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Dickey Chapelle Covering Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ...
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McCormick-Deering I-12 Tractor Hauling Cargo on Port Dock

Date: 09 16 1935
Description: Dock worker hauling two small trailers of cargo with a McCormick-Deering I-12 industrial tractor next to a docked ship. The tractor was owned and operated ...
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Loading Cargo with International Model 20 Tractor

Date: 03 25 1936
Description: Dock worker using an International Model 20 tractor equipped with a Lidgerwood crane to load cargo onto a ship.
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Grain Elevator

Date: 04 17 1921
Description: Workers shoveling grain, possibly corn, onto a lake vessel. Probably on the lower Milwaukee River.
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Unloading Lumber

Date: 03 19 1940
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...
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Menominee River Coal Yards

Date: 07 17 1914
Description: Menominee River coal yards, west from the 16th Street viaduct. There is a cargo ship called the "John B. Cowle" in the harbor between two coal yards. Worke...
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Freighter on River

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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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Loading Truck Crates onto Ship

Date: 05 17 1934
Description: Men loading large "International Motor Truck" crates onto a ship with a crane. Men are working near the ship, and people are watching from the second-story...
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P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist Loading 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...
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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...
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The Wreck of the S.S. Atlantus

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Description: View from shoreline toward the wreck of the S.S. Atlantus, a concrete hulled ship in the water near a shoreline. In the foreground are three men on ...
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Ships Moored in the Harbor

Date: 1918
Description: View of ships moored in the harbor. Sign painted on the ship reads: "Brookline" and the barge next to the ship is loaded with railroad cars. "Atlantic Tran...
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Loading Naval Stores

Date: 1910
Description: View of a dock, as naval stores are being loaded on a ship. Workers are on board the ship and on the dock, surrounded by cargo. Caption reads: "Loading Nav...
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Shipping Cotton

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Description: Workers load bales of cotton onto a ship. The bales are being hoisted up ramps and onto the ship.
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Gatti Expedition Trucks Loaded onto S.S. "African Pilgrim"

Date: 1947
Description: Original caption reads: "International motor trucks of Gatti-Hallicrafters Expedition being loaded into hold of S.S. "African Pilgrim" prior to voyage to M...
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Men Loading Gatti Expedition Truck into S.S. "African Pilgrim"

Date: 1947
Description: Original caption reads: "International motor trucks of Gatti-Hallicrafters Expedition being loaded into hold of S.S. "African Pilgrim" prior to voyage to M...
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Captain N.A. Peterson

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Description: Three-quarter length cabinet card portrait of Captain N.A. Peterson, a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who was master and part owner of the schooner “Selt”...
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Port of Kenosha Transit Harbor No. 1

Date: 1945
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...
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Collision Damage on the Schooner Home

Date: 06 22 2015
Description: Underwater view of the starboard side of the bow of the schooner Home, the site of the collision damage that sank the ship. The sampson post and win...
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Measuring the Remains of the Schooner Home

Date: 09 09 2008
Description: Underwater view of a scuba diver (an underwater archaeologist) shining a light on two liquor or water jugs that had been pulled out during the archaeologic...

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