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Ferry "New Era"

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Description: "Ferry 'New Era' being transformed into a gunboat at St. Louis." Drawing includes workers building with lumber.
Photograph

"Skater" and "Perhaps" at Mission Dock

Date: 1910
Description: Ferry boat "Skater" and sailboat "Perhaps" near the Mission Dock. A group of people are waiting on the dock for the "Skater" to arrive. There is a boy carr...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Ferry and Ferryman

Date: 05 26 1894
Description: A ferryman poses on his docked ferry. Two horses are loaded on the ferry.
Postcard

"Colsac II" Ferry

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Description: The Merrimac ferry "Colsac II" is seen on the Wisconsin River behind two signs. The signs read, "Road Closed" and "Ferry Opens April 15".
Photograph

Cassville Ferry Boat

Date: 1915
Description: Ferry tied up at the Cassville dock. A number of men are standing along the shoreline.
Photograph

Car Ferry Barges No. 1

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Description: View from shoreline of a barge with four men standing on the deck. The ferry is carrying a large load.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Knaggs Ferry Historic Marker

Date: 06 05 1955
Description: Officials gathered to dedicate the Knaggs Ferry historical marker in Oshkosh. The officials included, from left to right, Edward Hamilton, vice-president o...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Knaggs Ferry Historic Marker

Date: 06 05 1955
Description: Fourth, fifth, and sixth generations of the Knaggs family gathered by the Knaggs Ferry historical marker to honor their family member. Mrs. Walter Dugolens...
Photograph

The "Plowboy" Ferry

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Description: A group of people posing standing in front of the steamboat "Plowboy." Buildings are in the background.

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