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Map or Atlas

Between mouth & 102 miles below Portage, Sheet 1

Date: 1875
Description: One of a set of maps from G.K. Warren's 1876 Report on the transportation route along the Wisconsin and Fox rivers in the State of Wisconsin between the Mi...
Postcard

Steamer "Le Fevre" Coming Through Bridge

Date: 04 01 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Steamer 'Le Fevre' Coming Through Bridge, Winneconne, Wis." A steamer passes through the "lost through truss swing bridge" over the W...
Map or Atlas

Highway Map Wisconsin

Date: 1936
Description: This colored road map shows automobile roads in Wisconsin as well as portions of nearby states. U.S. numbered highways are shown in red, and information ab...
Photograph

"C.G. Richter" Ferry at Dock

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Description: View down concrete pier towards people and a docked ferry, the "C.G. Richter," waiting for the ferry to unload a car.
Photograph

Cargo Ship "Henry LaLiberte"

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Description: View across water towards the cargo ship "Henry LaLiberte" sitting in a loading dock under a cargo crane.
Photograph

Grain Elevators on Lake Superior

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Description: View across water towards a cargo ship at dock in front of large grain elevators.
Photograph

Gondola Ride in Venice, Italy

Date: 1906
Description: Mary E. Smith, seated on the right, riding a gondola ride with two friends in Venice, Italy.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Fox-Wisconsin Rivers

Date: 1887
Description: Map of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers to accompany Reuben Gold Thwaites' Historic Waterways.
Photograph

Car Ferry on Shoreline

Date: 1915
Description: View from shoreline of ferry carrying three automobiles on the Mississippi River. An excursion boat is in the water nearby, and buildings are on the far sh...
Postcard

Paddle Steamer "Grand" Stranded on the Wisconsin River

Date: 04 20 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of a paddle steamer on the Wisconsin River near Boscobel. Written on the hull of the boat is the text: "Steamer-Grand-Stranded-Near-B...
Photograph

Dickey Chapelle Covering Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ...
Photograph

Ice Fishing on Lake Superior

Date: 1942
Description: Two men and two boys standing on ice in front of a windsled. All four are holding lake trout.
Photograph

Raftsman's Series No. 1432 : Running The Kilbourn Dam, On Board The Raft

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph of a man on a lumber raft steering the raft through the rapids in the Wisconsin Dells. Caption at bottom: The Camera's Story of Raftman's Life ...
Photograph

Raftsman's Series No. 1403: The Fleet Just Below The Dam In The Dells

Date: 1886
Description: Stereograph view of several groups of men on rafts loaded with felled trees.
Photograph

Rafts Below Dam

Date: 1886
Description: A fleet of rafts on the Wisconsin River below the Kilbourn dam.
Photograph

Raft Fleet Below Dam

Date: 1886
Description: A fleet of rafts on the Wisconsin River below the Kilbourn dam.
Print

Goodrich, Graham and Morton Steamship Lines

Date: 1926
Description: The cover from the 1926 schedule lists the ports of call for the Goodrich fleet and features a drawing of the "Alabama".
Photograph

Lumber Rafts in Narrows

Date: 1887
Description: Two lumber rafts with men aboard floating down the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

U.S. Snagboat "E.A. Woodruff"

Date: 1905
Description: A view of the U.S. snagboat "E.A. Woodruff" at a wharf. "U.S. Snag Boat E.A. Woodruff" signs are on the side of the boat. A bridge and two paddle ships are...
Photograph

Steamboats Along the Wharf

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Description: View of several steamboats docked at the wharf. The ship on the right is the "Silver Crescent." The ship on the far left bears the logo "St. Louis Quincy &...

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