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Excursion Steamer J.S.

Date: 1907
Description: The sternwheel excursion, J.S., underway taken between 1901 and 1907. Oval picture inscribed Burlington, July 10, 1907.
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Excursion Steamer J.S.

Date: 1901
Description: The sternwheel excursion, J.S. in the middle of the Mississippi River. The opposite shoreline is in the background.
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Excursion Steamer Sidney

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Description: The sternwheel excursion, Sidney, leaving Lansing, Iowa. Later named Washington. A crane on the front of the steamer is attached to a passeng...
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The Juniata Pushing a Raft of Lumber

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Description: View from raft towards the sternwheel rafter, Juniata, pushing a raft of lumber. The crew is posing on deck. The boat was later named the Red Win...
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The Keokuk Beside a Barge

Date: 1868
Description: The sidewheel packet, Keokuk, loaded with passengers beside a barge at a landing. The landing is filled with people and horse-drawn vehicles. The si...
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The Whaleback "Christopher Columbus"

Date: 09 19 1892
Description: Captain Alexander McDougall's whaleback passenger steamer "Christopher Columbus" under construction in the shipyard of the American Steel Barge Company in ...
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The "Milwaukee" Sidewheel

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Description: The sidewheel passenger and freight, "Milwaukee," at Dewey Hill, Grand Haven, Michigan, at the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway depot.
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Sinking Boat Quincy

Date: 1906
Description: Side view of the sidewheel packet, Quincy, sinking in 1906. Only her two upper decks are above water. Trempealeau Mountain is in the background. Lat...
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Montogmery Ward Store

Date: 05 20 1930
Description: The Montgomery Ward Store Building at 100 North Hamilton Street, at the intersection of Pinckney and North Hamilton Streets. The building was designed by L...
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Fishing On Breakwater

Date: 1910
Description: Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater.
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Lake Michigan Shore Bluffs

Date: 1877
Description: View of bluffs and buildings on the shore of Lake Michigan.
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Swimming Race at Camp Wakanda

Date: 1923
Description: Boys line up on pier for swimming race at Camp Wakanda.
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"Tractorette" Operating Farmall H Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Mrs. Elizabeth Lancton cultivating with a Farmall H tractor on the 105 acre farm of Cliff Lee. Mrs. Lancton attended classes offered by Fred R. Walkley, pr...
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Lone Rock

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Description: Lone rock viewed from the shore; there is an empty canoe drawn up on the shore in the left foreground.
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Ha-Noo-Gah Chun-Hut-Ah-Rah

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Description: "Second Boy and Pony Indian." Ho-Chunk man standing with legs crossed, leaning on his pony. A typical dwelling (chipoteke) is in the background.
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Visor Ledge

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Description: Evaline Marshall Bennett, unidentified person, Miriam Bennett, and Ruth Bennett sitting and standing on the Visor Ledge.
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Boulders near Devil's Doorway

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Description: Devil's Lake vicinity; Boulders on top of cliff, at foot of Devil's Doorway; man on the left.
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Man on Visor Ledge

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Description: Visor Ledge, man sitting on edge.
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Devil's Lake, Cleft Rock

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Description: Devil's Lake vicinity; a young man is sitting on rocks in front of Cleft Rock on East Bluff.
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Devil's Lake, Turk's Head

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Description: Elevated view in Devil's Lake vicinity; boulders in foreground. From Turk's Head across the lake to Kirkland.

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