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Carriage Stuck in the Mud

Date: 1898
Description: Horse-drawn carriage stuck in a rut on a muddy road near the Ohio River in Floyd County, Indiana. One man is holding the horse while another attempts to di...
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The "Vernie Mac" at Taylor Falls

Date: 1900
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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Raftsman's Series No. 1406 : Trip Finished. Pulling Out The Lumber

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of men unloading lumber off a raft. A man at the left is loading lumber onto a horse-drawn wagon, while a man in an apron is holding the horses...
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Landscape View with River and Riverboat

Date: 1858
Description: Lithograph view of river with a riverboat on the river, and a family on a hill above the river. There is a wagon or cart on the road below the hill.
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Cassville Brewery

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the brewery dwarfed by the overhead bluffs. The brewery was built by William Schmitz. George Scheibl ran the brewery from 1899 until his d...
Postcard

Levee with Steamboats

Date: 1904
Description: Levee in harbor, with boats, horse-drawn carriages, and steamboats. Caption reads: "The Levee, La Crosse, Wis."
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Group of People Along a Rocky Shoreline

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Description: A group of people gather along the shore of a river with a horse-drawn vehicle. In the distance is a railroad bridge.
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Small Buggy with Tandem Horses

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Description: A one-person carriage driven by a woman is led by two tandem horses stepping in rhythm and wearing blinders. A lake (probably Lake Michigan), and shoreline...
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Ferry and Steamboat at Landing

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Description: Elevated view of a ferry boat near a landing. "Gen. Spencer" is painted on the side of the ferry, which is transporting a cart, two children and a man. Sev...
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Cable Ferry

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Description: View of a cable ferry, near the Karamac Inn, carrying a horse-drawn vehicle and passengers across the Delaware Water Gap. The shoreline is in the backgroun...
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Georgia Ferry and Ox Cart

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Description: A composite of two photographs depicting an ox cart and a Georgia ferry. The top photograph shows a small cable ferry crossing a river, carrying a horse-dr...
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Raftsman's Series No. 1406 : Trip Finished. Pulling Out The Lumber - Anaglyph

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of men unloading lumber off a raft. A man at the left loads lumber onto a horse-drawn wagon while a man in an apron holds the horses. There is ...
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Transporting Wagon and Work Horses over Water

Date: 1908
Description: Men, women and children transporting horses and a loaded wagon across a river on a ferry.
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Pumping Water from Wolf River

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Description: A man pumps water from the Wolf River into the back of a horse-drawn wagon to haul to a steam engine. There is a building on the left, and more buildings o...
Postcard

Yellow River Bridge

Date: 05 03 1908
Description: Photographic view of the Yellow River Bridge. A horse-drawn wagon full of hay is crossing the bridge. Houses and trees can be seen on the far side of the r...
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Street Scene

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Description: A blurred image of a man as he is walking across the unpaved street which goes down to the Mississippi River. The Bay State House and more storefronts are ...
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Horse-Powered River Ferry

Date: 1907
Description: Horse-powered Mississippi River Ferry. This ferry was operated between Turkey river, Iowa and Cassville, Wisconsin by Alfred Dietrich.
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Kincaid

Date: 1915
Description: David Kincaid sits in a sulky harnessed to a horse in front of an old log building. Lake Michigan provides the backdrop. Kincaid was the caretaker of the...
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Bridge Over River

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Description: Elevated view over buildings of men and women walking across a bridge over a high river. There is a railroad bridge in the background.
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Horse-Drawn Buggy on a Bridge

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Description: View down wooden bridge towards a woman driving a buggy pulled by a single horse across a bridge. The far riverbank has trees along the shoreline.

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