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Wharf at Algoma
July 1936
Elevated view of seagulls flying over fishing tugs moored at the wharf in Algoma. Small warehouse buildings line the wharf. Fish net drying reels are visible between the tugs. There is a breakwater...
Milwaukee Coal Yards
July 1936
Elevated view of vast piles of coal dominate this scene of the Milwaukee Harbor. A bridge crane is in the center, with two other cranes at the far left. There are three large petroleum storage tank...
Foggy View of Lake Steamer
October 1962
Lake steamer at dock, in fog. To the right is the boom of a crane. In front of the steamer is a tugboat.
Loading Pine Logs
Workers loading pine logs in northern Wisconsin when there was still virgin timber for logging.
American Excelsior Company
July 1936
Aspen logs are stacked in rows in front of the buildings of the American Excelsior Company. There are large frame buildings on the left, and a water tower and smokestack in the center, and on the r...
Bayfield Wharf
July 1936
Fishing tugs are moored alongside the wharf at Bayfield. The large Bayfield Fish Co. building is identified in large letters on the end of the building. There are pilings along the shore in the for...
