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The Christopher Columbus Passing through Broadway Bridge

Date: 08 30 1906
Description: A screw passenger excursion vessel or whaleback, the Christopher Columbus, passing through the Broadway Bridge.
Postcard

Boat on Lake and Bridge Road

Date: 1908
Description: View from shoreline towards a man on a boat on lake, and a bridge road in the background on the left. Caption reads: "Greetings from Okauchee, Wis."
Photograph

Fox River Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the Fox River Bridge. The building in the foreground has a sign that reads: "Chicago & Northwestern Railway. Freight Station." Caption rea...
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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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Sixteen Separate and Distinct Views of the Mississippi River and Cassville

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Description: Composite of sixteen views mainly views of types of boats on the Mississippi River, including steamboats and excursion boats; one view is a bird-eye view o...
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Howard White Thunder — Winnebago Indian Guide — At The Dells

Date: 1929
Description: View from pier of a Native American man wearing a headdress kneeling on a tourist boat called "Black Hawk" docked under a bridge in the Wisconsin River. He...
Postcard

At the Dock

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the Eagle River dock, with excursion boats and a tug boat alongside two long piers in the foreground, and a steel frame bridge in the back...
Postcard

Boat Landing and Grand Avenue Bridge

Date: 1907
Description: Colorized photograph of the Chippewa River, with the Grand Avenue Bridge on the left. In the foreground at the shoreline is a group of people at a boat lan...
Postcard

Interstate Wagon Bridge

Date: 1927
Description: Elevated view of the wagon bridge spanning the St. Croix River. An excursion boat is passing underneath the bridge. Hudson is on the far bank. Caption read...
Postcard

Fourth Avenue Bridge

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Description: Hand-colored view of central Janesville from the Rock River. A bridge, excursion boat and warehouses are in the foreground. Caption reads: "Fourth Ave., Br...
Postcard

View of Rock River and C. N. W. Ry.

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Description: Elevated view of the Rock River. In the foreground is a man standing on railroad tracks. Janesville is on the far shoreline. There is a bridge in the dista...
Postcard

La Crosse Harbor

Date: 1908
Description: View across water towards the La Crosse Harbor. On the right are two people in a small excursion boat. Along the shoreline is the paddle steamer "St. Paul,...
Postcard

River Front from Pettibone Park

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Description: View across Mississippi River towards the La Crosse waterfront. Postcard is folded in four parts, and text on front reads: "Mail Card. Write on back of thi...
Photograph

Bridge Over the Wisconsin

Date: 1907
Description: View across the Wisconsin River towards buildings on the other side, with a bridge on the right supported by brick-covered supports. An excursion boat is f...

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