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| 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: | 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: | 04 22 1965 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 04 21 1965 |
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| Description: | View down flooded railroad tracks of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad by the Mississippi River. There are houses on the left, and in the backgroun... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Dousman House hotel, surrounded by Mississippi River flood water in spring. View looking northwest. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline of man examining a rowboat while crouching in the water wearing boots. Behind him is a ferry. There are several men on the shore watch... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A view of flooding in a residential area. Two women are posing near a tree on the left. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Group of people stand on pier near the Diamond Jo line steamboat Quincy, sunk in 1906. It was raised and renamed the J.S. There are men on th... |
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| Description: | Hives on top of a shed in a flood. From Mr. J.D. Shields, Natchez, Mississippi. A part of his Louisiana apiary placed on a shed to prevent their being swep... |
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| Description: | View across water of beehives on top of a shed in a flood. Writing on photograph: "From Mr. J.D. Shields, Natchez, Mississippi. A picture of part of his Lo... |
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