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| Description: | Advertisement for the sternwheel excursion, G.W. Hill, with an engraving of the sternwheel docked at the riverside, and a description of its feature... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | The sidewheel excursion, Saint Paul, after running aground near Muscatine. The spar is set and the line out. Dan Sauer, the carpenter, is holding th... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The screw rail ferry, Pere Marquette 18. Flags are flying, including one with her name and the American flag. This was Chicago's largest excursion b... |
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| Description: | Colorized view depicting the passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus," approaching the East Water Street Bridge. Caption reads: "Whaleback Steame... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Suffragists sitting aboard the Mary E. at dockside on the Wolf River. The boat sports a banner reading: "Votes for Women." |
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| Description: | Chief Whirling Thunder, standing at the front of an excursion boat named "Black Hawk," which appears to be near the Wisconsin Dells. Caption reads: "Chief ... |
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| Description: | A boat at dock, possibly from a trip taken by William A. Jones and others. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A small cruise ship is anchored in front of Northern Transportation Company's office building along the Fox River. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | The Morgan Club House on the river. A long, narrow excursion boat is moored on the dock in front of the club. |
| Date: | 06 28 1960 |
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| Description: | Concrete paving operation near the intersection of I-90 and U.S. Highway 12 in Sauk County. Traffic flows along the old highway to the right of the new co... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View across water towards an excursion boat moored at the shoreline of Riverside Park. There are houses beyond, and in the distance is a smokestack. Captio... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Fox River Bridge. The building in the foreground has a sign that reads: "Chicago & Northwestern Railway. Freight Station." Caption rea... |
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| Description: | View toward the front of an excursion boat on the St. Croix River. The rocky shoreline is lined with pine trees. |
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| Description: | Excursion boating on a river with palm trees in the background. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Passengers board the excursion boat "Crescent No. 1" as others look on from bridges. There is a large building in the background on the left, and a long, w... |
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| Description: | View across water toward s large boathouse with a crowd of people in front, and an excursion boat in the foreground on Playland lake. Caption reads: "Roat ... |
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| Description: | A view of an excursion boat, the "Dorianna," loaded with people on lake waters heading toward five young boys waiting on a dock. |
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| Description: | An excursion boat, "Shepard of the Hills," carrying many passengers and flying a U.S. flag near the front. |
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| Description: | View from shoreline toward two small excursion boats with six men and one boy stopped for a rest along the shore of the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of tourists arriving on steamship. Many passengers are on the ship and the dock. |
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