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| Description: | Drawing of Savannah, Illinois, depicting a small town along the shore of the Mississippi River. There is a steamboat in the foreground. Print is part of a ... |
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| Description: | Lithographed drawing of the mouth of the St. Croix River depicting a sailing barge and steamboat in the distance. Print is part of a series collected in Le... |
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| Description: | Drawing of the rapids on the Mississippi River depicting several steamboats in the distance. Print is part of a series collected in Lewis' "Das Illustririt... |
| Date: | 11 02 1889 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of a government snagboat removing obstructions from the channel of a western river. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Exterior of building, with arched main entrance. The road in front is crowded with pedestrians, trolleys, and horse-drawn vehicles. On the left is a boat ... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Image drawn by Franz Hölzlhuber of early Milwaukee settlement with a horse-drawn carriage, as well as industry and a railroad. The text on the image reads:... |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of Madison showing a train in the foreground. The 2nd State Capitol (1st in Madison) can be seen on the horizon. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | View along bridge of paddle boats and ships in the harbor, pedestrians, and the town in the background on the other side of the river. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | View from bridge on river. Storefronts and homes line the road that stretches to the horizon. |
| Date: | 02 28 1863 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | George W. Dawson, an African-American passenger from the steamer Central America swims to a piece of debris to which several men are clinging after ... |
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| Description: | Engraving of a wooden shack on a Lake Michigan beach surrounded by rowboats, a campfire, and a wooded bluff. Two men stand on the beach near the water. |
| Date: | 1820 |
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| Description: | Map of the Northwestern Territories of the United State showing the track pursued by the Expedition in 1820. |
| Date: | 1698 |
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| Description: | Copperplate engraving. Scale [ca. 1:11,500,00]. |
| Date: | 1688 |
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| Description: | This map includes vignettes of Amerindian life with text describing geography, culture, and exploration activity, written in French. The Great Lakes, river... |
| Date: | 05 31 1862 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of the Commisary [sic] depot of Major-General Halleck's army at Hamburg Landing. |
| Date: | 04 05 1862 |
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| Description: | Engraved illustration for the story titled: "The Fight at Island No. 10". The view from the deck of a boat looks out at the approaching gun boats coming do... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Color illustration of the Rush Street Bridge and Chicago River as it appeared in 1861. Includes the C.H. McCormick Reaper Works on the far side of the rive... |
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