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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Album 27 (River Steamboats, select Photographs and Wrecks)
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| Description: | A bow view of the "Sidney". Later named "Washington". |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | The "Clyde" after being converted to a sternwheel rafter, pushing a tow with a locomotive on board. |
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| Description: | The sternwheel rafter, "Juniata," pushing a raft of lumber. The crew is posing on deck. The boat was later named "Red Wing." |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | The sidewheel packet, "Keokuk," loaded with passengers beside a barge at a landing. The landing is filled with people and horse-drawn vehicles. The sign on... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | The sidewheel excursion, Saint Paul, after running aground near Muscatine. The spar is set and the line out. Dan Sauer, the carpenter, is holding th... |
| Date: | June 25 1910 |
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| Description: | The wreck of the sternwheel excursion, J.S., after being destroyed by fire on June 25, 1910, now lying in the Mississippi River north of Victory, Wi... |
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