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Photograph

Drawing of The Milwaukie Steamboat

Date: 1832
Description: An early type of sidewheel passenger and freight steamboat The Milwaukie, also known as The Milwaukee. It was used on Lake Erie and upper lak...
Book or Pamphlet

Artesian Stock Farm

Date: 1884
Description: Bird's-eye view drawing of the grounds of Villa Louis, the estate of the fur trading Dousman family. After the death of H. Louis Dousman's mother in 1882, ...
Magazine or Periodical

Government Snagboat

Date: 11 02 1889
Description: Engraved view of a government snagboat removing obstructions from the channel of a western river.
Book or Pamphlet

River Scene

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of steamboat in the distance on a river (possibly the Wisconsin River).
Book or Pamphlet

Steamer Weyerhauser on Mississippi River

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of the steamboat Weyerhauser on the Mississippi River.
Book or Pamphlet

"Rambo" and "Musser"

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of the "Rambo" and "Musser" transporting a log raft on the Mississippi River.
Magazine or Periodical

The First Louisiana Native Guards

Date: 02 28 1863
Description: The First Regiment of the Louisiana Native Guards disembarking at Fort Macomb, Louisiana. The fort is adjacent to the Venetian Isles community, now legally...
Photograph

Christmas Greeting Card

Date: 
Description: Christmas greeting card depicting the Benton-Franklin Inter-county bridge over the Columbia River connecting Kennewick and Pasco, Washington. A riverboat a...
Photograph

"Clermont" Steamboat Drawing

Date: 
Description: A copy of Robert Fulton's steamboat "Clermont" drawing. Illustration depicts a large steamboat on a river. Many people are on board. The boat features a sm...
Print

Hamburg Landing

Date: 05 31 1862
Description: Engraved view of the Commisary [sic] depot of Major-General Halleck's army at Hamburg Landing.
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.
Poster

"Oller Kahn mit Größenwahn" (High and Dry) Film Poster

Date: 1958
Description: German film poster for the British film, "The 'Maggie'." A big, blue anthropomorphic circle with a smiling face and white arms with clasped hands. There is...

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