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| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Two fishermen on rocks alongside the Pike River. |
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| Description: | Fisherman cooking on campfire at the edge of a river. |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Woman in a boat showing a fish she has just caught on the Mississippi River. |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards eight men trout fishing on the Brule River. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline towards Indian log drivers, two in a bateau, and one man standing on the bank of the Chippewa River. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Bow of the sidewheel packet, "Quincy," sunk in 1906. People are standing on temporary pier beside her. Later raised and renamed the "J.S." |
| Date: | 1832 |
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| Description: | An early type of sidewheel passenger and freight steamboat The Milwaukie, also known as The Milwaukee. It was used on Lake Erie and upper lak... |
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| Description: | The sidewheel excursion, Saint Paul, underway. In the background is the Alton Bridge. Later named Senator. |
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| Description: | The schooner "Azov of Hamilton" on the River St. Clair. The "Azov of Hamilton" was a 108 foot, 195 ton Canadian schooner built in 1866. |
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| Description: | Advertisement for the sternwheel excursion, G.W. Hill, with an engraving of the sternwheel docked at the riverside, and a description of its feature... |
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| Description: | The Saint Paul, Silver Crescent, and Quincy at the levee. Gangplanks are lowered and passengers are disembarking. Caption reads: "St. ... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, Minnieta, on the Chippewa River, Wisconsin, in the 1870's. |
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| Description: | The whaleback "Christopher Columbus" in the Chicago River. Caption reads: "STR. 'Christopher Columbus'." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, "Thistle" on the river behind a building. Previously named J.H. Crawford. The "Thistle" ran between Oshkosh and Omro, via Butte d... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, Thistle on the Fox River, Wisconsin. Previously named J.H. Crawford. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A fire fighter's excursion on the "Vernie Mac" at a landing near Taylor Falls on the St. Croix River between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Excursion barge is a... |
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