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Passenger Ferry

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Description: A passenger ferry, possibly on the Arkansas river. Passengers include men, women, and horses.
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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.
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Buildings and a Ferry

Date: 1930
Description: View toward pedestrians on a road between buildings leading to a ferry at the wharf in the harbor.
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Richmond and Dresden Ferry

Date: 1915
Description: View of the Richmond and Dresden ferry in the Kennebec River, about to land. A man and a horse with cart are on the ferry. Several canoes and a sailboat is...
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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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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.
Postcard

Brownrich Ferry

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Description: A view of the Brownrich ferry carrying a horse and wagon.
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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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