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“Reserve Christmas”, pkg. 6 Chrisimas cards $15.00, (13x9 in.) print $45.00 (25x19 in.) framed original $4000.00
In the midst of the 1998 Christmas season and a mere week before the holiday itself, the 767’ long S/S Reserve departs the Murphy Fuel Dock in Duluth, MN. The Oglebay Norton Marine Co. vessel is outbound Duluth and headed for the Aerial Lift Bridge with a cargo of taconite pellets loaded at the Missabe Docks. With a destination of Toledo, OH, the Reserve will be back in Duluth within 6 days to carry another load of taconite to Toledo’s Torco Docks, then the cargo will be railed inland to AK Steel in Middletown, OH. Few of the crew of 27 will be able to be with family for the holiday on a vessel so festively decorated with lights of the season, Christmas with family will have to be celebrated after the Reserve ties up for the winter in mid-January.
The Reserve was named in honor of Reserve Mining Co. whose mine was located in Babbitt, MN and shiploader was located at Silver, Bay, MN. Oglebay Norton had an extensive, long term contract with Reserve Mining, now called Cliffs Northshore Mining.

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"Reserve Christmas"
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"November Night Skies"
"Calm Entry"
"May Morning"
"Home For Christmas"
"Mirror, Mirror....."
"Spring Romance"
"Wintering Goldeneyes"
"C'mon, Follow Me"
"Breakfast"
"The Buckeye Faces a Menacing Lake Superior"
"The Presque Isle - Loaded With Stone"
"The Last Voyage, the Last Goodbyes"
"The Survivor"
"The Maiden Voyage, a Promising Future"
"St.Clair Leaves Missabe With Bluebill Escort"
"The Edwin H. Gott Loads in Two Harbors"
"Point Cabin, Knife Lake - 1973
"The Edward L. Ryerson Under the Blatnik Bridge"
"November 10th"
"Minnesota Assists the Barker"
"Sunset Departure"
"Downbound Run"
"The Inbound Munson"
"Summer Evening"
"The Bull's Harem - Maniwaki Lake"
"Summer Lightning"
"Winter Ice"
"Ely Airfleet"
"Waiting for Weather"
"Adams Lake"
"October Run"
"July Afternoon"
"Daddy's Home"
"Canal Park Sunset"
"Birdbath"
"Otter Landing"
"Misty Sunrise"
"Duluth Sunrise"
"Mythical Beasts"
"First Ice"
"Nicholson Creek"
"Twilight in Duluth"
"Into the Storm"
"Timber Jay, Lumberjack and Canadian Jay"
"Inbound Duluth"
"Tourist Attraction"
"Early Swim" and "Early Departure"
"Ma and Pa"
"Passing Storm"
"Chickadee-dee-dee" and "Chickadee-dee-dee, two"
"Around Rice's Point"
"Thief"
"Unloading Limestone"
"Approaching Storm"
"Outbound Duluth"
"Sunset Departure"
"Bull of Superstition"
"Miner's Lake"
"Loading the Indy"
"Eagle's Nest Loons"
"Starry Night"
"Enter the Callaway"
"Woodies at Rest"
"Across Lake Michigan"
"Three's a Crowd"
"Into the Storm"
"Greenwings Scrutinize the Stinson"
"Refueling Stop"
"Tough Trip"
"The Doe"
"Spring Departure"
"Winter's Here"
"Out of the Fog"
"Loading the Speer"
"Spring's Arrival"
"Moonlight Loading"
"October Morning"
"White on White"
"Mom's Brood"
"Early Morning Fog"
"Perfect Pair"
"Snowy Whitetail"
"Late November"
"Cool Spring Day"
"Enter the Callaway"
"Spooked Goldeneyes"
"Guarding Tomahawk Creek"
"Early October Snow"
"Flight of Bluebills"
"Peek-a-boo"
"Albino Couple"
"Owl vs. Hare"
"Readying for Winter"
"Rascal of Fourtown"
"Winter Fleet"
"Chipmunk Creek Ruffs"
"Cute Couple"
"Missabe Morning"
"Follow the Leader"
"Spring Training"
"Turning to Port"
"Guarding the Nest"
"Ely Ore Train, 1952"
"Beavers, Ahmoo Creek"
"Merganser Moment"
"South Pier Fishermen"
"White Pine Hill"
"Christmas Limestone"
"Family of Four"
"Recuperation"
"Straits of Mackinac"
"Two Harbors Arrival"
"Hissing Contest"
"Iron Ore Run"
"Duluth Light Show"
"The Bull of Burntside"
"Bachelor Party"
"A Minnesota October"
"The Boss"
"Security,Security,Security..."
"Welcome Back Juncos!"
"Spring Sunset"
"Acrobat"
"Fallen Arch Stopover"
"Irruption"
"Aiding the Mack"
"At Periscope Depth"
"Dramatic Entry"
"Off Thunder Point"
"Limestone for Duluth"