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Description: | Leaving Milwaukee harbor via tugboat, this was the final voyage of the Lucia B. Simpson. Made in 1928, the Simpson was the last of the lake lumber s... |
Date: | 1892 |
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Description: | Text at bottom reads: "McDougal [sic] Whaleback. [manufactured at] West Superior, Wis." The steamer is under construction in the American Steel Barge Compa... |
Date: | 1892 |
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Description: | Whaleback steamer under construction in the American Steel Barge Company shipyard in Superior, Wisconsin. Text at bottom of card reads: "McDougall Passenge... |
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Description: | The Peter Grignon Shipyard next to the Marine Iron Company. |
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Description: | The American Shipbuilding Company yard in winter with ships and a derrick in the center of the image. |
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Description: | Colorized image of the frame of a large boat being built at the shipyards in Superior. |
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Description: | A man unloads coal from a boat by walking a wheelbarrow across wooden platforms raised on scaffolds. In the background a man stands with an empty wheelbarr... |
Date: | 1847 |
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Description: | Engraving of the McCormick Reaper Works as it appeared in 1847. The factory was located on the north bank of the Chicago River, east of the Michigan Avenue... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Southeast panorama of the McCormick Reaper Works, rail yard and canal. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine company before 1902. In 19... |
Date: | 1885 |
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Description: | Ore dock of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad, with a pile of logs in the foreground and docked ships in the background. |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Elevated view of men and ships near the McCormick Works and the Chicago River during the Chicago Fire of 1871. The original caption reads: "Reproduction o... |
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Description: | The buildings of Allen & Sons Tannery, with boats carrying supplies in the foreground. |
Date: | 1922 |
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Description: | Boats and ships in a canal surrounding International Harvester's Neuss Works in Germany. |
Date: | 1854 |
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Description: | Bird's-eye illustration of Milwaukee. |
Date: | 08 27 1910 |
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Description: | Looking south towards the 16th Street viaduct over Menominee Valley from about Clybourn Street. Shows the surrounding industrial area and neighborhoods. Se... |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | A ship marked "Beaverton" docks near Hamilton Twine Mills while another anchors behind it. |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Two ships at the end of the canal, several buildings, a small lumberyard, and snow. Three other ships are visible down the canal. |
Date: | 10 28 1938 |
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Description: | From Jones Island, looking across to a manufacturing area with cranes and large piles of coal or coke? In the lower foreground is a bare hill, with old pil... |
Date: | 10 28 1938 |
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Description: | Men working near large dredge on Jones Island. Large piles of material are on the ground below the dredge. There is a ship on the right. In the distance a... |
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