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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | The Cassville Ferry with three cars and passengers, crossing the Mississippi River from Cassville to Turkey River, Iowa. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View across water towards men and boys swimming and splashing in the Mississippi River. Alma is in the background on the far shoreline. |
| Date: | 11 20 1959 |
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| Description: | Frazzle ice (snow floating in water) on the Mississippi River near Alma. |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Woman in a boat showing a fish she has just caught on the Mississippi River. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored Mississippi River view with steamboat and rowboat in the river. |
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| Description: | View of the steamboat the "Lion" on the Mississippi River, at sunset. |
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| Description: | The steamboat Canada at dock; cargo on lower deck, passengers on upper deck, and crowd waiting on the dock. The Canada was built in 1858, dis... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of nine rafters wintering at Reed's Landing. At left is Hiram Price, with L.W. Crane beside her. Third is Annie Girdon w... |
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| Description: | The sternwheel packet, Arkansas, next to a barge with other steamboats at the levee in Winona between 1870 and 1880. Railway cars are on a siding in... |
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| Description: | The sidewheel packet, Belle of La Crosse, at a landing on the Upper Mississippi River. The sidewheel was built in 1868 and burned while in winter qu... |
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| Description: | A bow view of the Sidney. Later named the Washington. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, J.S. in the middle of the Mississippi River. The opposite shoreline is in the background. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | The harbor, showing the sidewheel packet, "Belle of La Crosse," and the sidewheel ferry "Alex McGregor." Other boats are also seen including two barges loa... |
| Date: | 08 1913 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel packet, Keokuk, at a landing during August, 1913. Several people watch from shore. The Keokuk operated between Keokuk and Quin... |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the sidewheel packet, Keokuk, at the Winona, Minnesota levee between 1858 and 1866. A barge and railway cars are in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, J.S., underway, taken between 1901 and 1910. The magnificent Excursion Str. J.S. burned on the evening of June 25,... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Sidewheel packet Quincy, sinking. Only her two upper decks are above water. Trempealeau Mountain is in the background. Later renamed the J.S. |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel packet, Red Wing, at a landing on the upper Mississippi River between 1870 and 1882. There is a bridge behind the boat on the left. S... |
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