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Train Crossing a Bridge

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Description: View along right side of shoreline toward a Chicago, Minneapolis, and St. Paul train crossing a bridge over the Wisconsin River.
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Bridge over Lower Fox River

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Description: Elevated view of a railway bridge over the river, with industrial buildings along the shoreline in the background.
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City of Gloucester, Mass.

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Description: Elevated view of the town and its harbor. Ships are out in the water. Caption reads: "City Of Gloucester, Mass."
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Yukon River

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Description: Elevated view looking down at a steamer loaded with passengers on the shoreline of the Yukon River. Several dogs are at the shoreline. Caption reads: "Stea...
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Steamboat "Lavelle Young"

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Description: Elevated view of the steamboat "Lavelle Young" landing in Fairbanks as a crowd of people are looking on. Text on photograph reads: "Steamer 'Lavelle Young'...
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Camp Kennington Harbor

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of the harbor at Camp Kennington with boats pulled onto the shore of a small inlet, part of Lake Sebago. Caption reads: "The Harbor, Camp Ken...
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Mill Pond

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Description: A peaceful view of a pond and mill, featuring a small dog sitting in a boat, which rests on the shore.
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Scudder Pond

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Description: View across Scudder's Pond, featuring a fence framed by trees in the foreground, and a house on the opposite shoreline in the background.
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Bear Mountain Park

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Description: Elevated view of the lake at Bear Mountain Park, with trees in the background and a road bordering one side.
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The Shore Road, Lloyd's Neck

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Description: A dirt road along the shore, featuring a log guardrail and a boathouse in the distance. Caption reads: "The Shore Road, Lloyd's Neck, Huntington, N.Y."
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Steamboat on the Ohio River

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Description: A large steamboat on the Ohio River steaming past countryside of rolling wooded hills.
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Steamboats at a Wharf

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Description: Elevated view of a steamboat docked at a wharf building on the Ohio River. Another steamboat is visible in the distance approaching a bend in the river, an...
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View of the Ohio River

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Description: Elevated view of steamboat on the Ohio River. Wooded hillsides surround the river.
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The Ohio River

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Description: Elevated view of a steamboat on the Ohio River near Georgetown, with housing visible on the opposite shore and a small dock in the foreground.
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Boating on the Gasconade River

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Description: View of the Gasconade River and shore. A party of people are gathered near the water and a small rowboat with an American flag in it is pulled up alongside...
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Mississipi River and Horseshoe Island

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Description: Elevated view of the Mississippi River and Horseshoe Island, an unusually shaped island that has water in its middle.
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Doller's Harbor

Date: 1910
Description: View of a group of men and women sitting on the shore of Doller's Harbor. Nearby, a steamship can be seen at Doller's Wharf. Caption reads: "Doller's Wharf...
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Big Leech Lake

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Description: A view of the beach at Smokey Point Resort, on Big Leech Lake.
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City Lake

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Description: Elevated view of people sitting in a boat and and also standing on the shore of City Lake, with a view of the vast landscape in the distance. Caption reads...
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Elevated View of the Mississippi River

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Description: View of two bridges on the Mississippi River and the working river banks. A number of boats are in the water and cargo is stacked on the shore.

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