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Magazine or Periodical

Government Snagboat

Date: 11 02 1889
Description: Engraved view of a government snagboat removing obstructions from the channel of a western river.
Postcard

P.H. Best Brewing Company

Date: 1880
Description: View across river toward the malt house. In the background is the south side brewery of the same company. There are two steamboats, one large, one small. ...
Photograph

"Apollo" — High Rock from Romance Cliff

Date: 1931
Description: Second to last steamboat on the river taken before 1931, burned in 1931. Taken from Romance Cliff, "The Apollo" is shown coming through with smoke billowin...
Book or Pamphlet

River Scene

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of steamboat in the distance on a river (possibly the Wisconsin River).
Drawing

Ship's Wheel

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of a ship's steering wheel with river and trees visible through the cabin.
Drawing

Steamer with Timber Raft

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of a steamboat pulling a raft of cut boards.
Book or Pamphlet

Steamer Weyerhauser on Mississippi River

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of the steamboat Weyerhauser on the Mississippi River.
Book or Pamphlet

"Rambo" and "Musser"

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of the "Rambo" and "Musser" transporting a log raft on the Mississippi River.
Photograph

Steamboat Clifton and Coal Barges

Date: 05 12 1894
Description: Steamboat Clifton pushing barges in the Ohio River.
Photograph

Steamboats and a Bridge

Date: 05 24 1894
Description: View across water towards a bridge with several steamboats lined up on the opposite shoreline on the other side of the bridge.
Photograph

Steamboat "Sunshine"

Date: 05 27 1894
Description: View across river of the steamboat "Sunshine."
Magazine or Periodical

The First Louisiana Native Guards

Date: 02 28 1863
Description: The First Regiment of the Louisiana Native Guards disembarking at Fort Macomb, Louisiana. The fort is adjacent to the Venetian Isles community, now legally...
Photograph

Steamer in the Dells

Date: 1903
Description: Group of people on the excursion steamer Eleanor in the Dells.
Print

George Dawson Denied Access to Raft

Date: 1857
Description: George W. Dawson, an African-American passenger from the steamer Central America swims to a piece of debris to which several men are clinging after ...
Print

Steamboat Michigan

Date: 1895
Description: Drawing of the lake steamer, Michigan with another vessel in the background.
Print

Steamboat Western World

Date: 1895
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...
Print

Goodrich Transportation Co. Advertisement

Date: 1878
Description: Advertising card for Goodrich Transportation Company listing destinations and departure times. In the center of the advertisement is a drawing of a sidewhe...
Photograph

Paulina Bunyan

Date: 
Description: Woman dressed as Paulina Bunyan (female version of Paul Bunyan) standing in the Minirama recreation of the Wisconsin Dells. She holds an axe in one hand an...
Photograph

The Great Seal of the Territory of Wisconsin

Date: 1838
Description: Territorial seal of Wisconsin. There is a farmer in the foreground plowing behind horses, a Native American apparently heading west, a river steamboat and ...
Photograph

Steamboat on the Ohio River

Date: 
Description: A large steamboat on the Ohio River steaming past countryside of rolling wooded hills.

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