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| Date: | 04 1893 |
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| Description: | Captain Abe McDougall's whaleback boat, docked at the American Steel Barge Company. |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men repairing a docked, damaged ship. A shoreline is in the distance. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the city of Manitowoc with a population of 5,168 inhabitants as it appears in 1870, the year the village was granted a city charter by t... |
| Date: | 08 1852 |
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| Description: | Pencil drawing of Milwaukee Harbor with large sailboats on the water. In the minimalist depiction the sandy shoreline with short plant growth sweeps aroun... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Green Bay harbor and docks. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Some of the Old-Timers in the photograph: Steamers: Petosky (on stocks), Muskegon, Corona, A.D. Hayward, City of St. Joe, Lotus, J.F. Dayan, Grace Willia... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View from across railroad tracks. Resort is on the water's edge, with a small inlet on the right. Land is mostly sand, though a small part on the left ha... |
| Date: | 07 1899 |
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| Description: | A boat leaving Milwaukee Harbor between two breakwaters, steaming into Milwaukee Bay and onward out into Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A large sailing ship docked in Milwaukee Harbor. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Small sailboats in Milwaukee Harbor with buildings on the far shoreline in the background. There is a large sign on a roof that readsin part: "L.J. Petit..... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Four sailboats in Milwaukee Harbor, one of which, The Kim, has Syl on board. In the background are railroad cars and industrial buildings. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View across water of sailboats in Milwaukee Bay. One of the boats, The Kim, has Syl on board. In the background are industrial buildings, one of whi... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Fort Sumpter [sic]. There are several men and a boat on the shoreline in the foreground. Plate 56 |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of replicas of the Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria docked in a harbor among many boats. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of Kenosha harbor. A group of men fish from a pier in the foreground while several boats float through the harbor. A tug is pulling a large s... |
| 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: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Circular-framed view across a body of water. Two wood pilings are in the right foreground, and a boat is out on the water. Hills are along the far shorelin... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Racine, Wisconsin in 1850." Artist's rendering of the view of the harbor with sailing ships, sailboats, rowboats and canoes. The Main... |
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