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Portage Canal

Date: 02 05 1928
Description: Slightly elevated view of the Portage Canal, looking east from the canal bridge. A man is standing on a large platform on the left side of the canal near a...
Photograph

Fox River Lock Tender

Date: 08 05 1962
Description: Mr. Ortel, a United States Government lock-keeper at Appleton lock number one on the Fox River canal. Mr. Ortel is opening the sluice gates to allow water ...
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Boat in Canal

Date: 08 04 1962
Description: A boat in the Fox River Canal, headed up river. This particular lock, the Ripide Croche Lock, is located just north of Wrightstown.
Photograph

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of a man with two mules on the left pulling a boat up the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. A large wooden building is on the right bank in the behi...
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Boathouse and Docks

Date: 1910
Description: Waterside view toward a couple canoeing by a boathouse and docks on the Ohio Canal, with a steel bridge in the left background. Smoke streams across the sk...
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Dredge Winneconne

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Description: View across water of the dredge "Winneconne" on the Fox River canal. Although undated the photograph was probably taken during the 1940s. The "Winneconne"...
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North Vietnamese Irrigation

Date: 1967
Description: Canal in a hamlet near Phat Diem, described by photographer David Schoenbrun as part of an extensive system of irrigation. On a path along the canal a man ...
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Dorothy Schoenbrun

Date: 1967
Description: Villagers near Phat Diem gathered to watch American Dorothy Schoenbrun sketching near an irrigation canal. Mrs. Schoenbrun was accompanying her husband, jo...
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Sampan on Vietnamese Canal

Date: 1967
Description: Person steering a sampan, loaded with what appears to be fiber, on an irrigation canal near the North Vietnamese city of Phat Diem. On the right is a group...
Print

Little Falls

Date: 1853
Description: Engraved image of a boat being towed through a canal at Little Falls by a team of horses. A small town is in the background.
Book or Pamphlet

Aultman, Miller & Co. Calendar Page 5

Date: 1892
Description: Fifth page of calendar for September and October, 1892. Features two illustrations: the top one of a man using a team of horses to pull a Buckeye harvestin...
Photograph

South Vietnamese Patrol

Date: 1961
Description: South Vietnamese soldiers from the Sea Swallow Army wading along a canal on patrol near the village of Binh Hung. Grass buildings are in the background nea...
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New Sea Swallow Graduates

Date: 10 1961
Description: View from water of a newly formed company of Vietnamese Sea Swallows riding in a boat near Binh Hung as they joyously celebrate its graduation from trainin...
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Group Outing on a Boat

Date: 1897
Description: View from shoreline of excursion boat docked in a wooded area. From left to right: Mary ??, Elizabeth Layton, Grace Hayman, Henry Wallis (owner of the Fren...
Print

World's Columbian Exposition Tea Room Menu

Date: 1893
Description: One-page tea room menu from the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition. At the top is an illustration of a gondolier steering a couple in a c...
Postcard

Canal Entrance and Dam

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Description: Elevated view of a canal, reservoir and dam on the Fox River. Two men are standing near a boathouse. Caption reads: "Canal Entrance and Dam, Kaukauna, Wis....
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Young Women on Path Near River

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Description: Two young women are standing on a path near a river or canal, and the shoreline is lined thickly on both sides with lily pads. One of the woman is holding ...
Photograph

TD-24 — Pipe Lines

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "TD-24 — Pipe Lines." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "TD-24 superior pipe boom owned by H.C. Price Company, Bartlesville, O...
Photograph

Lake Side Park

Date: 09 1964
Description: View across water towards two men standing on a stone bridge, in the early morning fog in September. The bridge is spanning one of the canals. Another man ...

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