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Unloading Ship in Milwaukee Harbor

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Description: Unloading barrels of goods from the "Ogdensburg" in the Milwaukee harbor.
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Men Working on Damaged Ship

Date: 1888
Description: Elevated view of men repairing a docked, damaged ship. A shoreline is in the distance.
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Mowing Along Waterfront (League Island?)

Date: 1899
Description: A man in work clothes is operating a horse-drawn mower in a patch of grass along a waterfront, while another man wearing a hat and tie is looking on. Ships...
Poster

Food Will Win the War

Date: 1917
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 ...
Photograph

Dock Scene

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Description: Elevated view of a dock scene, where workers are preparing bales of cotton for loading. A steamship and a tugboat are nearby. More ships and the shoreline ...
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Shipyard with Wagon Tracks

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Description: View of a shipyard with tracks for timber wagons. Several men are both on shore, and some men are on boats. One of the boats near the docks reads: "Alberta...
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Unloading Iron Ore

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of an iron ore ship unloading. Several workers are on board the ship. Caption reads: "Unloading Iron Ore At Sparrows Point, MD."
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Sailing in Dering Harbor

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Description: View of a family sailing in Dering Harbor. The sailboat is carrying a man, woman, and girl. In the background is a small ship.
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Sampan Boat in Hong Kong Harbor

Date: 09 1951
Description: A sampan boat in Hong Kong harbor. Perhaps what caught the photographer's eye was the laundry on the boat hanging out to dry.
Book or Pamphlet

International Harvester Powertrax Brochure

Date: 02 1936
Description: Cover of a International Harvester Powertrax brochure describing "Mobile and Stationary Industrial Power." Includes a photograph of a man hauling cargo wit...
Photograph

U.S.S. Wisconsin Launching

Date: 12 07 1943
Description: View of the battleship U.S.S. Wisconsin launching. A large group of spectators is gathered in the foreground.
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U.S.S. Wisconsin Decommissioning Ceremony

Date: 11 1957
Description: Uniformed sailors gathered on the deck of the U.S.S. Wisconsin during decommissioning ceremonies.
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Disembarking at Archangel

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view looking down gutter of roof towards the British volunteer forces parading in Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia right before they disembarked fr...
Photograph

Disembarking at Archangel

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view from roof of British volunteer forces parading in Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia right before they disembarked from the town. The crowd watc...
Book or Pamphlet

Adriance and Buckeye Harvesting Machinery Catalog

Date: 1896
Description: Catalog cover of Adriance, Platt & Co. features an illustration of a farmer standing in a field holding a scythe and wiping his brow. In the background men...
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...
Photograph

Canadian Ship at Michela Coal & Wood Dock

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Description: Elevated view over railroads tracks of Canadian ship with cargo of wood pulp. Sulphide bales are being unloaded and there are several men on the ship. In t...
Photograph

Ships in Door County 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...
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Chas. B. Packard

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Description: View across water towards the lumber steamer Chas. B. Packard docked with a load of lumber. Several crew members are standing on the deck, and men a...
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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...

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