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Steamboats on the Wisconsin River

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Description: Photographic postcard view of two steamboats on the Wisconsin River. Tree-covered bluffs are on the opposite shoreline. The steamboat on the left is the "G...
Photograph

Morning Haze

Date: 09 1955
Description: Two steamboats on misty river.
Postcard

Steamboats on the Mississippi River at Diamond Bluff

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photographic postcard view across water towards three steamboats on the shoreline of the Mississippi River.
Print

Drawing of The Rapids

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Description: Drawing of the rapids on the Mississippi River depicting several steamboats in the distance. Print is part of a series collected in Lewis' "Das Illustririt...
Photograph

Steamboats "Alexander Mitchell" and "Eolah"

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Description: Steamboats Alexander Mitchell and Eolah alongside rocks, with passengers posed on the Alexander Mitchell.
Photograph

Steamboats at Dock

Date: 1900
Description: View from shoreline of three steamboats at dock. Men are sitting and standing on the boats. Partial names of two of the boats are visible.
Postcard

Old Boat Yards

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Description: Old boat yards, with numerous steamboats, and buildings on the shoreline. Caption reads: "Old Boat Yards, La Crosse, Wis."
Drawing

Lakefront Lanscape

Date: 08 1852
Description: Pencil drawing of a lake shoreline. A few trees frame the arc of the shore and steamboats are visible along the distant shore.
Print

Riverside Park

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Description: Lithograph of Riverside Park depicting people, boats, horses and buggies, steamboats in and around body of water.
Photograph

Beef Slough Near Alma

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Description: Lumber raft in the water near the shoreline with two paddle wheel steamboats and a bluff in the distance.
Photograph

Portage Canal

Date: 1885
Description: Steamboats docked in the Portage Canal, which was hand dug beginning in 1849 and completed in 1851. There are industrial buildings on either side of the ca...
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.
Photograph

Steamboats at a Wharf

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Description: Elevated view of a steamboat docked at a wharf building on the Ohio River. Another steamboat is visible in the distance approaching a bend in the river, an...
Photograph

Steamer "Fury"

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Description: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers steamer "Fury".
Book or Pamphlet

Steamer Weyerhauser on Mississippi River

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of the steamboat Weyerhauser on the Mississippi River.
Drawing

Ship's Wheel

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of a ship's steering wheel with river and trees visible through the cabin.
Photograph

Steamboats "Alexander Mitchell" and "Dell Queen"

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Description: Steamboat Alexander Mitchell with passengers posing on board. Man with harp on bow. Edge of "Dell Queen" on left. Chairs piled on shore.
Photograph

Steamboat Mendota

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Description: View of the steamboat Mendota under construction. A number of men, and one young child, are standing and posing with the boat. In the background is ...
Book or Pamphlet

River Scene

Date: 1903
Description: Drawing of steamboat in the distance on a river (possibly the Wisconsin River).
Photograph

Excursion Boat at the Wisconsin Dells

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Description: The Alexander Mitchell excursion boat with passengers.

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