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Steamship "Christopher Columbus" (Whaleback)

Date: 1912
Description: The passenger excursion vessel, "Christopher Columbus," entering harbor. Caption reads: "Steamship 'Christopher Columbus' (Whaleback), Entering Harbor at ...
Photograph

Sailboat in Harbor

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Description: Several people are standing aboard a sailboat sailing in the harbor. A small boat is tied to the back of the sailboat.
Photograph

Stern of USS West Virginia

Date: 12 07 1941
Description: Sailors clear the stern of the battleship USS West Virginia in berth F-6 at Pearl Harbor, most likely after it was hit by at least a few of the 7 to...
Photograph

Goodrich Line Passenger Ferries

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Description: Elevated view of two Goodrich Line passenger ferries docked on the west bank of the Milwaukee River, north of the Clybourn Street bridge. The Pabst buildin...
Photograph

"Christopher Columbus" Steamer

Date: 08 30 1906
Description: The excursion steamer "Christopher Columbus" passing through the Broadway Bridge in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Caption on glass plate reads, "Steamer, Christoph...
Photograph

Snowstorm over Harbor

Date: 09 27 1942
Description: Labeled as a "freak" snowstorm. A boathouse takes up the majority of the image, with a flag flying over the boathouse. The lake is not frozen, but ice and...
Postcard

Racine Harbor

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Racine, Wis. in 1850." Artist's rendering of the view of the harbor with sailing ships, sailboats, rowboats and canoes. The Main Stre...
Photograph

Seatrain New Orleans

Date: 1949
Description: Freighter from New Orleans in port at Habana [Havana?]. The ship is flying the Cuban flag. Another ship is in the background on the left. The ship transpor...
Postcard

Group of People on Dock near Ferry

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Description: View across water towards a large ferry docked at the fishing wharf. A large group of people are standing on the pier, and passengers are standing at the r...
Poster

Travel By Train, New York Travel Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting both New York City as "the wonder city of the world," and train travel. Featuring the artist Adolph Treidler, the poster d...
Photograph

Pennyfeather's Sailboat

Date: 1898
Description: Pennyfeather sitting in a small sailboat in Milwaukee Harbor. There are industrial buildings on the far shoreline, and other boats at anchor in the backgro...
Photograph

Statue of Liberty

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Description: Elevated view of the Statue of Liberty and surrounding buildings on Liberty Island. A large ship is docked at the island and the waters of the New York Upp...
Print

"The Battle of Baton Rouge, LA. Aug 4th 1862."

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Description: A large color lithograph with caption of the battle in progress.
Photograph

"Benjamin F. Packard" Clipper Ship

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Description: View from shoreline of the clipper ship "Benjamin F. Packard" in the harbor. Caption reads: "The clipper ship "Benjamin F. Packard" - A Cargo of fun. Playl...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Dantzler Lumber Company Fleet

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Description: View of the fleet owned by Dantzler Lumber Company. Several large sailing vessels are docked, and nearby is a canoe with two passengers. Caption reads: "Lu...
Photograph

Rear View of the Buffalo

Date: 1917
Description: Rear view of the Buffalo in Vladivostok harbor, Russia. The ship was transporting members of the Root Commission.
Painting

Fort Sumter

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Description: A painting of a harbor view of Fort Sumter. A sailboat sails through the foreground waters, and the fort is in the background, with a United States flag wa...
Painting

Painting of 'The Battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac"

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Description: A painting of 'The Battle Between the Monitor and the Merrimac.' The work commemorates the Battle of Hampton Roads, fought on March 8–9, 1862, and depicts ...
Photograph

"The Nellwood" at Dock

Date: 1933
Description: View across water of the motor yacht "The Nellewood" at dock at Madeline Island on Lake Superior. A group of passengers sit in the bow area. The "Nellewood...

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