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| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | President Calvin Coolidge fishing at Cedar Island Lodge, rustic lodge of Henry C. Pierce, 35 miles from Superior, Wisconsin, on the Brule River. This lodge... |
| 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: | "Apollo No. 1" steamboat entering Devil's Elbow at Narrows. There is a building in the background with a sign on the roof, probably the Larks Hotel. |
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| Description: | "Apollo No. 1" steamboat at landing of Larks Hotel. |
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| Description: | "Apollo No. 1" passengers disembarking and lining the stairs from landing up to Larks Hotel. |
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| Description: | "Apollo No. 1" steamboat at Larks Hotel landing. Passengers disembarking. |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of passengers posed on steamboat Alexander Mitchell with a bridge and opposite shoreline in the background. One man leans on a h... |
| Date: | 07 05 1927 |
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| Description: | Driver in an International delivery truck parked along the waterfront with the Queensboro Bridge in the background. The truck was owned by Joseph Victori &... |
| Date: | 10 19 1911 |
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| Description: | Pilot Hugh Robinson and his Curtiss hydroplane at Prairie du Chien during a flight that was intended to be the first all the way down the Mississippi River... |
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| Description: | Panoramic group portrait of workers, who are building the Penisular Power Company, located on the Brule River. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Crossing a river on the way to Vermillion Lake in the early 1880's, before the building of any railroads in that part of the country. The teams were part o... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Poling ice blocks to the hoist on the Milwaukee River. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Man loading ice from loading dock with an International Model F (or 31) truck. The truck was operated by the Hudson/Willow River Ice Company. There is a la... |
| Date: | 05 20 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a group of miners on horseback crossing a bridge into Fairbanks, Alaska, May 20th, 1905. Houses are on the other side of the river. Captio... |
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| Description: | A fire boat is next to a dock with burning objects. Fire fighters on the boat are using high-powered hoses to put out a fire. Smoke and steam fill the back... |
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| Description: | A tour boat with many passengers is traveling down a river. Two boys are sitting on the roof with suitcases and other baggage, and two men wearing hats are... |
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| Description: | View from water of a man wearing a hat and boots walking along the shoreline. A cabin is located up on the bank. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Colored print containing two images advertising the delivery of mail. The main image is of the large Michigan and Southern train labeled "The Fast Mail" de... |
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| Description: | Panoramic street view, with small groups of people scattered about, and standing on the sidewalks near buildings lining the unpaved street. On the sides of... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Ashley Bennett ("Cookie") who volunteered his services during the float, and the cook Mike Lane, on the Arpin fleet of lumber rafts. |
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