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Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | The sternwheel packet, Arkansas, loaded with gunny sacks of wheat taken between 1872 and 1878. Men are unloading barrels and gunny sacks on a gangpl... |
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Description: | View looking south down Main Street, which is lined with commercial business. Automobiles are parked at an angle on both sides of the street. Caption reads... |
Date: | 1937 |
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Description: | Toll House in Hudson showing two cars passing through. Caption reads: "Toll House, Hudson, Wis." |
Date: | 1899 |
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Description: | The Clyde after being converted to a sternwheel rafter, pushing a tow with a locomotive on board. |
Date: | 1832 |
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Description: | An early type of sidewheel passenger and freight steamboat The Milwaukie, also known as The Milwaukee. It was used on Lake Erie and upper lak... |
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Description: | The screw passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus," leaving Chicago. Skyline of Chicago is in background with one building with sign reading Armo... |
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Description: | The sidewheel excursion, Saint Paul, underway. In the background is the Alton Bridge. Later named Senator. |
Date: | 1931 |
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Description: | An architectural model of a village-type roadside service station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. |
Date: | 06 01 1936 |
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Description: | Bridge and truck trail constructed by Works Progress Administration (WPA) workmen to facilitate forest fire prevention and control. |
Date: | 1938 |
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Description: | A movable billboard aimed at passing motorists along State Highway 20 in Illinois. It reads "Relax in Wisconsin, Where Friends and Nature Meet." Although... |
Date: | 1940 |
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Description: | Four people outside of the information cabin at Copper Falls State Park. |
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Description: | The screw passenger and freight vessel, America, docked. Sign on boat reads: "United States and Dominion Transportation Company, Booth Line, U.S. Ma... |
Date: | 08 1913 |
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Description: | The sternwheel packet, Keokuk, at a landing during August, 1913. Several people watch from shore. The Keokuk operated between Keokuk and Quin... |
Date: | 1868 |
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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... |
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Description: | The sternwheel packet, Keokuk, at landing with railroad tracks in foregroun. Between 1907 and 1926. |
Date: | 03 1866 |
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Description: | The sidewheel excursion, Phil Sheridan, at Wheeling, West Virginia in March, 1866. Sign on side of boat reads: "Cincinnati and Wheeling Packet, Phil... |
Date: | 1882 |
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Description: | The sternwheel packet, Red Wing, at a landing on the upper Mississippi River between 1870 and 1882. There is a bridge behind the boat on the left. S... |
Date: | 1904 |
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Description: | The sidewheel excursion, Saint Paul, on the Mississippi River near Lansing, Iowa. Later named the Senator. Small boats are line up on a pier ... |
Date: | 1904 |
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Description: | The sidewheel excursion, Saint Paul, underway. Sign on wheel reads: "St. Louis, Dubuque, St. Paul, Diamond Jo Line." Later named the Senator. |
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