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| Date: | 08 30 1906 |
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| Description: | A screw passenger excursion vessel or whaleback, the Christopher Columbus, passing through the Broadway Bridge. |
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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: | 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: | 1893 |
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| Description: | The Ceylon Building from the water, from the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was later purchased by J.J. Mitchell and converted to a private ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards a large boat, perhaps an excursion boat, and sailboats docked further down along the curving shoreline. Beyond the boats is a t... |
| 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: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards a man on a boat on lake, and a bridge road in the background on the left. Caption reads: "Greetings from Okauchee, Wis." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View towards the front of the excursion boat "Thistle" loaded with riders on the Fox River. Two people are standing on the right above the pilings near a b... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | From a map published by Angell and Hastreither, the drawing depicts the Tonyawatha Spring Hotel grounds on Lake Monona. The hotel, located in Blooming Grov... |
| Date: | 03 31 1949 |
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| Description: | A large steel boat rests on a custom-built trailer pulled by a truck. The boat is named "Skori" and is 18 tons in weight; 60 feet long; 12 feet wide and h... |
| 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: | Elevated view towards opposite shoreline where river boats are docked on the bank of the Wisconsin River. The Dells Landing is visible behind the "Winnebag... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The lake steamer "Alice" approaches the Madison dock on Lake Monona. Two boys wearing caps stand at the end of the pier. At the time of this photograph, t... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Forest Middleton, right, and a companion sit on the retaining wall along the north shore of Lake Monona near the steamboat dock. Two boats and the boathous... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | "The Twin Towers of Lower Manhattan stand majestic as a tour boat goes by." |
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| Description: | Composite of sixteen views mainly views of types of boats on the Mississippi River, including steamboats and excursion boats; one view is a bird-eye view o... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View from pier of a Native American man wearing a headdress kneeling on a tourist boat called "Black Hawk" docked under a bridge in the Wisconsin River. He... |
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| Description: | The river told them how to make the map and Legends later flocked the shore |
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