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| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View across water of a tugboat pulling a sailboat towards Milwaukee on Lake Michigan. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A large steamship, City of Racine, loaded with passengers sails towards Milwaukee Harbor. On the left a tugboat pulls a smaller sailboat out towards... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A large sailing ship docked in Milwaukee Harbor. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Small sailboats in Milwaukee Harbor with buildings on the far shoreline in the background. There is a large sign on a roof that readsin part: "L.J. Petit..... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Four sailboats in Milwaukee Harbor, one of which, The Kim, has Syl on board. In the background are railroad cars and industrial buildings. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View across water of sailboats in Milwaukee Bay. One of the boats, The Kim, has Syl on board. In the background are industrial buildings, one of whi... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Pennyfeather sitting in a small sailboat in Milwaukee Harbor. There are industrial buildings on the far shoreline, and other boats at anchor in the backgro... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A collage of images including a sailboat, a fish, a man fishing, and a forest scene. |
| Date: | 1800 |
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| Description: | An illustration depicting an early scene at the wharf in New York City. Many sailing ships are along the left side of the illustration, and "Leeds" is the ... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of replicas of Columbus' ships the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria sailing into dock at Chicago's Jackson Park. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of replicas of the Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria docked in a harbor among many boats. |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting by May Conniff Frost showing the tugboat Record of the Inman Line pulling a lake schooner through rough waters into Superio... |
| Date: | 08 27 1896 |
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| Description: | View from rocky shoreline of Turvill's new sailboat tied to a dock. A women is standing on the narrow wooden dock. A man is standing in the sailboat, with ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from shoreline of two side wheeled steamboats, the "Lucius Newberry," left, and the "Lady of the Lake," docked at Geneva Lake. Other smaller ... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the "Solid Comfort" on Lake Mendota. A man is standing on the cabin roof at the front; with a man and woman standing below him. O... |
| Date: | 05 30 1885 |
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| Description: | The sailboat "Solid Comfort" in full sail, near the shoreline. There are four men standing on top of the cabin. Deckhands are at both ends of the boat. The... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a deck of a schooner hauling lumber. Several workmen are loading or unloading the lumber. Industrial buildings, some displaying signs, are... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of fishing village on Jones Island, Milwaukee. Several fishing boats are docked along the shoreline. Large piles of lumber are in the foregro... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | A woman and a boy are sailing the boat named Islander on Archibald Lake. There is a raft in the foreground. Caption reads: "An Ingenious Affair." |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | View of a replica Viking Ship that sailed from Norway to the United States for the Columbian Exposition in 1893. Three men are standing on shore in front o... |
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