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Curtiss Hydroaeroplane

Date: 1912
Description: A Curtiss hydroaeroplane tied down prior to a test flight over San Diego Bay. Two unidentified pilots rest on the dock in the shade of its wing.
Painting

Gill's Rock

Date: 1938
Description: Boat and dock.
Photograph

Oshkosh from River

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view of Oshkosh from across a river.
Photograph

Beginning of High Water at Power Dam

Date: 10 07 1911
Description: Elevated view of the rising waters of the Wisconsin River at the construction site. This view shows the coffer dam, pile drivers, and narrow gauge railroad...
Photograph

Manufacturing District

Date: 10 23 1913
Description: Looking north on the Milwaukee River from approximately E. St. Paul Avenue (Clybourn Street bridge in the foreground). This features an elevated view of th...
Print

La Belle House

Date: 1867
Description: A summer resort, situated on the banks of Fowler and La Belle Lakes, in the village of Oconomowoc, thirty miles from Milwaukee on the St. Paul R.R. Men sta...
Photograph

P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist Loading Lumber onto Barge

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit, possibly in Pensacola, Florida. The monorail track extends over the dock to permi...
Photograph

Automobile Near Water

Date: 1915
Description: Three men in an automobile near what may be a flooded area, or possibly an overflowed pond or river. Barren trees stand in the pool's water.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Two Men in a Prop Rowboat

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Description: A studio portrait of two men posing sitting in a painted rowboat prop in front of a painted backdrop. The man on the right has his hand in the "water" and ...

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