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Angus Lookaround Holding Tuba

Date: 1917
Description: Candid portrait of three men in white t-shirts. Angus Lookaround, in a white hat, is seated, holding a tuba. The men appear to be aboard a ship, possibly t...
Photograph

Under Water Packing Crate Escape

Date: 1914
Description: Harry Houdini, born Erik Weisz in Hungary and raised as Erich Weiss in Appleton, Wisconsin, preparing to do one of his famous escapes, this time from a sub...
Photograph

Charles Abbe, Thomas Meighan and Ivan Linow in "Cappy Ricks"

Date: 1921
Description: Shipowner Cappy Ricks (played by Charles Abbe) and seamen Matt Peasley (Thomas Meighan) and Ole Peterson (Ivan Linow) onboard a ship in a publicity still f...
Photograph

Emil Jannings and Jesse Lasky

Date: 10 18 1926
Description: Original caption attached to the print: "Emil Jannings German movie star arrived today. Emil Jannings, German actor who was born in Brooklyn in 1886 return...
Photograph

Emil Jannings and Captain Paul Wiehr

Date: 10 18 1926
Description: Original caption attached to the print: "Emil Jannings German actor arrived today. Emil Jannings, German actor who was born in Brooklyn in 1886 returned to...
Print

West Side Fuel Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the West Side Fuel Company of Port Washington, Wisconsin, with cartoon-style drawings, printed in black ink, of workers mining coal with a pi...
Print

Impressment of American Seamen

Date: 04 1884
Description: An engraving depicting the impressment of American seamen by the British Navy during the period before the War of 1812. The image shows a group of American...
Print

Ship Canal, Sault St. Marie

Date: 1873
Description: Engraved image of a lock and dam at Sault St. Marie. Two men are operating the sluice as ships are waiting on the opposite side of the lock. Another man is...
Print

Milwaukee River, at Milwaukee

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Description: Engraved view of the Milwaukee River.
Photograph

Delivery Truck Parked in Front of City Skyline and Ships

Date: 1970
Description: Elevated view of an International Harvester model MA-1500 Metro delivery truck is parked on a bridge overlooking a body of water and a city skyline, likely...
Photograph

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...
Print

R.M.S. Queen Mary Luncheon Menu

Date: 05 06 1950
Description: Front cover and menu page from the luncheon menu for the Cunard White Star ship R.M.S. Queen Mary, with figurines of a white lamb and a shepherd and...
Photograph

Ship, Bovine and a Man on a Horse

Date: 
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...
Map or Atlas

Carte Universelle du Monde Vulgairement dite la Mappemonde: Avec de Nouvelles Observations Touchant les Navigations de Long Cours Par P. Du-Val. Amerique Septemtrionale

Date: 1684
Description: Map of North America showing some colonies, cities, rivers, lakes, and Native American land. Ship routes spread across both oceans, including one decorated...
Map or Atlas

Regni Mexicani seu Novæ Hispaniæ, Ludovicianæ, N. Angliæ, Carolinæ, Virginiæ, Pensylvaniæ, Necnon Insvlarvm Archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali

Date: 1770
Description: Map of North America from the Great Lakes to the northern portion of South America. It shows cities, Native American land, mountains, swamps, lakes, rivers...
Map or Atlas

Partie Orientale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada avec l'Isle de Terre-Neuve et de Nouvelle Escosse, Acadie et Nouv. Angleterre avec Fleuve de St. Laurence

Date: 1759
Description: Map of north eastern Canada and parts of New England, showing settlements, cities, portages, Native American land, mountains, lakes, and rivers. The unusua...
Poster

A Shot at American Industry is a Shot at American Democracy

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon panel in which a man with a bowler hat is looking on from a submarine, labeled: "U Agitator," as it fires a torpedo labeled: "St...
Poster

Which Bridge Do You Want?

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring a cartoon illustration showing two different bridges. The first, labeled: "The Bridge of Ships," shows several large ships forming a bridg...
Manuscript

The Short Cut Route

Date: 1920
Description: Cover of an advertisement and timetable for the Peninsula & Northern Navigation Co. of Milwaukee. The S.S. United States and the S.S. Arizona...

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