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| Date: | 08 30 1906 |
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| Description: | A screw passenger excursion vessel or whaleback, the Christopher Columbus, passing through the Broadway Bridge. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The screw rail ferry, Pere Marquette 18. Flags are flying, including one with her name and the American flag. This was Chicago's largest excursion b... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Suffragists sitting aboard the Mary E. at dockside on the Wolf River. The boat sports a banner reading: "Votes for Women." |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View towards the front of the excursion boat "Thistle" loaded with riders on the Fox River. Two people are standing on the right above the pilings near a b... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | From a map published by Angell and Hastreither, the drawing depicts the Tonyawatha Spring Hotel grounds on Lake Monona. The hotel, located in Blooming Grov... |
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| Description: | A tour boat with many passengers is traveling down a river. Two boys are sitting on the roof with suitcases and other baggage, and two men wearing hats are... |
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| Description: | Three boats next to a pier. The one on the end of the pier is the Intrepid, the one in the foreground, in which three people are sitting, is the ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a group of people on a pier with the boat Intrepid. One child is holding a rope connected to the boat, which is being driv... |
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| Description: | View across water toward s large boathouse with a crowd of people in front, and an excursion boat in the foreground on Playland lake. Caption reads: "Roat ... |
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| Description: | An excursion boat, "Shepard of the Hills," carrying many passengers and flying a U.S. flag near the front. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | View of the steamship "Rapid King" in the Lachine Rapids in the Saint Lawrence river near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Many passengers are on board the ship, ... |
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| Description: | View of the steamboat "St. Paul" in the Mississippi River near Sabula. Signs painted on the ship read: "St. Louis Dubuque, St. Paul Streckfus Steamers Sain... |
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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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| Description: | View of the steamship "J.S." in the Mississippi River near Keokuk. Passengers are on board the ship decks, and the initials "J.S." are on the top portion o... |
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| Description: | View of the steamboat "Cape Girardeau" in the Mississippi River near Cape Girardeau. Many passengers are on the ship decks. The sign on the ship reads: "So... |
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| Description: | View of the steamship "Cape Girardeau" in the Mississippi River near Cape Girardeau. Many passengers are on board the ship, which is preparing to land. The... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of the steamship "Cape Girardeau" in the Mississippi River near Cape Girardeau. Many passengers are on board the ship as it prepares to... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of the steamship "Island Queen," near Coney Island, which is on the Ohio River near Cincinatti. "Island Queen Coney Island" is painted on the rear of ... |
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| Description: | View of the Apollo of Kilbourn in the Narrows of the Wisconsin River. A group of people sit near the shore and watch the boat pass by. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the touring boat "Apollo" returning through the Jaws of the Wisconsin River. The Jaws area is comprised of the space between High Rock and... |
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