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| Description: | A bow view of the screw passenger cruise vessel, "South American," docked. Passengers are waiting on the pier. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Describes the amenities aboard the "North American" and "South American". |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view, probably early 20th century New York Harbor. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | John Kaminski (right) and a fellow student he identified only as "Cy," flying one of the Glenn Curtiss flying boats on San Diego Bay. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A Curtiss hydroaeroplane tied down prior to a test flight over San Diego Bay. Two unidentified pilots rest on the dock in the shade of its wing. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | An unsuccessful test of Glenn Curtiss' hydroplane in San Diego Bay. The pilot about to be rescued is thought to be Milwaukee's John Kaminski. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Calbraith Perry Rodgers, with a cigar characteristically clenched in his jaw, was the first man to fly across the United States. He undertook this flight i... |
| Date: | 07 1910 |
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| Description: | Walter Brookins, a boyhood friend of the Wright Brothers, flying a Wright airplane over the ocean at Atlantic City. Brookins set numerous records for altit... |
| Date: | 07 1912 |
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| Description: | Glenn Curtiss flying over the ocean. The pontoons under each wing illustrate the beginnings of his development of amphibious aircraft. The famous Steel Pie... |
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| Description: | Eastern Point Lighthouse at "Mother Ann" and residence on rocky point, Gloucester, Massachusetts. Mother Ann is a rocky cliff at the far south end of Easte... |
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| Description: | View of a ship in the spring on the edge of the ice five miles off Nome. On shore, sleds and sled dogs are in the foreground. Caption reads: "The first boa... |
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| Description: | Panoramic collotype of Havana, Cuba harbor. Numerous boats are visible. Sky appears to have been masked out before printing. |
| Date: | 1784 |
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| Description: | Map of The United States of America according to the Treaty of Peace of 1784. |
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| Description: | View from the USS Wisconsin making contact with two destroyers at sea. The ships are transferring fuel. |
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| Description: | View across shrubs toward a stone historical marker dedicated to Champlain, a Canadian explorer. The marker overlooks the ocean, and a sailboat is visible ... |
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| Description: | View of the beach in front of the Hotel Clarendon, featuring swimmers, benches, and shade-structures made with palm leaves. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A view of a shoreline. Caption reads: "Part of the homestead plat and waterfront. Prudence Island." Along the left is a rock wall, and a house in the dista... |
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| Description: | View of part of an old boat frame, presumably from a shipwreck at Point Judith. A group of people are sitting and standing near the frame of the boat on th... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a fisherman's shanty along the shoreline surrounded by rocks. At the shoreline is a man and numerous boats pulled ashore. Caption reads: "... |
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