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Excursion Steamer Sidney on Mississippi River

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Description: The sternwheel excursion, Sidney, on the Mississippi River at New Orleans. All three decks are full of passengers. Later named "Washington."
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Snags (Sunken Trees on the Missouri River)

Date: 1832
Description: Steamboat navigating through sunken trees on the Missouri River.
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Landscape View with River and Riverboat

Date: 1858
Description: Lithograph view of river with a riverboat on the river, and a family on a hill above the river. There is a wagon or cart on the road below the hill.
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Riverside Park

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Description: Lithograph of Riverside Park depicting people, boats, horses and buggies, steamboats in and around body of water.
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Drawing of Grand Turk on Mississippi River

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Description: Drawing of Grand Turk steamboat on the river's edge. Print is part of a series collected in Lewis' "Das Illustririte Mississippithal".
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McCormick Letterpress Print of Wire Binder

Date: 1877
Description: Letterpress print of McCormick's Harvester and Self Binder (wire binder). The grain binder is operated by a man seated on the machine and pulled by two hor...
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Maiden's Rock, Lake Pepin

Date: 1874
Description: Engraved view of Maiden's Rock at Lake Pepin. A steamboat is on the Mississippi River.
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Scenery above La Crosse

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Description: La Crosse and scenery above.
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The "Loreley"

Date: 1900
Description: View across water towards the small Geneva Lake steamer, the "Loreley," approaches the pier at Black Point. The captain stands at the wheel. There is a ca...

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