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Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad

Date: 1884
Description: View across water of a Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad locomotive (No #33) pulling a pay car across a trestle over the Fox River. Several large...
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Vieau Trading Post

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Description: Vieau trading post.
Print

Waa-Na-'Taa or The Foremost in Battle, Chief of the Sioux Tribe

Date: 1835
Description: Waa-Na-'Taa or The Foremost in Battle, Chief of the Sioux Tribe. Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, painted at the Treaty of Prairie du...
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Swimming in the Mississippi River

Date: 1890
Description: View across water towards men and boys swimming and splashing in the Mississippi River. Alma is in the background on the far shoreline.
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Huge Log Jam

Date: 1869
Description: Elevated view from steep shoreline of a log jam of about 150 million feet of logs, stopped at the piers of Pound, Halbert, and Co., which stood in about 40...
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Train Crossing a Bridge

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Description: View along right side of shoreline toward a Chicago, Minneapolis, and St. Paul train crossing a bridge over the Wisconsin River.
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Transporting Parcels on Windsled

Date: 1954
Description: Elmer Nelson sorting through boxes of goods being transported on the "Dream Sled" windsled.
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Steamer "Skater"

Date: 1910
Description: View across water of the steamboat "Skater" cruising Lake Superior, with the Bayfield bluffs in the background.
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Lone Rock

Date: 1897
Description: A view of Lone Rock from below, with a canoe on the left-hand side.
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Mississippi River View

Date: 1902
Description: Hand-colored Mississippi River view with steamboat and rowboat in the river.
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Soldiers' Grove

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of Soldiers' Grove with a bridge in the foreground.
Painting

Indian Spearing Beaver

Date: 1821
Description: Indians of the North Red River area, probably in the vicinity of old Fort Douglas, now Winnipeg, Canada, spearing beaver.
Photograph

Chippewa Falls from the South Side

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Description: Elevated view from south side of the Chippewa River, with a bridge crossing it and buildings on both sides of the river. A bluff rises on the far side of t...
Print

Travelers on Lake Superior

Date: 1850
Description: Travelers in a rowing canoe on Lake Superior.
Drawing

Lake Terraces

Date: 1850
Description: Elevated view of the Lake Superior shoreline, with terraces leading to the beach. A canoe is on the shoreline.
Map or Atlas

View of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1856
Description: View looking west from Lake Michigan with several steam ships and sailing vessels in harbor. There is a lighthouse to left of center, along shoreline.
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Belle of La Crosse at a Landing on the Upper Mississippi River

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Description: The sidewheel packet, Belle of La Crosse, at a landing on the Upper Mississippi River. The sidewheel was built in 1868 and burned while in winter qu...
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The Clyde Pushing a Tow

Date: 1899
Description: The Clyde after being converted to a sternwheel rafter, pushing a tow with a locomotive on board.
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Excursion Steamer J.S.

Date: 1901
Description: The sternwheel excursion, J.S. in the middle of the Mississippi River. The opposite shoreline is in the background.
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Excursion Steamer Sidney

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Description: The sternwheel excursion, Sidney, leaving Lansing, Iowa. Later named Washington. A crane on the front of the steamer is attached to a passeng...

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