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| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | The Diamond Jo line steamboat Quincy, sunk in 1906 near Trempealeau Mountain, then raised and renamed J.S. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, J.S., taken near Wabasha. Caption reads: "Steamer J.S. Wabasha, Minn." |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Captian Alex McDougall's passenger whaleback steamer the "Christopher Columbus" being built in the shipyard of the American Steel Barge Company. |
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| Description: | View from Sexton's Landing of the river and a steamboat. (Steamboat probably Alexander Mitchell). |
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| Description: | "Apollo No. 1" steamboat at Louis Bluff. |
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| Description: | View from shoreline looking down at passengers posing on steamboat "Eolah" and on landing at shoreline. |
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| Description: | View from Sexton's Landing of the steamboat the "Dell Queen." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The Fourth Avenue bridge above the dam. Caption reads: "Steamboat Landing at 4th Ave. Bridge Above the Dam, Janesville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline across river towards the steamboat "Winnebago" docked at the Dells Boat Landing on the opposite shoreline. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Ceremonial performers in traditional Indian costume pose near a steamboat. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of lumber raft on the Upper Mississippi River with shoreline in the background. |
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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". |
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| Description: | A view toward a wharf with horse-drawn vehicles in the foreground, and a steamship in the distance. |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of a steamboat passing through the canal lock along the Fox River. Caption reads: "Canal Lock, Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A postcard depicting a young man or teenager on a dock next to a steam ship. |
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| Description: | Twilight view of a steamer at the Ephraim dock. Caption reads: "Night Scene at the Boat Docks, Ephraim, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards the Steamer "Wisconsin" docked at the pier of the University boat landing on Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the McDougall Passenger Whaleback out on the water. Text at bottom right of card reads: "West Superior, Wis." |
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| Description: | The screw passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus" underway on the Great Lakes. Decks are filled with passengers. The "Christopher Columbus" was ... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Bow of the sidewheel packet, "Quincy," sunk in 1906. People are standing on temporary pier beside her. Later raised and renamed the "J.S." |
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