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Excursion Boat "Mikado"
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Stereograph of the "Mikado," an excursion boat painted to look like a paddle wheel steamboat. It is stopped along the shoreline of the river where rock formations and trees are covering the bank. Most of the passengers are on the boat, but several have climbed the bank. The group of people are facing the camera. There are flags on the bow and stern.
Rockstead, S.N., Albany, Wisconsin
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