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| Description: | View from shoreline of the steamship "Cape Girardeau" in the Mississippi River near Cape Girardeau. Many passengers are on board the ship as it prepares to... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of the steamship "Island Queen," near Coney Island, which is on the Ohio River near Cincinatti. "Island Queen Coney Island" is painted on the rear of ... |
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| Description: | View of the docked steamboat "City Of Muskogee". "City Of Muskogee" is painted on the rear and top of the boat. Banners reading "Bound For Oklahoma" and "T... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from shoreline of excursion boats docked at Playland near a jetty. People walk on the dock to board the boat, and tables shaded by umbrellas ... |
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| Description: | View of the "Texas,, a small boat carrying three passengers on Devil's Lake. |
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| Description: | A man and two women stand on a dock at Devil's Lake while a couple rows in a canoe on the water. Other rowboats are docked nearby and a covered rowboat na... |
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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... |
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| Description: | View of the Apollo of Kilbourn in the Narrows of the Wisconsin River. A group of people sit near the shore and watch the boat pass by. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the touring boat "Apollo" returning through the Jaws of the Wisconsin River. The Jaws area is comprised of the space between High Rock and... |
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| Description: | View of the Muskingum River. An excursion boat is moving past a dirt road in the foreground, and homes are in the distance. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Official opening of the sixty-six foot Peterboro hydraulic lift lock, built in 1904 on the Trent Canal. People gather in boats and along the shore to celeb... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of people walking along the shore of Lake Chaubunagungamaug (also known as Webster Lake) in Beacon Park while an excursion boat waits at the ... |
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| Description: | Black and white postcard of the boat landing in front of Cliff House, a resort hotel, in Devil's Lake State Park. Two men show off their catch of seven fis... |
| 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: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from the wooded banks of a lake toward excursion boats in the water at the shoreline. Men pose near the boats and American flags decorate the foregrou... |
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| Description: | A woman in an Indian dress and headband sits at High Rock in the Upper Dells looking over the Wisconsin River at a tour boat. |
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| Description: | An elevated view of Mirror Lake from a deck truss bridge. On both sides of the lake are boathouses and tour boats. Steep cliffs lined with trees and plants... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A very large tree, with what appears to be Spanish Moss hanging from it, is growing out of a body of water opposite a shoreline. A sign nailed to the tree ... |
| 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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