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Excursion Steamer J.S.

Date: 1901
Description: The sternwheel excursion, J.S. in the middle of the Mississippi River. The opposite shoreline is in the background.
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Excursion Steamer Sidney

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Description: The sternwheel excursion, Sidney, leaving Lansing, Iowa. Later named Washington. A crane on the front of the steamer is attached to a passeng...
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Wooded Path

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Description: View of a wooded path and a fence, looking west from the Country Club house. Caption reads: "Looking west from country club house. Oskaloosa, Iowa."
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River Street

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Description: A view of homes on River Street, published by Pocket City post card company.
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Man Operating Grain Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: View down hill of a man in wide brimmed hat operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field. A fence and road run parallel to the field on the le...
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Depot and Train

Date: 1928
Description: View down cobblestone platform of a group of young boys and men standing alongside the front of the depot. The locomotive on the tracks is Class A1 3012, a...
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C.M. St. P. Railroad Wreck

Date: 1912
Description: View of group of men standing around the train wreck of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad near Turkey River, Iowa across the river from...
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Turkey River Railroad Bridge

Date: 1908
Description: A Frank Feiker "Souvenir' postcard depicting a Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroad bridge. A man is standing at the front of the bridge.
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Sid in Antique Car

Date: 09 1972
Description: Sid Boyum sitting in a parked, red Model-T outside Moody's Museum in McGregor, Iowa. Sid is wearing a suit and bow tie, and has a cigar in his mouth. Acros...
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The Last of the Great Lumber Rafts

Date: 1900
Description: A woman and a man are standing on a hill overlooking a large lumber raft (allegedly the last of its kind) traveling down the Mississippi River. There is a ...
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Lock and Dam No. 11

Date: 05 21 1939
Description: Elevated view of the General Zebulon Pike Lock and Dam No. 11, located on the Mississippi River between Dubuque, Iowa, and Grant County, Wisconsin. The Loc...
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UD-16 — Generators

Date: 1950
Description: View of Coal Mine. Subject: "UD-16 — Generators." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "Used by the Big 4 Coal Co., Ottumwa, Iowa, to dr...

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