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Immigrants on Boats

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Description: Medical officers inspecting immigrants.
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International Harvester Outer Harbor Bus

Date: 06 03 1925
Description: International "outer harbor" bus parked near a large boat and several harbor buildings. The bus was built on an International model 52 or model 53 chassis.
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Standard Oil Co's Pier

Date: 1915
Description: Boats unloading at Standard Oil Co.'s pier, with a horse, wagon, and a number of men handling lumber and other building materials.
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Peck's Ledge Lighthouse

Date: 1906
Description: View across water toward six men standing on a deck with railings on Peck Ledge Lighthouse in Norwalk Harbor, put into operation in 1906. Caption reads: "P...
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Repairing Oyster Boats

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Description: View of a group of people posed near several oyster boats under repair on the shore. Some buildings are on the left side. A sign on the boat on the far rig...
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Shipyard with Wagon Tracks

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Description: View of a shipyard with tracks for timber wagons. Several men are both on shore, and some men are on boats. One of the boats near the docks reads: "Alberta...
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Man Walking in the Sand, Coney Island

Date: 1968
Description: A man walking with a cane in the sand dunes on Coney Island. A dilapidated fence cuts across the foreground of the beach and a rock jetty juts into the ba...
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Americæ Nova Tabula

Date: 1630
Description: One of the few maps by Dutch cartographer Willem Blaeu depicting the Americas, this map shows regions, settlements, islands, mountains, forests, rivers, an...
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Wisconsin Pioneers on Board the St. Mihiel

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of men, women and children ready to disembark ship. Original caption reads: "Determination to make good is written on the faces of the Wiscon...

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