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| Description: | Elevated view of a tugboat, with possibly a sinking ship in the background. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Man in diving suit being helped out of the water by three men in a rowboat. |
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| Description: | A fire boat is next to a dock with burning objects. Fire fighters on the boat are using high-powered hoses to put out a fire. Smoke and steam fill the back... |
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| Description: | View across water towards fire fighters in a boat on the river putting out a fire in a large building. Water sprays from fire hoses from two directions, wi... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Boats used for fighting fires are docked near a walkway. On the left the walkway is full of men, some gathered near the boats and a fire hose stretched out... |
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| Description: | A woman is standing in a rowboat in a diving position teaching four women in a lake how to dive. The rest of the women are in shirts printed with S.S.B.H. ... |
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| Description: | Rowboat race with two boats about to go under a bridge. Both of the boats have numbers on the back. Onlookers are standing on the bridge watching the parti... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of three men riding in a long, narrow motorboat on a lake. |
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| Description: | A tour boat with many passengers is traveling down a river. Two boys are sitting on the roof with suitcases and other baggage, and two men wearing hats are... |
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| Description: | Group of men of the Life Saving Service posing in front of their boat. |
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| Description: | Two boats next to each other on an unidentified body of water. One boat has a roof similar to that of a tour boat. Sitting in the front boat is a family wi... |
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| Description: | A boat named "Intrepid" near a small pier. Three people (two men and a woman), are on the boat, and five people (four men and a boy), are standing on the w... |
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| Description: | Three boats next to a pier. The one on the end of the pier is the Intrepid, the one in the foreground, in which three people are sitting, is the ... |
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| Description: | Along a wooded shoreline, three children (probably J. Robert Taylor's two daughters and son)are in two boats playing. In one boat a young boy in white is ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of tugboat pulling a steamer caked in ice in a canal. Steam is rising from the water and an open drawbridge can be seen in the background. On... |
| Date: | 10 28 1938 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of bay shoreline, with dwellings along the bank. A few boats are in the river. In the background is a factory with a smokestack and railroad ... |
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| Description: | A photographer is setting up for a shot of a man by a river. Across the river are buildings with advertisements and signs. A large log transport is on the ... |
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| Description: | Frozen river shoreline, with boats sitting on the grassy banks in the foreground. Across the icy shoreline are cars parked near the boat loading area, with... |
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| Description: | At Big Muskegan Wind. In a marsh part of a lake, a man in waders is bent over among the reeds. In the background are three people in a boat, with one perso... |
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