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Excursion Steamer J.S. Leaving for Winona

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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...
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The Keokuk Beside a Barge

Date: 1868
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...
Postcard

Steamer Quincy at Levee

Date: 1910
Description: The sidewheel packet, Quincy, tied up at the levee. Bridge in background. Later named J.S. Caption reads: "Steamer Quincy at Levee, La...
Photograph

Bridge Over Mississippi River

Date: 09 1939
Description: View from shoreline towards the bridge over the Mississippi River in La Crosse.
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Locks on Mississippi River

Date: 1935
Description: Locks on the Mississippi River, a nine foot channel. A man is standing above the locks. Bluffs are in the background.
Postcard

La Crosse Harbor on Mississippi River

Date: 1905
Description: View from the top of a railroad car on railroad tracks along the Mississippi River shoreline. Ships are along the shoreline on the right, and railroad trac...
Photograph

J.J. Hogan Wholesales

Date: 1900
Description: View down railroad tracks, with the Mississippi River on the left, and on the right the J.J. Hogan Wholesale Company.
Photograph

Mississippi River Front

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view over the Mississippi River towards the waterfront in La Crosse.
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Panoramic View of La Crosse

Date: 1900
Description: Four-panel Panoramic view of La Crosse. Indentifiable businesses in view include: J. Hogan Wholesale Grocer, T.H. Spence Drug Co., Union Refrigerator Trans...
Photograph

Lumber Raft on the Mississippi River

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Description: Elevated view of lumber raft on the Upper Mississippi River with shoreline in the background.
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"Diamond Jo" Steamboat

Date: 1875
Description: View down hill towards "Diamond Jo" steamboat docked on the shoreline of the Mississippi River while goods are being loaded onto the steamboat.
Postcard

Levee with Steamboats

Date: 1904
Description: Levee in harbor, with boats, horse-drawn carriages, and steamboats. Caption reads: "The Levee, La Crosse, Wis."
Postcard

Steamboats in Harbor

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Description: Harbor full of steamboats. The shoreline is bustling with people walking amidst the buildings, piers and bridges. Caption reads: "La Crosse Harbor, La Cros...
Postcard

La Crosse, Winona and Wabasha Daily Packet

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Description: Steamboat on the shoreline of the Mississippi River with passengers. Caption reads: "La Crosse, Winona and Wabasha Daily Packet."
Postcard

La Crosse Riverfront

Date: 1910
Description: Caption reads: "Riverfront from Pettibone Park, La Crosse, Wis." There are three steamboats docked on the right in the harbor. A mother and her children ar...
Photograph

Couple on Riverfront

Date: 1998
Description: A couple walking along the riverfront in winter, with a bridge across the Mississippi in the background.
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Control Gates

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Description: A view of the control gates on the federal floor control dam on the Mississippi River, in the La Crosse vicinity.
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Bridge in Fog

Date: 2010
Description: Bridge over the Mississippi River on foggy morning.
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"American Queen"

Date: 2007
Description: The paddle wheel of the "American Queen."
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"Delta Queen"

Date: 2004
Description: The "Delta Queen" steamboat at dock. People are walking across the gangplank toward the shoreline.

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