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Superdome Railroad Coach

Date: 1952
Description: Passengers seated on the upper level of a Milwaukee Railroad superdome coach.
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Passenger Lounge of Airliner

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Description: Smoking and games in the lounge of a commercial airliner. The original caption for this unidentified photograph reads: "Delicious lunches, even six course ...
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De Pere Depot

Date: 1873
Description: At the De Pere depot, the first train operated by the Milwaukee & Northern Railway. This train made its first run to Green Bay on June 25, 1873, and this p...
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Green Bay Depot

Date: 1901
Description: View down platform towards a locomotive pulling a Green Bay & Western Railroad train at the Green Bay depot, with a Snavely omnibus parked at the platform ...
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Elephant Rider in Africa

Date: 1939
Description: The grill of an International truck with an African man riding an elephant in the background. The truck was built by International Harvester for Commander ...
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Tall-tale Postcard: We Stopped Here

Date: 1915
Description: Photomontage of a group of travellers in a car colliding with a steamroller. The travellers have been thrown out of their car and into the air. The words...
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Eva Lauffer Deutschkron and Friends

Date: 07 1936
Description: Vacationing at a North Sea resort restricted to Jews, from left: Eva Lauffer Deutschkron, three friends, Margeret Pollack (cousin).
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Susanne Hafner Goldfarb on Deck of S.S. Conte Bianco Mano

Date: 01 1939
Description: Holocaust survivor Susanne Hafner Goldfarb as a young girl, on deck of the S.S. Conte Bianco Mano, en route to Shanghai.
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Susanne Hafner Goldfarb and Parents on S.S. Jerusalem

Date: 1953
Description: Susanne Hafner Goldfarb (right), Max Hafner (left), and Martha Hafner (center) on S.S. Jerusalem en route to the United States.
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Susanne Hafner Goldfarb on Deck of S.S. Castel Bianco

Date: 1949
Description: Susanne Hafner Goldfarb on deck of S.S. Castel Bianco en route to Israel.
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Rosa Goldberg Katz and Bernard Katz On Their Way to the United States

Date: 04 1948
Description: Rosa and Bernard Katz on their way to the United States; Goteborg, Sweden.
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Walter Peltz and Family En Route to the United States

Date: 1949
Description: From left: unidentified man, son Andre, wife Rose, unidentified woman, Walter Wolf Peltz looking out of the window of a railroad car; Hamburg, Germany, en ...
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Eugene and Magda Herzberger in Israel

Date: 1955
Description: Eugene and Magda Herzberger (at left) with friends in the Negev region of Israel. They pose near a camel held on a tether by a man, possibly of Bedouin des...
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Saloon of a Sailing Ship

Date: 1835
Description: An illustration of three men sitting at a table in a saloon on a steamboat.

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