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Cliff House on Devil's Lake

Date: 1874
Description: View west from the Cliff House at Devil's Lake.
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Group of People with "Yankee Boy"

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Description: Elevated view from hill of men and women disembarking from the "Yankee Boy" boat on what appears to be a lake pier, with rowboats on the near shoreline, an...
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Intrepid

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards a group of people on a pier with the boat Intrepid. One child is holding a rope connected to the boat, which is being driv...
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"Intrepid" and another Boat

Date: 1905
Description: Men, women, and children aboard two boats positioned side by side in an unidentified body of water. The canopied boat in back is the "Intrepid". A man and ...
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The Skori Excursion Boat

Date: 03 31 1949
Description: A large steel boat rests on a custom-built trailer pulled by a truck. The boat is named "Skori" and is 18 tons in weight; 60 feet long; 12 feet wide and h...
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Excursion Boating

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Description: View toward the front of an excursion boat on the St. Croix River. The rocky shoreline is lined with pine trees.
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Excursion Boat

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Description: Excursion boating on a river with palm trees in the background.
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Boarding an Excursion Boat

Date: 1910
Description: Passengers board the excursion boat "Crescent No. 1" as others look on from bridges. There is a large building in the background on the left, and a long, w...
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Excursion Boat

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Description: A view of an excursion boat, the "Dorianna," loaded with people on lake waters heading toward five young boys waiting on a dock.
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The "Okoboji"

Date: 1910
Description: A view of the double-decked excursion boat docked at a pier. The boat has many passengers on board, and other people are standing on the pier. Caption read...
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Excursion Boats

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Description: Elevated view from shoreline of a group of excursion boats meeting at the pier.
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Chautauqua Park

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Description: View down pier, with people standing at the end, and two sailboats in the water, with the one on the left manned by two men. There is an excursion boat doc...
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Shepard of the Hills

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Description: An excursion boat, "Shepard of the Hills," carrying many passengers and flying a U.S. flag near the front.
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Outing on the Mississippi

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Description: View from shoreline toward two small excursion boats with six men and one boy stopped for a rest along the shore of the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "...
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"Rapid King" Steamship

Date: 1901
Description: View of the steamship "Rapid King" in the Lachine Rapids in the Saint Lawrence river near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Many passengers are on board the ship, ...
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Steamships Arriving at Fox's Dock

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of three steamships arriving at Fox's Dock, an island in Lake Erie. People are waiting on the docks. A smaller ship is in the dock area as we...
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Tourists Arriving on a Steamship

Date: 1910
Description: View of tourists arriving on steamship. Many passengers are on the ship and the dock.
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Steamboat "St. Paul"

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Description: View of the steamboat "St. Paul" in the Mississippi River near Sabula. Signs painted on the ship read: "St. Louis Dubuque, St. Paul Streckfus Steamers Sain...
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Steamboats Along the Wharf

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Description: View of several steamboats docked at the wharf. The ship on the right is the "Silver Crescent." The ship on the far left bears the logo "St. Louis Quincy &...
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Steamship "J.S."

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Description: View of the steamship "J.S." in the Mississippi River near Keokuk. Passengers are on board the ship decks, and the initials "J.S." are on the top portion o...

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