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Stern-Wheel Skiff

Date: 06 03 1894
Description: View on the Ohio River of a skiff with a small paddle wheel at the stern. There are three men aboard the boat.
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Bethel, a Church Boat

Date: 06 04 1894
Description: View of a church boat called "Bethel" on the river.
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Dredging Barges

Date: 06 04 1894
Description: A fleet of dredges moored to the Kentucky shore.
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Logger

Date: 06 04 1894
Description: A logger poses next to a team of horses pulling a load of logs.
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Fishermen

Date: 06 04 1894
Description: Several men fishing along the edge of the water. One of them is sitting on a big tree trunk.
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Club Boat

Date: 06 04 1894
Description: Several men ride aboard a club boat, which has a sail.
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Indiana Hill

Date: 06 06 1894
Description: A large hill on the Indiana shore, with ripples from a boat visible in the foreground.
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Fishermen's Net and Live-box

Date: 06 06 1894
Description: View from the river of fishermen's net and live-box at the shoreline.
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A Trader's Houseboat

Date: 06 06 1894
Description: A trader's houseboat with the misspelled message on the outer walls, "Lisens expyrs May 24 1895."
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A Lone Tree

Date: 06 06 1894
Description: A view at the mouth of the Wabash River of a lone tree on what appears to be a peninsula.
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Shanty Boat

Date: 06 07 1894
Description: A man is seated on the roof of his shanty boat. Another person is at a window. Shoreline with buildings in background.
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Farmhouse on Stilts

Date: 06 07 1894
Description: Exterior view of an Illinois farmhouse on stilts above the Saline River. A woman poses on the porch. Wood beams are shoring up the sides of the house, and ...
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Jessie and Fred Thwaites

Date: 06 07 1894
Description: Jessie Thwaites poses next to two huge logs, upon which Fredrik stands. Behind them is the Saline River.
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Mary C. and Grandpa

Date: 1898
Description: An elderly man stands in a room holding a small girl. Caption on negative reads, "Mary C. and Grandpa."
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Small Child on Boardwalk

Date: 1898
Description: Caption reads, "Sam D. Conant at cottage." A woman sits on the boardwalk and looks at the child.
Print

At The Spring

Date: 1863
Description: "At the Spring," a woodcut illustration from McElroy's "Andersonville: Story of Southern Prisons."
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Lorinda and Everetta Bass

Date: 1895
Description: Lorinda Hill Bass and her granddaughter, Everetta Bass, sitting in a parlor. Everetta holds two dolls in her lap. There is a large oil lamp in the backgrou...
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Chief Winneshiek in Camp

Date: 1888
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a man, woman, and three children. The man is holding a rifle. Caption reads: "Chief Winneshiek. Picture taken in camp near Founta...

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