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Unloading the Arkansas

Date: 1870
Description: The sternwheel packet, Arkansas, loaded with gunny sacks of wheat taken between 1872 and 1878. Men are unloading barrels and gunny sacks on a gangpl...
Photograph

The Juniata Pushing a Raft of Lumber

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Description: View from raft towards the sternwheel rafter, Juniata, pushing a raft of lumber. The crew is posing on deck. The boat was later named the Red Win...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Hudson

Date: 1870
Description: Bird's-eye map of Hudson, with insets of Court House and Public School.
Photograph

Southern Pacific Railroad Cars being Transferred across Mississippi River

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Description: View of Southern Pacific Railroad cars being transferred across the Mississippi River with a barge near New Orleans.
Photograph

Fox River Dam

Date: 1900
Description: Fox River Dam, with shoreline in either side, and a barge in the distance.
Photograph

Group of Men Fishing on Fox River

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men on the shore of Fox River, near the Fox River dam, fishing. There is a barge in the background.
Photograph

Inland River Barge

Date: 09 14 1972
Description: Elevated view of an inland river barge that was purchased by Electro-Motive and used by Wisconsin Barge Lines. Original Falk caption reads, "4.074:1 twin s...
Print

The Mouth of the River St. Croix

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Description: Lithographed drawing of the mouth of the St. Croix River depicting a sailing barge and steamboat in the distance. Print is part of a series collected in Le...
Postcard

Elevated View of Downtown and River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of downtown. Part of the Milwaukee River is on the left side. Sign for the Germania building is in the lower right, and city hall is in the b...
Drawing

Steamer with Timber Raft

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of a steamboat pulling a raft of cut boards.
Photograph

Steamboat Clifton and Coal Barges

Date: 05 12 1894
Description: Steamboat Clifton pushing barges in the Ohio River.
Photograph

Dredging Barges

Date: 06 04 1894
Description: A fleet of dredges moored to the Kentucky shore.
Photograph

Shell Buyers with Launch and Barge

Date: 1895
Description: Prairie du Chien (vicinity) about 1895-1900. Shell buyers with their launches and barges docked at shoreline. Freshwater clam shells were used in the pearl...
Photograph

View of Sturgeon Bay

Date: 07 07 1898
Description: View across water of Sturgeon Bay. In the far distance are lighthouses, buildings, and barges along the shoreline.
Photograph

Paddle Steamer "Monarch" and Barges

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Description: View of the paddle steamer "Monarch" and two barges in the river. "Monarch O.E.G." is painted on the rear of the ship. Two men are on the "Monarch" and on ...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Unloading Sugar Cane

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Description: View of several men unloading a barge of sugar cane with a crane-like tool. A river and dock area are in the background. Caption reads: "Unloading Sugar Ca...
Photograph

U.S. Hospital and Army Headquarters

Date: 1918
Description: View across snowy ground towards the United States hospital and Army Headquarters for American forces deployed as a part of the Allied Intervention in Nort...
Photograph

Car Ferry Barges No. 1

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Description: View from shoreline of a barge with four men standing on the deck. The ferry is carrying a large load.
Photograph

Delivering Flour

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Description: Delivering flour to Berlin on barges.

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