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| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, Minnieta, on the Chippewa River, Wisconsin, in the 1870's. |
| 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: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across water toward the left side of the sidewheel. Caption reads: "The 'Tashmoo,' Port Huron, Mich." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, Thistle, by a landing. Passengers wait on shore. Previously named J.H. Crawford. The Thistle ran between Oshkosh and Omro, WI vi... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Side view of the sternwheel excursion, Thistle with her decks full of passengers. Previously named J.H. Crawford. The Thistle ran betw... |
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| Description: | The upper deck of the sidewheel excursion, "Saint Paul" with smoke streaming from smokestacks. A child is sitting in a chair on the deck. Later named Senat... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A fire fighter's excursion on the "Vernie Mac" at a landing near Taylor Falls on the St. Croix River between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Excursion barge is a... |
| 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: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Fountain City with the Mississippi River in the background. |
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| Description: | Lithograph of Riverside Park depicting people, boats, horses and buggies, steamboats in and around body of water. |
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| Description: | View of the "T.J. Potter" steamship in the water near Long Beach. The ship features a paddle wheel and a smokestack. "T.J. Potter" ispainted on the side of... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards a docked Mississippi riverboat. Passengers are disembarking from the ship, and a large crowd is gathered on shore, with some pe... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of two passenger steamboats on the Mississippi river near Clinton. Several children and adults wait on shore. A tugboat is nearby in th... |
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| Description: | Steamship "Saint Paul" on the Mississippi River near Keokuk. Sign painted on the ship read: "St. Louis, Quincy & Keokuk Jo Line Saint Paul." Postcard reads... |
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| Description: | View of the steamboat "St. Paul" in the Mississippi River near Sabula. Signs painted on the ship read: "St. Louis Dubuque, St. Paul Streckfus Steamers Sain... |
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| Description: | View of several steamboats docked at the wharf. The ship on the right is the "Silver Crescent." The ship on the far left bears the logo "St. Louis Quincy &... |
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| Description: | View of the steamship "J.S." in the Mississippi River near Keokuk. Passengers are on board the ship decks, and the initials "J.S." are on the top portion o... |
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| Description: | View of the steamship "David Swain" docked in the water near Chillicothe. The sign painted on the side of the ship reads: "Lasalle & Peoria Packet David Sw... |
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| Description: | View of several boats docked along the shore. The sign painted on the boat on the far left reads: "Rees Lee." One of the boats on the right bears the name ... |
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