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Ferryboat Landing

Date: 1929
Description: Ferryboat landing, with the boats providing service between Gills Rock and Washington Island.
Postcard

Larks Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view across water toward the Larks Hotel and ferry. Caption reads: "Larks Hotel, Wisconsin Dells."
Photograph

Staten Island Ferry

Date: 1969
Description: Staten Island Ferry, Lower Manhattan.
Photograph

Downtown Milwaukee

Date: 07 13 1915
Description: Looking south from Wells Street. A boat travels along the Milwaukee River in the foreground. Landmarks left to right: Manufacturers Home Building, First Na...
Photograph

Pere Marquette Ferry

Date: 06 1939
Description: Bridge on the Manitowoc River raised to allow the Pere Marquette car ferry through. River dredging equipment can be seen in the foreground.
Photograph

Manhattan from the Staten Island Ferry

Date: 1968
Description: View of Manhattan from the Staten Island Ferry, with a couple standing in the foreground. The woman is wearing a leopard print coat, and seagulls wheel in ...
Photograph

Ferry Boat

Date: 1921
Description: View from shoreline looking down at three men posing on a paddle steamer ferry boat carrying an automobile. The boat has the words "Cassville" and "Dewey" ...
Photograph

Mississippi River Shoreline

Date: 1910
Description: View along shoreline of man examining a rowboat while crouching in the water wearing boots. Behind him is a ferry. There are several men on the shore watch...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin Transportation Map : Highways, Railroads, Canals, Air Lanes, and Dredged Channels

Date: 1944
Description: This nine-part map from the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads identifies federal and state highways in Wisconsin by pavement type. County, forest, park, and publ...
Map or Atlas

Official Road Map, Wisconsin

Date: 1950
Description: This road map shows federal, state and county roads in Wisconsin, northern Illinois, northeastern Iowa, eastern Minnesota, and the western portion of Michi...
Map or Atlas

Map of Duluth Minnesota and Superior Wisconsin Showing Lines of the Duluth Street Railway Company

Date: 1911
Description: This map of Duluth and Superior shows street car routes, railroads, ferries, some points of interest, and lighthouses. The bottom left of the map reads: "C...
Postcard

Door County

Date: 1966
Description: A colored map depiction of Door County, Wisconsin, with pictorial highlights, titled: "Door County — Wisconsin's Air Conditioned Peninsula Playground."
Photograph

Ann Arbor Railroad Carferry Slip

Date: 12 17 1957
Description: Carferry slip with pilings in the foreground, and a shoreline in the background. The pier is made of timbers. In the background on the left is a factory wi...
Map or Atlas

Car Ferries on the Great Lakes and Connecting Waterways

Date: 1923
Description: This map shows portions of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Ontario, and Quebe...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Boundary Line Between Ceded and Unceded Lands: Surveyed Under the Direction of The Hon. J.H. Eaton, Sec'y of War, Conformably to the Stipulations of the Treaty of Prairie du Chien

Date: 1900
Description: This map shows the boundary lines between ceded and unceded land in compliance with the Treaty of Prairie du Chen of 1829. It also shows roads, rivers, por...
Map or Atlas

Diamond Road Map of Wisconsin and United States

Date: 1933
Description: This map shows the major highways and freeways of Wisconsin as well as road surfaces, state parks, points of interest, ferry routes, bridges, and towns whe...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin and Upper Michigan Road Map

Date: 1936
Description: This map shows road surfaces, construction, flying fields, seaplane landings, populations of cities and towns, and ferry routes of Wisconsin and some of th...
Map or Atlas

Hammond's Auto Route Distance Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: This map shows the entire state plus portions of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan outlined in blue. The map shows roads, state parks (black triangle...
Map or Atlas

Official Road Map Wisconsin

Date: 1928
Description: This map shows the entire state of Wisconsin as well as portions of Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Winnebago a...
Map or Atlas

1934 Road Map Wisconsin

Date: 1934
Description: This road map contains automobile routes for the state of Wisconsin as well as portions of Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa and Michigan. Lake Michigan, Lake Sup...

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