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Kilbourn Bridge View

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Description: View of Kilbourn bridge with railroad train. Steamboat and rowboats at edge of river.
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Kilbourn Bridge with Train

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Description: Bridge over river with railroad train. "Apollo No. 1" steamboat under bridge. Boats are along the shoreline.
Map or Atlas

La Crosse, Wis.

Date: 1873
Description: Bird's-eye map of La Crosse from the Mississippi River.
Postcard

La Crosse Harbor on Mississippi River

Date: 1905
Description: View from the top of a railroad car on railroad tracks along the Mississippi River shoreline. Ships are along the shoreline on the right, and railroad trac...
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Chicago River near McCormick Works

Date: 1910
Description: Chicago River near International Harvester's McCormick Works (factory). A sailboat, water tower, railroad cars and many industrial buildings line the shore...
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Men and Boys on Hand-Pump Rail Cart

Date: 08 29 1922
Description: Men and boys are on a hand-pump rail cart on a Michigan Island beach, Lake Superior. A young girl is walking on the right.
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Jones Island with Boats and Industrial Buildings

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Elevated view of bay shoreline, with dwellings along the bank. A few boats are in the river. In the background is a factory with a smokestack and railroad ...
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Houseboats on the Shore

Date: 05 10 1894
Description: View from river of three men in a sailboat near the shoreline. Behind them are houseboats up on blocks on the shore of the Ohio River, with other buildings...
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Four Sailboats in Milwaukee Harbor

Date: 1898
Description: Four sailboats in Milwaukee Harbor, one of which, The Kim, has Syl on board. In the background are railroad cars and industrial buildings.
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Aerial View of Port in Cape Charles

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Description: An aerial view of the port and a section of the city showing a large boat, a railway depot, a park plaza and a grid of city streets with large buildings.
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Railroad Car and Engine Ferry

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Description: View of a barge transporting railroad cars and an engine across a river. Several men are on the barge, including one on an overhead structure. Text on phot...
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New Racing Shell for University of Wisconsin

Date: 04 18 1953
Description: University of Wisconsin crew members unload a new racing shell that was made by George Pocock in Seattle.
Photograph

Wilson Dam

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Description: View down hill of Wilson Dam, which opened in 1924. Located on the Tennessee River, boats and buildings are near the dam on the opposite shoreline.
Photograph

Railroad Car Ferry

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Description: View of railroad cars being ferried across the river.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 532-542

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Description: Every macho-mind knows exactly what
and where it is — up front, smoking
hot, born to circumstance, savage
watchman of the several thousand Rights
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 750-757

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Description: Some towering hand-made genius had fighting words to sell
Photograph

Port of Kenosha

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Description: Aerial photograph of the Port of Kenosha and factories, with snow on the ground. There are four ships along the shoreline, and multiple factories on either...
Photograph

McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: View across river towards the McCormick Works. Railroad cars are on railroad tracks near the factory buildings. Stacks of lumber are stacked in front of th...
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Unloading a Boat from Railroad Car

Date: 09 04 1941
Description: Ernst Schmidt, second from left, and two other men prepare to unload a 17-foot Lyman motorboat named "Islander" from an Illinois Central freight car. "Auto...
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Elevated View of McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view across river of McCormick Works.

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