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Rock River

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of the Rock River. Caption reads: "Rock River, N.W. Ry. Bridge, and glimpse of Beloit, Wis."
Postcard

Elevated View of Town

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: Panoramic View of Minocqua, Wis." A railroad bridge is in the foreground.
Photograph

Merrimac Ferry

Date: 1925
Description: Car ferry on the Wisconsin River at Merrimac. A ferry has operated at this site since the 1840's. In 1924 the privately owned ferry was replaced by this wo...
Photograph

Roundy Coughlin and Two Men in Motorboat

Date: 10 10 1946
Description: Joseph L. "Roundy" Coughlin, sports writer for the "Wisconsin State Journal," and two other men in a Larson Falls Flyer motorboat on a lake.
Postcard

C.M. & St. P. Bridge

Date: 1907
Description: View from water of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad bridge. Probably over a stretch of Kawaguasaga Lake. There is a stairway leading to the wate...
Poster

London Transport Travel Poster: Kingston by Tram

Date: 1925
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the London Transport system, and promoting travel to "Kingston by Tram." The poster features the artist Frank N...
Photograph

The Seagull

Date: 1925
Description: The tour launch Seagull, of the Ryan Boat Line, on the Wisconsin River at the Dells. The Kilbourn bridge is in the background. The captain is the o...
Photograph

Green Bay Harbor

Date: 1938
Description: View from railroad bridge of the harbor at Green Bay. On the other side of the harbor, there are many industrial buildings, including Northern Paper Mills,...
Photograph

Hocking River and Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: View across railroad tracks toward a railroad bridge spanning Hocking River. Boats are moored along the left bank.
Postcard

Rock River, N.W. Ry. Bridge and Glimpse of Beloit

Date: 1909
Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view through trees of the Rock River, with a railroad bridge and a glimpse of Beloit. There are boaters near sandbars in ...
Photograph

Zambezi River and Railroad Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: View of Zambezi River, South Africa, from a boat tour. The railroad bridge is in the far background.
Postcard

C. & N.W. Railway Bridge

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of the railroad bridge over the Rock River at Ft. Atkinson. Wilcox Lumber is on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "C. & N.W. Railway Bri...
Postcard

C. & N. W. R. R. Bridge

Date: 1913
Description: View of a train crossing a railroad bridge over the Fox River. Rowboats are in the river and docked at a pier in the foreground. Caption reads: "C. & N. W....
Book or Pamphlet

Brittingham Bay Panorama

Date: 1914
Description: Panoramic view of Brittingham Bay taken from the north west shore of Brittingham Park. The boathouse is on the left. On the right the railroad tracks cross...
Photograph

Chickamauga Dam

Date: 09 14 1938
Description: Aerial, panoramic view towards the Chickamauga Dam.
Postcard

Railroad Bridge and Boat Landing

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Railroad Bridge and Boat Landing, Dells of the Wisconsin, Kilbourn City, Wis." A bridge is in the background, which goes over the Wis...

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