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Sunday School Picnic at Mendota Steamboat Landing

Date: 1879
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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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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Crowded Pier and Steamboat

Date: 1878
Description: View from shoreline of a large crowd on a pier waiting for a crowded steam excursion boat.
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People aboard Steamboat

Date: 1878
Description: People seated in a small steamboat tied at a pier on a lake. A flag flies from the bow and there is a two-story frame house on the shore. This photograph m...
Magazine or Periodical

Emigrant Landing in New York

Date: 1858
Description: Large group of people leaving a steam ship, some transporting large chests of their belongings.
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River Steamer Chippewa on West Eau Claire Levee

Date: 1868
Description: The river steamer Chippewa drawn up alongside shore on the West Eau Claire Levee. The steamer was built by Captain E.E. Heerman at La Crosse in 1866...
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Steamboat on the Mississippi River

Date: 1890
Description: View over water of a three-decked sternwheeler loaded with passengers and flying two large flags. The one at the back is a United States flag. There is a s...
Book or Pamphlet

Steam Yacht Advertisement

Date: 1890
Description: Advertisement for The Steam Yacht "Mendota." At the top is an engraving of the steam yacht under way loaded with passengers, and below is text. Some of the...
Photograph

Whaleback Boat Launch

Date: 04 1893
Description: Launching Captain Abe McDougall's passenger whaleback boat,"Christopher Columbus", from the American Steel Barge Company dock. Text at bottom right of card...

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