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Description: | The sidewheel excursion, Saint Paul, underway. In the background is the Alton Bridge. Later named Senator. |
Date: | 1906 |
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Description: | The sternwheel excursion, "J.S." in the moonlight on the Mississippi River taken in 1906. |
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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... |
Date: | 09 22 1860 |
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Description: | Sketch from the "New York Illustrated News" of the sinking of the sidewheel passenger, Lady Elgin. She was struck and sunk by the Augusta on ... |
Date: | 1853 |
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Description: | Engraved exterior view of a lead mining furnace. A man sits in a horse-drawn wagon at the left of the building. |
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Description: | Locomotive with barrels of cargo, sits on the tracks. The caption reads: "First Locomotive, 1831." |
Date: | 1902 |
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Description: | Depiction of the "modern" locomotive at the beginning of the 20th century. |
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Description: | A depiction of the Second Locomotive is shown on the tracks and ready to roll. Caption reads: "Second Locomotive, 1845." |
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Description: | Looking West from Knight Block, with shipping piers and sailing ships on right side, railroad on left, trees in background. Horse-drawn carriages on street... |
Date: | 01 1874 |
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Description: | Interior of a coach on an emigration train to the west. |
Date: | 1906 |
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Description: | Santa Claus riding in the gondola of an airship with his load of toys. The illustration by Louis Fancher appeared on the December 22, 1906, issue of Ridge... |
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Description: | Advertisement promoting the use of Harley Davidson Motorcycles equipped with Loadometers that are used for checking up on trucks that have weight overloads... |
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Description: | Engraving of a wooden shack on a Lake Michigan beach surrounded by rowboats, a campfire, and a wooded bluff. Two men stand on the beach near the water. |
Date: | 06 1927 |
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Description: | An advertisement for the Kissel Custom Built Car published in the June, 1927 issue of the "Wisconsin Motorist" magazine, page 13. The company was the Kisse... |
Date: | 1906 |
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Description: | Schlitz advertisement copied from the "Milwaukee Press Club Annual." The image features an African man holding a Schlitz advertising sign. Underneath the i... |
Date: | 1848 |
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Description: | Photographic print of an itinerary for Wisconsin Stage Lines operated by John Frink & Co. copied from an 1848-1849 Milwaukee City Directory. The advertisem... |
Date: | 02 1855 |
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Description: | Engraved image from Harper's New Monthly Magazine showing people riding in a stagecoach pulled by two horses. |
Date: | 1853 |
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Description: | Engraved image of a boat being towed through a canal at Little Falls by a team of horses. A small town is in the background. |
Date: | 1892 |
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Description: | Photographic print of an engraved image showing a robed missionary standing in a birch bark canoe paddled by four Native Americans and another man who appe... |
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