Date: | 11 25 1871 |
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Description: | Engraved view of Peshtigo Fire showing people trying to escape the flames by boat and on horseback. A team of cattle also seek refuge and several birds tak... |
Date: | 1879 |
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Description: | Norwegian Sunday School Picnic at Mendota steamboat landing. Small lake steamer "Mendota" could reach speeds of up to 18 mph. The barge "Uncle Sam" was 75f... |
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Description: | The Alexander Mitchell excursion boat with passengers. |
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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: | A bow view of the Sidney. Later named the Washington. |
Date: | 1901 |
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Description: | The sternwheel excursion, J.S., landing passengers, taken between 1901 and 1910. Crowds are on riverbank and there are buildings in background. A cr... |
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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... |
Date: | 1901 |
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Description: | The sternwheel excursion, J.S., near Trempealeau, taken between 1901 and 1910. |
Date: | 1868 |
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Description: | The sidewheel packet, Keokuk, loaded with passengers beside a barge at a landing. The landing is filled with people and horse-drawn vehicles. The si... |
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... |
Date: | 1901 |
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Description: | The sternwheel excursion, J.S., taken near Wabasha. Caption reads: "Steamer J.S. Wabasha, Minn." |
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Description: | The bow of sidewheel excursion, "Saint Paul," at shore. Passengers are on all three decks. Sign on bow reads: "St. Louis, Dubuque, St. Paul." Later named t... |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | View across water toward the left side of the sidewheel. Caption reads: "The 'Tashmoo,' Port Huron, Mich." |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | The sternwheel excursion, Thistle, by a landing. Passengers wait on shore. Previously named J.H. Crawford. The Thistle ran between Oshkosh and Omro, WI vi... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | A fire fighter's excursion on the "Vernie Mac" at a landing near Taylor Falls on the St. Croix River between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Excursion barge is a... |
Date: | 06 21 1957 |
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Description: | View along shoreline of crowded Bradford beach. |
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Description: | Steamboat Alexander Mitchell and edge of second unidentified steamboat at shore, with passengers posed standing on the lower deck and sitting on the... |
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Description: | Crowd of passengers posing on the "New Dell Queen" steamboat. Bridge in background. |
Date: | 07 01 1913 |
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Description: | The Curtiss flying boat in which Jack Vilas made the first flight across Lake Michigan. Vilas, a Chicago businessman, was greeted by a crowd of aerial enth... |
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