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Manistee Ship

Date: 1880
Description: The screw passenger and freight vessel, Manistee. Faint typing on picture describes the loss of the Manistee on November 16, 1883. The ship <...
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Mataafa Freighter

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Description: Bow side view of the screw bulk freighter, Mataafa, underway. Originally named Pennsylvania.
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The "Milwaukee" Sidewheel

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Description: The sidewheel passenger and freight, "Milwaukee," at Dewey Hill, Grand Haven, Michigan, at the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway depot.
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Saint Paul, Mississippi's Greatest Steamboat

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Description: The Saint Paul, underway on the Mississippi river. Sign on wheel reads St. Louis, Dubuque, St. Paul, Streckfus Steamers. Later named the Senator...
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Moonlight scene on the Mississippi River, Excursion Steamer "J.S."

Date: 1906
Description: The sternwheel excursion, "J.S." in the moonlight on the Mississippi River taken in 1906.
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Flyer for Sternwheel G.W. Hill

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Description: Advertisement for the sternwheel excursion, G.W. Hill, with an engraving of the sternwheel docked at the riverside, and a description of its feature...
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Transit Company Dinner Menu

Date: 07 04 1931
Description: Inside of Saturday dinner menu for the "North American." Includes drawings of Niagara Falls, New York, Old Fort Mackinac Island, Michigan, Michigan Bouleva...
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Great Lakes Cruise Vessel

Date: 1903
Description: The screw passenger cruise vessel, North West, underway.
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The Schooner "Moonlight"

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Description: The three mast schooner "Moonlight" under sail. Painting numbered No. 65. The American schooner "Moonlight" was built in Milwaukee, 1874. At one time she w...
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The Rouse Simmons

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Description: The three masted schooner, Rouse Simmons.
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"Pere Marquette 18"

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Description: The screw rail ferry, "Pere Marquette 18." Man and boy watch from wooden pier in foreground.
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The Pere Marquette 18

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Description: The screw rail ferry, Pere Marquette 18, entering the harbor. Caption reads: "Pere Marquette Steamer Entering, Milwaukee, Wis."
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The Petoskey

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Description: A stern side view of the screw passenger and freight vessel, Petoskey, underway. Sign on ship reads Petoskey, Manistee.
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Sidewheel Excursion Boat at Wheeling, West Virginia

Date: 03 1866
Description: The sidewheel excursion, Phil Sheridan, at Wheeling, West Virginia in March, 1866. Sign on side of boat reads: "Cincinnati and Wheeling Packet, Phil...
Postcard

Sternwheel Steamboat J.S.

Date: 1907
Description: The sternwheel excursion boat, J.S., at a landing at Cassville. People with umbrellas wait on shore. Inscribed Souvenir J.S. The J.S....
Drawing

Queen's Bluff below Trempealeau

Date: 1872
Description: The sidewheel packet, Red Wing, in the Mississippi River near Queen's Bluff below Trempealeau, Wisconsin.
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Sinking Boat Quincy

Date: 1906
Description: Side view of the sidewheel packet, Quincy, sinking in 1906. Only her two upper decks are above water. Trempealeau Mountain is in the background. Lat...
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Sidewheel Packet Quincy Sinking

Date: 1906
Description: Sidewheel packet Quincy, sinking. Only her two upper decks are above water. Trempealeau Mountain is in the background. Later renamed the J.S.
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Red Cross Excursion Leaving Bellevue

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of the sternwheel excursion, "G.W. Hill," leaving Bellevue with a Red Cross Excursion. Later named "Island Maid."
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The Red Wing on the Upper Mississippi River

Date: 1882
Description: The sternwheel packet, Red Wing, at a landing on the upper Mississippi River between 1870 and 1882. There is a bridge behind the boat on the left. S...

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