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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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Aerial View of Green Bay

Date: 1912
Description: Aerial View of Green Bay shoreline.
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Sketch of Fort Michilimackinac

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Description: Sketch of the Fort at Michilimackinac (also called Mackinac) as it was under French rule.
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Wisconsin State Map, Carte-de-Visite

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Description: Carte-de-visite map of Wisconsin. Broken down into a grid, and includes some topography and Lake Michigan. The letters "M.C." have been written on top of t...
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Aerial View of Wisconsin Steel Works

Date: 1970
Description: Aerial view of International Harvester's Wisconsin Steel Works, with a river and Lake Michigan in the background.
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Map of Menekaune, Menominee and Marinette

Date: 1887
Description: A bird's-eye map of Menekaune, Menominee and Marinette.
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North and South Harbor Tracts

Date: 06 14 1961
Description: Aerial view of North and South Harbor Tracts, looking north from South Pier No. 2. There are skyscrapers in the background. there are multiple items of mac...
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Marinette Harbor

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Description: Aerial view of harbor. In the foreground is a lighthouse and breakwaters. Bridges cross the harbor, and there are factory and industrial buildings near the...
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Marinette Harbor

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Description: Aerial view of Marinette Harbor looking out towards Lake Superior. A lighthouse and breakwater extend out into the lake. Industrial buildings, cranes, and ...
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The Skeleton of the Schooner Advance

Date: 2015
Description: Underwater view of algae and mussels covering the wood skeletal frame of the Advance, a schooner built in 1853 and sunk in 1885. Most of the frame i...
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The Schooner Advance

Date: 2014
Description: Underwater view of pieces of the schooner Advance laying on the haul of the ship at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
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Kissel Car on the Steamer Lakeland

Date: 11 27 2013
Description: Underwater view of the front end of a Kissel car from 1924. It is resting within the steamer Lakeland, which sank in Lake Michigan.
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The Cargo of the Steamer Lakeland

Date: 11 25 2013
Description: Underwater view of a pile of automobiles and other pieces of cargo that sank with the Lakeland. In the foreground an upside down automobile is resti...
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A Cargo of Automobiles on the Steamer Lakeland

Date: 11 26 2013
Description: Underwater view of a pile of broken automobiles resting in the sunken Lakeland.
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The Site of the Lakeland and its Cargo

Date: 11 26 2013
Description: Underwater view of metal frames and rubber wheels of automobiles laying in a pile on top of each other within the sunken Lakeland. Part of the upper...
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Automobile Frames Resting on the Bottom of Lake Michigan

Date: 11 26 2013
Description: Underwater view of two automobile frames that were part of the final cargo of the steamer Lakeland A section of the ship's deck is in the background...
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Surveying the Lakeland

Date: 08 05 2013
Description: Underwater view of two archeologists surveying a portion of the Lakeland. The divers are using cameras, with three or four strobes attached by an ar...
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The Ruins of the Steamer Lakeland

Date: 06 22 2015
Description: Underwater starboard view of the Lakeland. While the ship remains largely intact, it is split in half, with the back end of the ship in the backgrou...
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Automobile Resting Against the Sunken Lakeland

Date: 08 09 2013
Description: Underwater view of an automobile hanging off of the ruins of the steamer Lakeland. The wheels are still attached to the car, but most of the outward...
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Photo Mosaic of the Steamer Lakeland

Date: 07 2010
Description: Underwater overhead view of the steamer Lakeland" sitting on the floor of Lake Michigan.

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