1890s Upper Mississippi River photographs

1890s Upper Mississippi River photographs

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Set of 20 black and white photographs in envelope labeled "Copies of B/W river photos from 1890's." Images show Wisconsin and Minnesota cities, river docks, boat construction, bridges and bridge construction, and river views of various river port cities in the 1890s. Complete caption index below. Prints dated 25 Mar 1983. Part of the Cal R. Fremling collection. Photograph index: - C.B.&W.R.R. Bridge at Winona, Minn. 1891. - From bluffs at Read's Landing, Minn. Looking down stream. 1885. - Trempealeau, Wis. 1885. - Raftboat in construction (Kahlke Bros Boatyard, Rock Island, Ill.) - [?] Steamlaunch "Elsie" towing brush. 1889. - Cutting brush and making fascines. 1891. - Minneiska, Minn. 1889. - Dakota, Minn. 1891. - Mouth of Chippewa River. 1885. - Alma, Wis. - Wagon Bridge at Winona, Minn. 1892. - Wagon Bridge at La Crosse, Wis. 1891. - Wingdams below Winona, Minn. 1889. - From bluffs at Fountain City, Wis. looking up stream. 1885. - Ad for photograph views of the Mississippi River printed by H. Bosse - Construction of Rock & Brush wingdam. L.W. 1891. - From Quarry above Read's Landing looking down stream. 1889. - Dresbach, Minn. 1891. - Fountain City, Wis. 1891. - Boatyard at Wabasha, Minn. 1890.

Publication Date

1885

Item Type

Photograph

Publisher

Library

City

Winona, Minnesota

Keywords

Mississippi River; Construction; Boat Building; Boat; Boating; River boats; Dresbach (Minn.); Dresbach, Minnesota; Fountain City, Wisconsin; Fountain City; Alma, Wisconsin; Alma; Wabasha (Minn.); Wabasha; Reads Landing; Reads Landing (Minn.); History.

Department

Special Collections-Library

Disciplines

Animal Sciences | Aquaculture and Fisheries | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Entomology | Life Sciences | Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology

Notes

These images have not been digitized; anticipated availability will be Summer 2022.

Rights Management

Requests to reproduce this image must be granted by the Winona County Historical Society.

Contributing Institution

Winona County History Center-Armory Museum

Master File Format

TIFF

Fiscal Sponsor

This project has been financed in part with funds provided by the State of Minnesota from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the Minnesota Historical Society.

Scanning Responsibility

Northern Micrographics

Date Digital

1559458800

Metadata Creation Responsibility

Anna Gaffey

Unique Identifier

2011.003.0210

1890s Upper Mississippi River photographs

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