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Saloon of the "Red Wing"

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Description: The saloon of the sidewheel excursion, "Red Wing." Chairs are lined up against the walls, spittoon are on the floor, and tables are covered with tablecloth...
Photograph

Milwaukee, Southwest from Mitchell Block

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Description: Elevated view of Milwaukee, looking southwest from Mitchell block showing buildings, and the paddle steamer John A. Dix.
Photograph

"Germania" Steamboat

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Description: View down hill of the "Germania" steamboat along the shoreline in the foreground, across the river from bridge and Munger's Mill, which are in the backgrou...
Photograph

Steamboat "Alexander Mitchell" and Passengers

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Description: Steamboat Alexander Mitchell with passengers posed standing. Chairs are piled on shore at right. Edge of steamboat Dell Queen at left. Bridge...
Photograph

Musicians on "New Dell Queen" Steamboat

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Description: Harpist and violinist posed on the steamboat "New Dell Queen."
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye Map of Green Bay and Fort Howard

Date: 1867
Description: Bird's-eye map of Green Bay and Fort Howard, Brown Co., depicts street names and street layouts, houses, trees, and the East River. A reference key at the ...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of the City of La Crosse

Date: 1867
Description: Bird's-eye map of La Crosse with nine insets of residences, schools, and the Court House and Jail.
Map or Atlas

Panoramic View of Fountain City, Buffalo County, Wisconsin

Date: 1880
Description: Bird's-eye map over the Mississippi River of Fountain City. Paddle steamers and steamboats are on the river, and bluffs are in the background.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of the Village of Kaukauna, Wisconsin

Date: 12 21 1882
Description: Bird's-eye map of Kaukauna, from the Appleton Post Annual Review.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Racine

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye map of Racine, with an inset of Racine College.
Photograph

View of Milwaukee, from Judge Smith Addition, 5th Ward

Date: 1857
Description: From Judge Smith Addition, 5th Ward, looking north, toward the city. Drawing is an elevated view of field and plank fence in foreground, road to the left a...
Book or Pamphlet

Artesian Stock Farm

Date: 1884
Description: Bird's-eye view drawing of the grounds of Villa Louis, the estate of the fur trading Dousman family. After the death of H. Louis Dousman's mother in 1882, ...
Photograph

Colonel and Mrs. Woods Arrive

Date: 1901
Description: Colonel and Mrs. Woods (right center) arriving on Madeline Island dock for summer visit. Thomas Stahl and his dog team (at left), loading luggage into dog ...
Photograph

People aboard Steamboat

Date: 1878
Description: People seated in a small steamboat tied at a pier on a lake. A flag flies from the bow and there is a two-story frame house on the shore. This photograph m...
Postcard

Fountain City

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of Fountain City with the Mississippi River in the background.
Drawing

Hamburg Landing

Date: 05 1862
Description: "Hamburg Landing, 4 miles below Pittsburg Landing, Commisary [sic] Depot of Gen. Hallek's Army." An encampment with soldiers along the river with a ...
Photograph

Dells Landing

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Description: Elevated view of the Dells boat landing building, with people standing on the balcony. There is a steamboat near the dock on the river below.
Print

Drawing of Grand Turk on Mississippi River

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Description: Drawing of Grand Turk steamboat on the river's edge. Print is part of a series collected in Lewis' "Das Illustririte Mississippithal".
Photograph

The Great Seal of the Territory of Wisconsin

Date: 1838
Description: Territorial seal of Wisconsin. There is a farmer in the foreground plowing behind horses, a Native American apparently heading west, a river steamboat and ...
Photograph

The Ohio River

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Description: Elevated view of a steamboat on the Ohio River near Georgetown, with housing visible on the opposite shore and a small dock in the foreground.

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