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| Description: | Three boats on right. Left side has two buildings and small boats in fog. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Buildings and smokestacks along a riverfront. Sky darkened by the smoke. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View across water of a motorboat with four men going upstream. There is a bicycle in the motorboat. The shoreline in the background has industrial building... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior of building from shoreline looking out to Lake Michigan. Along the pier are numerous docked boats and sailboats moored in water. On the left autom... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across river of a boat docked near a building with a sign for Adolph Meinecke & Sons (Manufacturers). In the background is City Hall. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Aerial view looking north from the foot of Milwaukee's main thoroughfare, Wisconsin Avenue. Lincoln Memorial Drive winds its way along the lagoon in Juneau... |
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| Description: | A crowd has gathered around an open door on a boat from which several men are reaching out and shaking hands with individuals in the crowd. |
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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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