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| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | International Harvester's McCormick Works on the river with railroad tracks and a cargo dock. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Com... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from the south. The Fox River is in the foreground with the dam just visible in the lower right. The lock is seen in the center; the Montello... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View of the steamship "Okanagan" arriving in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Passengers are on board the ship, and a crowd awaits the ship's arrival on ... |
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| Description: | View of passengers disembarking from a White Pass steamer ship in Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada. The ship is marked: "Dawson." Piled wood is on the front... |
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| Description: | View of the steamship "David Swain" docked in the water near Chillicothe. The sign painted on the side of the ship reads: "Lasalle & Peoria Packet David Sw... |
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| Description: | View of several boats docked along the shore. The sign painted on the boat on the far left reads: "Rees Lee." One of the boats on the right bears the name ... |
| Date: | 07 04 1911 |
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| Description: | View of a Curtiss biplane flying over the harbor. The steamship "Three States" are in the center, and several similar ships are in the distance, including ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of the steamship "Island Queen," near Coney Island, which is on the Ohio River near Cincinatti. "Island Queen Coney Island" is painted on the rear of ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the steamboat "Keystone State" in the Ohio River near Portsmouth. The text "Keystone State" is painted on the rear of the ship, but is par... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A view of the steamboat "Keystone State" on the Ohio River. "Keystone State" is painted on the rear of the ship. A small paddle ship is nearby, and the tow... |
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| Description: | View of the steamboat "W.T. Gallaher" docked in the Clinch River. Two boys are on the boat, and a sign painted on the side and top reads: "W.T. Gallaher." ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of the steamboat "Virginia" underneath a bridge in the Ohio River near Wheeling. "Virginia" is painted on the rear of the ship. A second bridge is in ... |
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| Description: | View of the docked steamboat "City Of Muskogee". "City Of Muskogee" is painted on the rear and top of the boat. Banners reading "Bound For Oklahoma" and "T... |
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| Description: | View of a steamboat transporting freight to Fairbanks. Text on photograph reads: "Rushing Freight To Fairbanks In The Fall." |
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| Description: | View of several steamboats docked. Boats in the foreground are the "Lavelle Young" and "Isabelle" (text "Isabelle" partially obscured). Boat in the backgro... |
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| Description: | View of the paddle steamer "Monarch" and two barges in the river. "Monarch O.E.G." is painted on the rear of the ship. Two men are on the "Monarch" and on ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a ferry boat near a landing. "Gen. Spencer" is painted on the side of the ferry, which is transporting a cart, two children and a man. Sev... |
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| Description: | View of Bissell's ferry landing on the river at the shoreline. Caption reads: "Bissell's Ferry, Instituted 1648. East Windsor Hill Conn." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A view of the U.S. snagboat "E.A. Woodruff" at a wharf. "U.S. Snag Boat E.A. Woodruff" signs are on the side of the boat. A bridge and two paddle ships are... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Badger State Tobacco Works of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of the building, men working on boats moored near the water... |
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