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| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, Red Wing, with the excursion barge, Mae, at a landing. Caption reads: "Saint Paul, Minn. Steamboat Landing." |
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| Description: | The Saint Paul, Silver Crescent, and Quincy at the levee. Gangplanks are lowered and passengers are disembarking. Caption reads: "St. ... |
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| Description: | The whaleback "Christopher Columbus" in the Chicago River. Caption reads: "STR. 'Christopher Columbus'." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The Fourth Avenue bridge above the dam. Caption reads: "Steamboat Landing at 4th Ave. Bridge Above the Dam, Janesville, Wis." |
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| Description: | Three-dimensional postcard view of the Brooklyn Bridge with ships and steamboats in the water and the city in the distance. The flag of the United States f... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View along the river, with a raised bridge with a steamboat passing through. The river lined by buildings on both sides. A clocktower is in the background.... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Colored view of the river lined with buildings. The drawbridge is raised as a steamboat is passing through. There is a clocktower in the background. Captio... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | View across river toward the malt house. In the background is the south side brewery of the same company. There are two steamboats, one large, one small. ... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of a steamboat passing through the canal lock along the Fox River. Caption reads: "Canal Lock, Appleton, Wis." |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a compilation of three views from around Berlin. Includes a view of a house near the river, a steamboat on the river, and a snow-c... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Scene at the Goodrich Boat Docks. Racine, Wisconsin." A passenger ship flying an American flag is docked at the Goodrich Transit Comp... |
| Date: | 09 24 1908 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "River Scene and S.S. Christopher Columbus, Milwaukee, Wis." The only whaleback ship ever built for passenger service is moored at the... |
| 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: | 04 13 1905 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "East Shore, Wolf River, Winneconne, Wis." Pilings in the Wolf River, boathouses, dwellings and trees are along the shore. A steamboat... |
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