood shingles. A wood plank door ... More

beaver skinning program - National Parks Gallery

beaver skinning programs help highlight the fur trade.

Glass Bead Display - National Parks Gallery

Reenactor talks about the history of glass and sea shell strands in the fur trade.

Sniffing the new shoots - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

A porcupine sniffs at the new shoots of grass sprouting in the bottom lands along the Missouri River. Before European glass trade beads became available through the fur trade, the Upper Missouri tribes used the... More

The river-front gate - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Fort Union Trading Post's whitewashed south palisade wall and bastion once provided a windbreak for the northern plains tribes that in winter visited and stayed in tepees outside the post. During their visits, ... More

Northmen's Encampment, Free images of New Mexico

Voyageurs often slept under an overturned canoe with a canvas awning to cook and socialize.

Making a Sail - National Parks Gallery

Three maritime reenactors work on a sail in the voyageurs encampment.

National parks: Cooking - public domain image

Reenactors prepare meals around encampment fires.

National parks: Cooking - public domain image

These structures are set up in the "Pines."

Antoine - Booshway's Aide - National Parks Gallery

Antoine assists in the Encampment. Public domain photograph related to US National Parks, Nature, conservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

People Disembarking, Free images of New Mexico

People getting off the Voyageur after their trip to see the Mist of Avalon.

Encampment Booshways, Free images of New Mexico

Karl and Steve, the historic encampment booshways, talk with reenactors to make Rendezvous Days as enjoyable to everyone as is possibles.

National parks: Swinging - public domain image

Kids enjoy swinging in the Pines.

Grand Portage Bay - National Parks Gallery

Motor vessel Sea Hunter turns towards schooner Mist of Avalon anchored near Hat Point. Mackinaw boat Paul LaPlante close to dock.

Painted Hide, Free images of New Mexico

Buffalo (bison) hide with triangles in a central circlular pattern and at the corners of an outlined box.

Stored Sails, Free images of New Mexico

Interesting figure on the bowsprit of the Mist of Avalon.

Tanned Hides, Free images of New Mexico

Whole bison (buffalo) and beaver hides (one sown together) on the ground.

Birch Bark Canoe - National Parks Gallery

A Montreal canoe with a mast attached to enable attaching a sail.

National parks: Stern - public domain image

Mist of Avalon stern view. Public domain photograph of a ship, sailing ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mist of Avalon - National Parks Gallery

Stern of the Mist of Avalon with forested Mount Josephine in the background.

Northmen's Encampment, Free images of New Mexico

The Grand Portage cooridor goes through the Northmen's Encampment.

Northmen's Encampment, Free images of New Mexico

Northmen, voyageurs arriving from the west, camped apart from the Porkeaters, from Montreal.

Ojibwe Village, Free images of New Mexico

Reenactors walk through the Ojibwe Village on a gravel path.

Motor Vessel Near Schooner - A boat and a boat in the water

Sea Hunter under power near Mist of Avalon.

Great Hall, Free images of New Mexico

Park staff in the great hall are prepared for "Gentlemen Conduct a Business Meeting" reenactment.

National parks: Hides - public domain image

Whole and stitched buffalo and other animal hides next to a checked fabric.

People Wait to Board - A group of people standing on a dock next to a ...

People wait in line to board the Voyageur. Mackinaw boat Paul LaPlante nearby under sail.