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| Description: | View of the steamboat the "Lion" on the Mississippi River, at sunset. |
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| Description: | The steamboat Canada at dock; cargo on lower deck, passengers on upper deck, and crowd waiting on the dock. The Canada was built in 1858, dis... |
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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... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion boat, J.S., at a landing at Cassville. People with umbrellas wait on shore. Inscribed Souvenir J.S. The J.S.... |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion J.S., loading an excursion party below dock. Horse and cart in foreground. Caption reads: "Steamer J.S. Loading Excursion P... |
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| Description: | View across the Mississippi River of Eagle Bluff and Fountain City, with a man in the foreground. The steamer "U.S. Gen. Barnard" is at a landing and a row... |
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| Description: | Two men on an 1,150 foot long swing boom above Alma, which is in the distance on the opposite shoreline. |
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| Description: | "Building rafts, or pontoons, upon which to mount huge mortars — for use on the river. Scene at St. Louis." Men are building on a pontoon with lumber. Ther... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Levee in harbor, with boats, horse-drawn carriages, and steamboats. Caption reads: "The Levee, La Crosse, Wis." |
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| Description: | Steamboat on the shoreline of the Mississippi River with passengers. Caption reads: "La Crosse, Winona and Wabasha Daily Packet." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Riverfront from Pettibone Park, La Crosse, Wis." There are three steamboats docked on the right in the harbor. A mother and her children ar... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Four men and one woman in a rowboat on the Mississippi River. In the background is the town of Alma at the foot of bluffs. The woman is holding an umbrella... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Christmas postcard of four men and one woman in a rowboat on the Mississippi River. In the background is the town of Alma at the foot of bluffs. The woman ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of a group of people standing on the "Henry Bosse" steamboat, a two-decked sternwheeler. The steamboat is attached to a barge along the... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of steamboat. The letters 'J.S.' can be seen at the top of the boat. There are many passengers on board. Two men stand in the foregroun... |
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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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| Description: | A Frank Feiker 'Souvenir' photograph, labeled 'No 20' in the upper left corner. View from shoreline of a steamboat full of people arriving. There is a larg... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Group of people stand on pier near the Diamond Jo line steamboat Quincy, sunk in 1906. It was raised and renamed the J.S. There are men on th... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of the "Capitol" excursion steamer pulled up to the bank of the Mississippi. The steamer has three or four decks, and elaborately detai... |
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