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McDougall Whaleback Steamer Under Construction

Date: 1892
Description: Text at bottom reads: "McDougal [sic] Whaleback. [manufactured at] West Superior, Wis." The steamer is under construction in the American Steel Barge Compa...
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McDougall Passenger Whaleback Steamer Under Construction

Date: 1892
Description: Whaleback steamer under construction in the American Steel Barge Company shipyard in Superior, Wisconsin. Text at bottom of card reads: "McDougall Passenge...
Photograph

Steamboat "John C. Mann"

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Description: The steamboat "John C. Mann" on drydock.
Photograph

The "Sandusky," the "Shawnee" and the "Superior"

Date: 1880
Description: Three ships at dock, the "Superior," the "Sandusky," and the "Shawnee," all built in Gibralter, Michigan.
Painting

Green Bay Painting

Date: 1856
Description: " . . . The first in their series was not an 'improvement' but a view of the Green Bay settlement, looking downstream. From a simulated rustic fence corner...
Print

Norddeutscher Lloyd Supper Menu

Date: 03 21 1901
Description: Supper menu from the S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse of the Norddeutscher Lloyd shipping company, Bremen, with an illustration of people on the top d...
Print

Norddeutscher Lloyd Lunch Menu

Date: 03 23 1901
Description: Luncheon menu from the S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse of the Norddeutscher Lloyd shipping company, Bremen, with a three-quarter illustration of peop...
Photograph

Ship, Bovine and a Man on a Horse

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Description: Composite photograph in the "Tall Tale" style. An enormous bovine stands on the front deck of the Pere Marquette 21, a steamer. On the right, on the...
Postcard

A Steamship at the Warf at Christiansand

Date: 1908
Description: A postcard depicting a young man or teenager on a dock next to a steam ship.
Photograph

The Steamship Barker

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Description: Three women stand on the shore in front of the steamer Barker at Devils Island natural dock.
Photograph

Carl Greene

Date: 1914
Description: Carl looking over the rail of the steamship “Easton”. "Easton was owned by the United States and Dominion Transportation Company which provided regular ser...
Photograph

On the Streamship

Date: 1914
Description: Family friend Mackey Wells and Jack Greene aboard the ”Easton.”
Photograph

Southern Port

Date: 1935
Description: The funnels (smokestacks) of two large steamships are visible over warehouse buildings on a pier of a southern American port. Both ships have nautical flag...
Postcard

Goodrich Boat Docks

Date: 1930
Description: Text on front reads: "Scene at the Goodrich Boat Docks. Racine, Wisconsin." A passenger ship flying an American flag is docked at the Goodrich Transit Comp...
Postcard

Goodrich Line Steamer "Christopher Columbus"

Date: 10 11 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Milwaukee, Wis. Goodrich Line Steamer 'Christopher Columbus.' Der Dampher 'Christopher Columbus' von der Goodrich-Linie." A Whaleback...
Postcard

Goodrich Line Steamer "Carolina"

Date: 06 17 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "Goodrich Line Str. 'Carolina'." "Carolina of Duluth" is painted on the prow of the steamer. Passengers are lined up along the railing...
Photograph

Whaleback Boat Launch

Date: 04 1893
Description: Launching Captain Abe McDougall's passenger whaleback boat,"Christopher Columbus", from the American Steel Barge Company dock. Text at bottom right of card...

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