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| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Washington Street and the Fox River and buildings nearby. |
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| Description: | Design in black and white for the Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp featuring a travel, industry, and agriculture theme. The main design element is... |
| Date: | 03 19 1940 |
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| Description: | View across Milwaukee River of workers of the Herman M. Hettler Lumber Company unloading lumber off a shipping boat to the Shroeder Lumber Yards and Troste... |
| Date: | 07 25 1914 |
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| Description: | The Gilchrist Transportation Company cargo ship "Tyrone" transports coal on the Menominee River. |
| Date: | 09 10 1903 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking north on the Milwaukee River from the Holton Street viaduct towards the Milwaukee lumberyards. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a tugboat pulling a lake steamer on the Milwaukee River under an open drawbridge near the Electric Company. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a man standing at the front of a freighter, just above the name painted on the side, "James Laughlin". Industrial buildings and water towe... |
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| Description: | Elevated rear view of the freighter "James Laughlin, Duluth". On the right is a sand dredge and large piles of sand. In the background on the left are indu... |
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| Description: | The "James E. McAlpine" in tow of tugboat "Conrad Starke" on the Milwaukee River. |
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| Description: | "James E. McAlpine" in tow of tug "Conrad Starke" on Milwaukee River. There is an open drawbridge in the background. |
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| Description: | Tugboat pulling freighter "Mariposa" on Kinnickinnic River. The river has large chunks of ice floating on top, and industrial buildings are in the backgrou... |
| Date: | 09 1925 |
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| Description: | Large cargo ship operated by the Benton Transit Company. On the dock near an open shed are many bushels of fruit, including melons and tomatoes (according ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Port of Kenosha Transit Warehouse No. 1. There are two ships on the right side, one named "Broom Park." Three men are loading a car onto the ship using a c... |
| Date: | 09 26 2014 |
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| Description: | Underwater view of an archaeologist surveying the bilge pump of the Success. The pump is resting in a bed of sand towards the stern of the ship. Tex... |
| Date: | 08 15 2014 |
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| Description: | Underwater view of the capstan of the Success. The capstan is laying on its side embedded in the sand, near the stern on the starboard side of the s... |
| Date: | 08 2008 |
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| Description: | Archaeological overhead view site plan of the remains of the schooner Home. Labels indicate various parts of the ship that remain. At the bottom rig... |
| Date: | 08 2009 |
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| Description: | Archaeological overhead view site plan of the schooner Northerner. Labels indicate various parts of the ship that remain. On the left is a map scale... |
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| Description: | Archaeological overhead view site plan of the schooner Pathfinder. Labels indicate various parts of the ship that remain, showing how much of the sh... |
| Date: | 08 2006 |
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| Description: | Archaeological site plan of the schooner Rouse Simmons. The wreck is drawn in great detail, showing the damage to the deck, along with the broken ma... |
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