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Date: | 1920 |
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Description: | The Cassville Ferry with three cars and passengers, crossing the Mississippi River from Cassville to Turkey River, Iowa. |
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Description: | Lawrence Martin and Will Hotchkiss fishing off a pier early in the morning. |
Date: | 05 1954 |
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Description: | Windsled used to transport passengers and goods between Madeline Island and Bayfield. This image was in Ross' book, "La Pointe: Village Outpost". |
Date: | 12 1948 |
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Description: | Two men docking a ferry boat at La Pointe in December. Ferry service closed two days after this photograph was taken. |
Date: | 04 1949 |
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Description: | Two men standing on dock watching the "Penguine" and the "Apostle Island" breaking the ice around the La Pointe dock. |
Date: | 02 1948 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the enclosed wind sled shaped like the Maybe, sitting on the ice with La Pointe dock on the left. |
Date: | 1902 |
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Description: | Ole Christinson, Dick Hanson, Fred Hanson, and Herman Johnson, Sr., onboard sailboat "Louis Moe" along the shore of Sand Island. |
Date: | 1907 |
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Description: | Three men and two women on board the Lizzie W. sailboat. Captain D.R. Angus, who is at the tiller, owned the Lizzie W., which was named after... |
Date: | 1949 |
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Description: | View from dock of the U.S. Coast Guard ship "Woodrush" arriving at the La Pointe dock to clear ice. Two trucks are on the dock, one with a piano. |
Date: | 1915 |
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Description: | View from water of Bernard's Boat House on Lake Mendota, adjacent to the present James Madison Park. |
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Description: | View of the steamboat the "Lion" on the Mississippi River, at sunset. |
Date: | 1945 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Belmont Hotel is behind the capitol on the left, and beyond is Lake Mendota. |
Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | A man and three boys in swimming suits at the beach. Presumably, Lake Michigan. |
Date: | 1850 |
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Description: | Painting depicting Chippewa Falls and the first sawmill on the Chippewa River, built by Jean Brunet. The residence of H.S. Allen, one of the owners of the... |
Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | Sidewheel rafter, Annie Girdon. The crew is on deck and a raft of logs is in the foreground. Sign on wheel reads Annie Girdon, lightning pack... |
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Description: | The sidewheel packet, Belle of La Crosse, at a landing on the Upper Mississippi River. The sidewheel was built in 1868 and burned while in winter qu... |
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Description: | The screw passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus" underway on the Great Lakes. Decks are filled with passengers. The "Christopher Columbus" was ... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | The railroad trestle over the Red Cedar River with a steam train passing over. |
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