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"Plowboy"

Date: 1895
Description: Captain F.A. Bishoff and engineer Dan Cook on board the ferry "Plowboy."
Map or Atlas

Kewaunee, Wisconsin, Looking West

Date: 1893
Description: Bird's-eye map of Kewaunee, with inset of The Kewaunee and Frankfort Car Ferry Line.
Drawing

Wilkins 02: Landing at Weston

Date: 05 02 1849
Description: The ferry landing in Weston, Missouri; Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oreg...
Drawing

Wilkins 03: Ferry of the Nodaway

Date: 05 17 1849
Description: The ferry at Nodaway, Missouri; Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trai...
Drawing

Wilkins 37: Ferry at Green River

Date: 07 22 1849
Description: The Ferry at Green River in Wyoming; a single wagon is crossing the river. Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Ov...
Photograph

Rumsey's Landing

Date: 1895
Description: Rumsey's Landing on the Chippewa River about two miles below Caryville.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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.
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.
Photograph

Steel Car Ferry Pere Marquette

Date: 1899
Description: Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha train cars loading onto car ferry Pere Marquette.
Photograph

"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.
Map or Atlas

Map Showing the Military Defense of Cincinnati, Covington and Newport

Date: 1862
Description: This detailed map shows batteries and rifle pits, railroads, common and military roads, turnpikes, city streets and names, bridges, ferries, rural houses a...
Map or Atlas

Map of Part of the Schuylkill Valley

Date: 05 01 1899
Description: Map showing the Schuylkill River with roads, ferries, and points of interest from Valley Forge to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as it appeared during the Revo...
Photograph

"Plowboy" Ferry

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

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