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| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Norwegian Sunday School Picnic at Mendota steamboat landing. Small lake steamer "Mendota" could reach speeds of up to 18 mph. The barge "Uncle Sam" was 75f... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Steamboat on Long Lake owned by Lorenzo Newman of Chippewa Falls. It is anchored at Newman Peninsula on Long Lake near a wet boathouse. The boat was operat... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The sidewheel packet, Quincy, tied up at the levee. Bridge in background. Later named J.S. Caption reads: "Steamer Quincy at Levee, La... |
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| Description: | The stern view of the sidewheel packet, Quincy, on the Mississippi River. Later named J.S. |
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| Description: | Steamboats Alexander Mitchell and Eolah alongside rocks, with passengers posed on the Alexander Mitchell. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of a boy sitting and watching Syl and the Millers in a row boat. There are people in another boat as well as a steamboat on the water. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of a group of men and women sitting on the shore of Doller's Harbor. Nearby, a steamship can be seen at Doller's Wharf. Caption reads: "Doller's Wharf... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Four men and one woman in a rowboat on the Mississippi River. In the background is the town of Alma at the foot of bluffs. The woman is holding an umbrella... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Christmas postcard of four men and one woman in a rowboat on the Mississippi River. In the background is the town of Alma at the foot of bluffs. The woman ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View from bridge towards a tall smokestack standing on the left side of the Yahara River where it is flowing out of Lake Mendota. Remnants of the foundatio... |
| Date: | 09 19 1932 |
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| Description: | Four views near Lake Superior, including two scenes of boats and docks near the ore docks, a bathing scene showing a group of people swimming in the lake a... |
| 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... |
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| Description: | Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. Young men and women are posing in boats near a shoreline. Two images ar... |
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| Description: | View across water towards women on a steam paddle boat on the left, and four sailboats near them on the right. |
| Date: | 07 04 1905 |
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| Description: | View down hill towards shoreline where a crowd fills a barge which has been fitted with benches, an awning, and American flags for an excursion on Buffalo ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for The Steam Yacht "Mendota." At the top is an engraving of the steam yacht under way loaded with passengers, and below is text. Some of the... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Birds-eye view of Appleton Wisconsin. In the foreground are people fishing, strolling, and looking over the canal towards the Fox River. Streets and buildi... |
| 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: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Boat Landing, Dells of the Wisconsin." The steamboat "Apollo No. 1" at the Dells Boat Landing on the Wisconsin River. A building and ... |
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