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Mississippi Riverboat Landing
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View from shoreline towards a docked Mississippi riverboat. Passengers are disembarking from the ship, and a large crowd is gathered on shore, with some people on bicycles. A bridge is in the background. Caption reads: "Mississippi river boat landing Clinton, Iowa."
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WHi 71939
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The Sidney Landing at Bellevue
The sternwheel excursion, Sidney, later named Washington, landing at Bellevue. Passengers are disembarking. A sign on the ship reads Streckfus Lines.
Excursion Steamer J.S. Landing Passengers
1901
The sternwheel excursion, J.S., landing passengers, taken between 1901 and 1910. Crowds are on riverbank and there are buildings in background. A crane on the front of the steamer is attached to a ...
Steamboat "Virginia"
1905
View of the steamboat "Virginia" underneath a bridge in the Ohio River near Wheeling. "Virginia" is painted on the rear of the ship. A second bridge is in the background. Caption reads: "Ohio River...
"Saint Paul" Steamship
Steamship "Saint Paul" on the Mississippi River near Keokuk. Sign painted on the ship read: "St. Louis, Quincy & Keokuk Jo Line Saint Paul." Postcard reads: "Keokuk, Iowa" and "Keokuk and St. Louis...
Steamer "Dubuque"
View of the steamboat "Dubuque" docked in the Mississippi River. Passengers are on the ship decks and smoke is coming out of several nearby smokestacks. Caption reads: "Steamer 'Dubuque' at Quincy,...
Passenger Steamboats
View from shoreline of two passenger steamboats on the Mississippi river near Clinton. Several children and adults wait on shore. A tugboat is nearby in the river, and another small vessel is near ...
