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| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View from boat towards the waterfront at Lake Geneva with the Whiting House Hotel on the left and the pier extending to the right. A large sidewheel steamb... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across water towards an unidentified man standing on the deck of the steamship "Arrow," owned by Shelton Sturges. It is docked at a pier near... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the steamboat "Satirio," owned by Henry Ainsworth. There is an American flag flying from the prow, and a banner hanging off the e... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | View towards shoreline of a steamboat grounded near a wooden dock. An upside-down canoe or rowboat is propped on the dock. The far shoreline is in the back... |
| Date: | 04 17 1866 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the steamer "Scutanawbequon" being carried by a wagon to the lake for launching. This is probably a street on the Capitol Square. Many peo... |
| Date: | 04 17 1866 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the "Scutanawbequon," owned by Francis (Frank) Barnes, launched on April 17, 1866, with seven people aboard. "She was 50 feet lon... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the steamer Ellen Hardy at dock. Text on the bottom left reads: "'Ellen Hardy' at Pr-Du-Sac. in 1870." The Ellen Hardy belo... |
| Date: | 09 03 1882 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the steamboat Alexander Mitchell and the back of a second unidentified steamboat at a dock. Captain Dave and most of the passengers... |
| Date: | 09 04 1882 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the steamboat Alexander Mitchell at a dock. Captain Dave and most of the passengers on the lower level are posing standing. There i... |
| Date: | 09 04 1882 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across water towards the steamboat Alexander Mitchell moored in the canyon along the shoreline. Captain Dave and passengers are posing... |
| Date: | 07 14 1883 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from shoreline of the steamboat Alexander Mitchell docked at the edge of the river. Captain Dave and passengers are posing on board. B... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Three canoes, two of which have a square stern, are tied up outside of the boathouse at Villa Henrietta, George Brumdber's estate on Pine Lake. Inside the ... |
| Date: | 04 1893 |
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| Description: | Captain Abe McDougall's whaleback boat, docked at the American Steel Barge Company. Text at bottom right of card reads: "West Superior, Wis." |
| Date: | 04 1893 |
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| Description: | Launching Captain Abe McDougall's passenger whaleback boat,"Christopher Columbus", from the American Steel Barge Company dock. Text at bottom right of card... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the McDougall Passenger Whaleback out on the water. Text at bottom right of card reads: "West Superior, Wis." |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over trees towards the Mississippi River. 1885-90. Across the field in the foreground are people with an American flag standing along the sho... |
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