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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across water of the steamboat "Skater" cruising Lake Superior, with the Bayfield bluffs in the background. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of the steamboat "Plowboy" approaching the Mission Dock at La Pointe. The Plowboy was the first steam ferry to go to Madeline Island. T... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a Milwaukee River scene showing people watching several steamboats from a bridge. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Pages 21 and 22 from the 1926 schedule are a map showing the routes of the Goodrich Transit Company, Great Lakes Transit Company, Detroit and Cleveland Lin... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | The screw passenger and freight vessel, Manistee. Faint typing on picture describes the loss of the Manistee on November 16, 1883. The ship <... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Cover from schedule showing passengers relaxing on the deck of a screw-driven passenger/freight vessel. |
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| Description: | An early whaleback freight steamship on the Great Lakes. The captain was William M. Bates. |
| Date: | 1839 |
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| Description: | Shows locations of cities, towns, villages, post hamlets, canals, rail and stage roads. Includes table of steamboat routes and distances; vignette of "Maid... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the lake steamer, Michigan with another vessel in the background. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the steamboat Western World. Several people stand on the deck. An American flag and flags reading Detroit, Michigan Central, Buffalo, N.Y... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of three steamships arriving at Fox's Dock, an island in Lake Erie. People are waiting on the docks. A smaller ship is in the dock area as we... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of tourists arriving on steamship. Many passengers are on the ship and the dock. |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | A map of Wisconsin showing counties, county seats, cities over 3,000 inhabitants, Lake Michigan steamship routes, railroads completed and projected, rivers... |
| Date: | 09 1852 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of the collision of the Atlantic and the Ogdensburg on Lake Erie. |
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| Description: | Three women stand on the shore in front of the steamer Barker at Devils Island natural dock. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | The front of the map reads: "Wisconsin Railroads" and shows railroads, interurban lines, steamship lines sailing from Wisconsin ports, Duluth, Minn., and C... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | This map shows steamship lines and cities along the Great Lakes. Portions of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, New York, Vermo... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | This map shows steamship lines and cities along the Great Lakes. Portions of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, New York, Vermont, Ma... |
| Date: | 03 1882 |
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| Description: | Engraving after a drawing of the steamer Walk-in-the-Water, the first steamboat to sail the Great Lakes. |
| Date: | 1834 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the Great Lakes steamer Thomas Jefferson. |
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