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Whaleback Boat Launch

Date: 04 1893
Description: Launching Captain Abe McDougall's whaleback boat, "Christopher Columbus", from the American Steel Barge Company dock.
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Steamboat Canada

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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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The "Christopher Columbus" Underway

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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 ...
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Sunken Boat "Quincy"

Date: 1906
Description: Bow of the sidewheel packet, "Quincy," sunk in 1906. People are standing on temporary pier beside her. Later raised and renamed the "J.S."
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Excursion on Steamer "Sidney"

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Description: The sternwheel excursion, "Sidney," loading passengers at Red Wing. The gangplank is lowered and passengers are on deck and on the landing. Later named Was...
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Excursion Steamer J.S. Leaving for Winona

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Description: View along shoreline of the sternwheel excursion, J.S., getting ready to leave for Winona. A crowd is watching from the landing. A crane on the fron...
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The J.S. with an Excursion Party Aboard

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Description: A bow view of the sternwheel excursion, J.S., near Lyons, Iowa (now called Clinton) with an excursion party aboard taken between 1901 and 1910. Brid...
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Steamer J.S. Loading Excursion Party

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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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Steamship "Christopher Columbus" (Whaleback)

Date: 1912
Description: The passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus," entering harbor. Caption reads: "Steamship 'Christopher Columbus' (Whaleback), Entering Harbor at ...
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Whaleback Steamer "Christopher Columbus"

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Description: The screw passenger excursion vessel with large crowd of passengers, "Christopher Columbus," en route between Chicago, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Steamboat "John C. Mann"

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Description: The steamboat "John C. Mann" on drydock.
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Steamboat "Barker"

Date: 1911
Description: The steamboat "Barker" with numerous passengers posing on deck. The boat was owned by Captain Frank Brower of Ashland, and his son Captain Henry F. Brower ...
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Riverside Park

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Description: Lithograph of Riverside Park depicting people, boats, horses and buggies, steamboats in and around body of water.
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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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Passengers Arriving on White Pass Steamer

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Description: View of passengers disembarking from a White Pass steamer ship in Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada. The ship is marked: "Dawson." Piled wood is on the front...
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A Message from Berlin

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Description: Photographic postcard of a compilation of three views from around Berlin. Includes a view of a house near the river, a steamboat on the river, and a snow-c...
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Steamboat with Crowded Decks

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Description: View from shoreline of a large crowd of people posing on the decks of a docked steamboat. There is a row of men standing along the top of the ship. On the ...
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Steamer "Harriet A. Hart"

Date: 1901
Description: View across water towards the Steamer "Harriet A. Hart," with many passengers on board, and smoke coming out of the smokestack. Caption reads: "Steamer Har...
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The "Plowboy" Ferry

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Description: View down pier crowded with people next to the steamboat "Plowboy," which is docked and filled with passengers.

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