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| Description: | Unloading barrels of goods from the "Ogdensburg" in the Milwaukee harbor. |
| Date: | 06 03 1925 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 03 1938 |
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| Description: | An International Model D-30 truck loaded with twine is parked near a body of water in Uppsala, Sweden. A large ship is in the background. The truck was own... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of tugboat pulling a steamer caked in ice in a canal. Steam is rising from the water and an open drawbridge can be seen in the background. On... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | World War I poster urging newly arrived immigrants to conserve food to aid the allied cause. People in ethnic costume being ushered into the United States ... |
| Date: | 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Uniformed sailors gathered on the deck of the U.S.S. Wisconsin during decommissioning ceremonies. |
| Date: | 02 05 1944 |
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| Description: | General view of Port Moresby Harbor from road, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). A jeep is on the road on the left. Several soldiers are near a sh... |
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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... |
| Date: | 01 08 1958 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over icy water towards ships in the shipyard on the left, and the cement company in the background. Cranes and industrial buildings are in th... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of commercial boats in Manitowoc Harbor. |
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| Description: | Two ships docked in a Door County harbor, possibly at Sturgeon Bay. The ship at left is the Oak Leaf. The ship at right is the L.N. Foster ow... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A ship with "U.S.A." painted on the side is steaming past the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the tugboat "Indiana" pulling the full-rigged, three-masted Norwegian ship "Christian Radich" into port. The sails and hull of th... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Some of the Old-Timers on the Photo. Steamers: Petosky (on stocks), Muskegon, Corona, A.D. Hayward, City of St. Joe, Lotus, J.F. Dayan, Gra... |
| Date: | 04 1948 |
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| Description: | Three lake steamers docked in the harbor. The closest steamer is the B.H. Taylor of the Bradley Transportation Company, transporting ores. Buildings are in... |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Lithograph image of several boats in a harbor. Most are flying American flags from their masts. One has a flag on which "C. Harrison" is printed. Someone h... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Men are standing in the foreground on the ice-covered whaleback docked in Superior. Signs on the pilot house at the back of the boat read "Mather" on the l... |
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