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| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | A rare photograph of U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Howard rowing a boat on the Fox River. Fort Howard, built in 1816, was the first in the chain of ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A fire fighter's excursion on the "Vernie Mac" at a landing near Taylor Falls on the St. Croix River between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Excursion barge is a... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline looking down at passengers posing on steamboat "Eolah" and on landing at shoreline. |
| Date: | 03 29 1919 |
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| Description: | Men building a dock along railroad tracks. The tracks run along a stream or small river. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Three ships at dock, the "Superior," the "Sandusky," and the "Shawnee," all built in Gibralter, Michigan. |
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| Description: | Steamer "L.W. Barden" at a landing, with ten men, possibly the boat's crew, on board. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Members of the Kilbourn Broom Brigade on the Alexander Mitchell steamboat in the Dells. Members of the group include: Minnie Smith, Mary Sterlie, Ru... |
| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | View of five soldiers rowing in a boat, beside a dock, with another soldier standing on the dock. The fort is in the background, complete with the fortifie... |
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| Description: | "Conrad Starke" (possibly a tugboat) cruising on the water near a bridge in an industrial area. The waterway is probably connected to Lake Michigan. Three ... |
| Date: | 03 19 1940 |
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| Description: | View across Milwaukee River of workers of the Herman M. Hettler Lumber Company unloading lumber off a shipping boat to the Shroeder Lumber Yards and Troste... |
| Date: | 03 16 1965 |
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| Description: | Anthony Wise in a necktie and hat standing next to a Native American wearing a feather headress, on a boat adjacent to a dock. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a winter scene with a large group of people skating on the frozen Manitowoc River between the 8th and 10th Street bridges. A dog trots acr... |
| Date: | 12 16 1949 |
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| Description: | Scene along the Yahara River where the body of Max Hobert, a Madison bartender, was found. |
| Date: | 09 15 1962 |
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| Description: | A group of men, women and children fish from a dock located on the Fox River. In the background are commercial buildings along the shoreline. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting "The Palisades of the Hudson," via the New York Central lines train system. The poster depicts a dramatic cliff overlookin... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Passengers board the excursion boat "Crescent No. 1" as others look on from bridges. There is a large building in the background on the left, and a long, w... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A young Syl fishing with three other adults off a pier using cane poles. |
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| Description: | Fishing boats and a wharf along a canal. A bait shop is in the foreground. |
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| Description: | View of passengers disembarking from a White Pass steamer ship in Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada. The ship is marked: "Dawson." Piled wood is on the front... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Two men sit in conversation on a low wall beside a watery expanse of the Hudson River. They are are hunched against the cold and pier pilings form the the... |
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