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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... |
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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: | 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. |
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| Description: | View along shoreline of the sternwheel excursion, J.S., getting ready to leave for Winona. A crowd is watching from the landing. A crane on the fron... |
| 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... |
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| Description: | The Saint Paul, underway on the Mississippi river. Sign on wheel reads St. Louis, Dubuque, St. Paul, Streckfus Steamers. Later named the Senator... |
| 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. |
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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... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | The Diamond Jo line steamboat Quincy, sunk in 1906 near Trempealeau Mountain, then raised and renamed J.S. |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion J.S., loading an excursion party below dock. Horse and cart in foreground. Caption reads: "Steamer J.S. Loading Excursion P... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The sidewheel packet, Quincy, tied up at the levee. Bridge in background. Later named J.S. Caption reads: "Steamer Quincy at Levee, La... |
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| Description: | The stern view of the sidewheel packet, Quincy, on the Mississippi River. Later named J.S. |
| Date: | 06 25 1910 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 1912 |
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| Description: | Jesse Brabazon, pioneer aviator from Delavan, flying over the Mississippi River in a Wright Model B airplane. "It was quite a sight to fly over the Mississ... |
| Date: | 10 19 1911 |
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| Description: | Aviator Hugh Robinson and his Curtiss flying boat on the Mississippi River. |
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