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Frazzle Ice

Date: 11 20 1959
Description: Frazzle ice (snow floating in water) on the Mississippi River near Alma.
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Mississippi River View

Date: 1902
Description: Hand-colored Mississippi River view with steamboat and rowboat in the river.
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The "Lion" Steamboat

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Description: View of the steamboat the "Lion" on the Mississippi River, at sunset.
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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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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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Sidewheel Packet Quincy Sinking

Date: 1906
Description: Sidewheel packet Quincy, sinking. Only her two upper decks are above water. Trempealeau Mountain is in the background. Later renamed the J.S.
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The Sidney Landing at Bellevue

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Description: The sternwheel excursion, Sidney, later named Washington, landing at Bellevue. Passengers are disembarking. A sign on the ship reads Streckfu...
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Steamboat Quincy

Date: 1906
Description: The Diamond Jo line steamboat Quincy, sunk in 1906 near Trempealeau Mountain, then raised and renamed J.S.
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The Wreck of the Steamer J.S.

Date: 06 25 1910
Description: The wreck of the sternwheel excursion, J.S., after being destroyed by fire. Caption reads: "This wreck of the Str. J.S. Burned June 25, 1910, now ly...
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Minnehaha Falls

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Description: Upper Mississippi, Minnehaha Falls, Minnesota.
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Whistling for a Crossing

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Description: Upper Mississippi, Minnesota. Train whistling (steam rising) for a crossing. Two men are on a train, with one standing next to the engine.
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Minnehaha Falls

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Description: Upper Mississippi. Minnehaha Falls, Minnesota.
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway by Upper Mississippi

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Description: Upper Mississippi, Minnesota, near Hastings. Engine and car of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway with men posing sitting on the cattle-catcher, l...
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Railroad Bridge over the Vermillion River

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Description: Upper Mississippi; The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad bridge across the Vermillion River. A CM&SP train is crossing the bridge. Two men are posin...
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Train Depot at Buena Vista

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Description: Upper Mississippi; elevated view of train depot at Buena Vista.
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Robinson at Prairie du Chien

Date: 10 19 1911
Description: Aviator Hugh Robinson and his Curtiss flying boat on the Mississippi River.
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Robinson Landing on the Mississippi River

Date: 10 19 1911
Description: A crowd gathered on the Mississippi River shoreline near Prairie du Chien. They are watching pioneer aviator Hugh Robinson taxi his Curtiss flying boat.
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The Great Artesian Fountain

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph of the Artesian Well near the intersection of Wisconsin and Minnesota (later renamed Wacouta) Streets. The following is printed on the backside...
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Pile-Pontoon Railroad Bridge

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Description: Elevated view of the pile-pontoon railroad bridge across the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien. The bridge was built and patented by John Lawler in 187...
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Flooded Railroad Tracks

Date: 04 22 1965
Description: A panoramic view of the Mississippi River flooding during the spring, showing the dykes built along the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad tracks at Sec...

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