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| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Text at bottom reads: "McDougal [sic] Whaleback. [manufactured at] West Superior, Wis." The steamer is under construction in the American Steel Barge Compa... |
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| Description: | A man unloads coal from a boat by walking a wheelbarrow across wooden platforms raised on scaffolds. In the background a man stands with an empty wheelbarr... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | USS Wisconsin in drydock during construction. Men are working at the base of the ship. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | USS Wisconsin in drydock during construction. A group of men are standing on scaffolding at the base of the ship. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| 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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| Description: | A man wearing a hardhat stands on scaffolding at the stern of a ship under construction. Beams and other shipbuilding material can be seen scattered around... |
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| Description: | Two men stand on scaffolding as they work on the construction of the bow of a ship. Another man stands on the ground nearby. A crane is visible in the back... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Frederick Layton standing on deck smoking a cigar while at sea in a Kodak #2 camera portrait by T.W. Ingersoll from St. Paul, Minnesota. The photographer's... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of ship at a dock. Railroad tracks are in the foreground near low factory and storage buildings. The name on the back of the ship reads: "Nor... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View looking down at ship at dock. A man stands at the edge of the dock just under the painted name of the ship, "Northwestern." Stacks of wheels are near ... |
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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... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of a man riveting a ship in a shipyard. Text at bottom reads: "United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation." |
| Date: | 07 30 1917 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks towards a ship, with the name: "Charles Horn, J.O. Nessen Lumber Co." on the side. There are buildings and railroad cars on the... |
| Date: | 04 1893 |
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| Description: | Launching Captain Abe McDougall's passenger whaleback boat,"Christopher Columbus", from the American Steel Barge Company dock. Text at bottom right of card... |
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