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| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of lumber raft and workers on the Chippewa River. In the background on the right are dwellings. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The sidewheel steam rafter "Clyde," which was the first iron hull steamboat. Sign on side of boat reads: "Dubuque, Reads Landing & Eau Claire." Agricultura... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel packet, Arkansas, loaded with gunny sacks of wheat taken between 1872 and 1878. Men are unloading barrels and gunny sacks on a gangpl... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, Minnieta, on the Chippewa River, Wisconsin, in the 1870's. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Sketch of the Fox River, a train, the mill, a warehouse, and a steamboat. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the town, looking northwest. The Chippewa River is in the foreground, with a lot of buildings, an intersection, and distant hills. One bui... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View of the town and Chippewa river, with a steamboat in the center along the riverbank. A smaller boat is next to the steamboat, with a man standing eithe... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over river of Dodge Street in Janesville looking west. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the Habheger's Bowling Park at the North Fourth Street bridge. A group of people are standing on the bridge. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The corner of unpaved Main Street and Tayco Street looking south towards Doty Island. The slanting timbers controlled the primitive draw bridge across the ... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of Cedar Street Bridge(?) with a rocky shoreline on the left. The construction of this bridge is the same as the Cedar Street bridge, but ... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of an elevated view of the lumbering industry on the Fox River. Lake Winnebago is in the background. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a view along the Fox River. A pier with pilings is along the right, with industrial buildings. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of an elevated view of the Main Street bridge, looking toward a section of the city known locally as Brooklyn. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Axtell House, located at Walker's point on the corner of S. Water and Ferry Streets. There are pedestrians on the bridge over the river. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Metal bridge over river with three men standing near the railing. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | A large group of men are snagging sturgeon from a bridge over the Wolf River. A sturgeon is hanging from a line. More men are sitting on a bridge support, ... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View across water toward the back side of a railroad station and outbuilding that face the creek. A hotel, garage, and homes are around the structure. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | This blueprint map shows lot and block numbers, streets, and right of way for the Two Rivers Branch railroad. The map covers land west to sections 22 and 2... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | This blue line print covers the stretch of railroad numbered 1478+40 through 1689+60. Some streets and blocks in the town and the Wolf River are labeled. |
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