Date: | 1890 |
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Description: | View across water towards men and boys swimming and splashing in the Mississippi River. Alma is in the background on the far shoreline. |
Date: | 1902 |
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Description: | Hand-colored Mississippi River view with steamboat and rowboat in the river. |
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Description: | View of the steamboat the "Lion" on the Mississippi River, at sunset. |
Date: | 1885 |
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Description: | Elevated view looking south over Fountain City and river. |
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Description: | Three girls wade in a lake near Alma while another watches from a pier. A boy fishes from from a boat nearby. |
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Description: | Two men posing on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River at Fountain City. Fountain Brewery is visible at bottom right. |
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Description: | Log-rolling contest with large group of spectators on shore. |
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Description: | Three people playing croquet on the banks of the Mississippi River near Alma, Wis. A woman is sitting in a rowboat with a dog nearby in the background. |
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Description: | Group of lumber workers standing on logs floating in Beef Slough. |
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Description: | Elevated view of dozens of workers standing on planks and using poles to maneuver logs in Beef Slough, near Alma. |
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Description: | Steamer "L.W. Barden" at a landing, with ten men, possibly the boat's crew, on board. |
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Description: | Steamer "Quincy" of the St. Louis, Davenport, & St. Paul Line in the Mississippi River. |
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Description: | View across the Mississippi River of Eagle Bluff and Fountain City, with a man in the foreground. The steamer "U.S. Gen. Barnard" is at a landing and a row... |
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Description: | "Crazy Man's Castle" near Minneiska, Minnesota. Built of lumber salvaged from Mississippi River log and lumber rafts which occasionally lost some of their ... |
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Description: | View across the Mississippi River showing a town located on a bluff, possibly Fountain City and Eagle Bluff, covered with snow. |
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Description: | View, probably from Eagle Bluff, overlooking Fountain City and the Mississippi River. |
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Description: | Steamer "Saint Paul" of the St. Louis, Dubuque, St. Paul Line. |
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