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"Plowboy"

Date: 1895
Description: Captain F.A. Bishoff and engineer Dan Cook on board the ferry "Plowboy."
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Rumsey's Landing

Date: 1895
Description: Rumsey's Landing on the Chippewa River about two miles below Caryville.
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Ferry with Sunday Passengers

Date: 05 06 1894
Description: View on the Monongahela River of a ferry with passengers and horse-drawn carriages. There is a bridge in the background.
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Ferry near Hotel

Date: 05 10 1894
Description: View of a ferry with the name Liberty from the Ohio River. A row of buildings in the background along a street near the river include a hotel.
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Rowboat and Ferry

Date: 05 26 1894
Description: A rowboat full of passengers floats alongside a ferry, which travels between Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, and Rising Sun, Indiana. On the side of the ferry are s...
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Ferry and Ferryman

Date: 05 26 1894
Description: A ferryman poses on his docked ferry. Two horses are loaded on the ferry.
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Steel Car Ferry Pere Marquette

Date: 1899
Description: Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha train cars loading onto car ferry Pere Marquette.
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"J.C. Ames" Car Ferry

Date: 1890
Description: The "J.C. Ames," a Lake Michigan car ferry, probably in the South Chicago harbor. There is a railroad bridge visible in the background.
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"Plowboy" Ferry

Date: 1889
Description: The steamboat "Plowboy" on the water.

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