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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Steamer 'Winnebago' at Dells Boat Co. Landing, The Dells, Kilbourn, Wis." The steamboat "Winnebago," with passengers, at the Dells Bo... |
| Date: | 04 01 1907 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 01 2015 |
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| Description: | Close-up view of the paddle wheel on the river cruise ship "Spirit of Dubuque." |
| Date: | 08 01 2015 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of three men and a woman, all wearing sunglasses. The two younger men are wearing baseball hats, and the woman is wearing a blue scarf. Behi... |
| Date: | 02 01 1919 |
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| Description: | View from ship as a crowd on a pier is saying goodbye to "Espagne" as it is sailing away. Captioned: "The crowd at the pier as the 'Espagne' left for Borde... |
| Date: | 09 03 1882 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the steamboat Alexander Mitchell and the back of a second unidentified steamboat at a dock. Captain Dave and most of the passengers... |
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| Description: | View across water towards women on a steam paddle boat on the left, and four sailboats near them on the right. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the steamer Quincy, of the Diamond Jo Line, partially sunken into the Mississippi River and listing to port near the shore... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View looking down towards shoreline of troops on board a paddle boat on a canal. The boat flies an American flag. Other people stand on the shoreline and o... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View over water of a three-decked sternwheeler loaded with passengers and flying two large flags. The one at the back is a United States flag. There is a s... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of three steamboats at dock. Men are sitting and standing on the boats. Partial names of two of the boats are visible. |
| Date: | 04 20 1909 |
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| 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... |
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| Description: | Young girl in a bathing suit standing on a platform in the water looking over the Minirama scale model of Dells Landing. Also in the photograph are a minia... |
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| Description: | The sidewheel packet, Belle of La Crosse, at a landing on the Upper Mississippi River. The sidewheel was built in 1868 and burned while in winter qu... |
| Date: | 03 1866 |
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| Description: | The sidewheel excursion, Phil Sheridan, at Wheeling, West Virginia in March, 1866. Sign on side of boat reads: "Cincinnati and Wheeling Packet, Phil... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| 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.... |
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| Description: | The sidewheel excursion, "Saint Paul" of the Jo Packet Line, near the Dousman House, the "Senator". Caption reads: "Steamer near Dousman House, Prairie du ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The sidewheel packet, Quincy, tied up at the levee. Bridge in background. Later named J.S. Caption reads: "Steamer Quincy at Levee, La... |
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| Description: | A sketch of the sidewheel passenger, Lady Elgin, at her wharf in Chicago, Illinois. |
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| Description: | The steamer W.W. on the Mississippi River. Numbered 6773. |
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