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Filter: Year of 1900-1999
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | A view of the west bank of the Wisconsin River at Pounds Landing. This bluff is at the western end of the power dam which was constructed 1911-1914. Captio... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Car boarding the ferry on left side. The far shoreline can be seen in the background. |
| Date: | 10 1972 |
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| Description: | Gaylord Nelson, Patrick Lucey, and Walter Mondale look over the St. Croix River. In the background a bridge is under construction. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A car ferry transporting a car on Lake Superior between LaPointe, Madeline Island, and Bayfield. Two men are sitting on a bench near the car, and a shoreli... |
| Date: | 06 1939 |
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| Description: | Bridge on the Manitowoc River raised to allow the Pere Marquette car ferry through. River dredging equipment can be seen in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A man stands holding a rope on an auto ferry dock. The ferry was powered by an International P-12 power unit and provided transportation to Ridge Island. A... |
| Date: | 08 24 1964 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of two ferry boats in Lake Michigan. These two boats were once used as Mackinac Straits ferry boats and were later used as potato packi... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View toward pedestrians on a road between buildings leading to a ferry at the wharf in the harbor. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of three steamships arriving at Fox's Dock, an island in Lake Erie. People are waiting on the docks. A smaller ship is in the dock area as we... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of tourists arriving on steamship. Many passengers are on the ship and the dock. |
| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View of the Richmond and Dresden ferry in the Kennebec River, about to land. A man and a horse with cart are on the ferry. Several canoes and a sailboat is... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of a cable ferry in the Cuyahoga River. A man and several chairs are on the ferry. A rocky pass is further down the river. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Two passengers stand over a bench and look out of the ferry towards the water. The developed shoreline and a pier with a seagull perched on top can be see... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | View from road leading down to shoreline of a Mississippi River ferry bringing several cars across the river. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Men, women and children transporting horses and a loaded wagon across a river on a ferry. |
| Date: | 09 10 1946 |
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| Description: | Worker's bunks on a railroad car ferry. The spare room has a calendar, light, radiator, table, locking closet and two bunks. Workers' clothes hand on the w... |
| Date: | 09 10 1946 |
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| Description: | Two men at work moving railroad cars. Part of a series on working conditions aboard Lake Michigan railroad car ferries. Ferry workers belonged to the Natio... |
| Date: | 09 10 1946 |
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| Description: | Young worker operates a large lever on railroad tracks. Part of a series on working conditions aboard Lake Michigan railroad car ferries. Ferry workers bel... |
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