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| Description: | View across water toward the "Hendrick Hudson" excursion boat near New York City. Many passengers are on the large excursion boat's three decks. The boat a... |
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| Description: | Interior view of a Dutch style bedroom at the Van Cortlandt House which features an enclosed paneled bed compartment with a set of wooden steps set in fron... |
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| Description: | View of the "T.J. Potter" steamship in the water near Long Beach. The ship features a paddle wheel and a smokestack. "T.J. Potter" ispainted on the side of... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View of ships moored in the harbor. Sign painted on the ship reads: "Brookline" and the barge next to the ship is loaded with railroad cars. "Atlantic Tran... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a dock scene, where workers are preparing bales of cotton for loading. A steamship and a tugboat are nearby. More ships and the shoreline ... |
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| Description: | View of a shipyard with tracks for timber wagons. Several men are both on shore, and some men are on boats. One of the boats near the docks reads: "Alberta... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of an iron ore ship unloading. Several workers are on board the ship. Caption reads: "Unloading Iron Ore At Sparrows Point, MD." |
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| Description: | Workers load bales of cotton onto a ship. The bales are being hoisted up ramps and onto the ship. |
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| Description: | The loading dock of Freeport Sulphur Company, founded in 1912 in Freeport, Texas. |
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| Description: | View of lumber being loaded onto a boat with men on the boat and on the dock. On the dock is a small building, with a group of men, two in suits, leaning a... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of thousands of barrels in storage for the Navy. Masted ships are behind buildings in the background. Caption reads: "Naval Stores." |
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| Description: | Two illustrations depicting the capture by Europeans of Africans who were taken away on ships to be slaves. The caption is in French. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A white sailor and a Native American man are sitting on the ground near the water, with ships in the distance. The colonist is holding a sextant in his lef... |
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| Description: | View of a stained glass window erected in 1920 in honor of the women of Plymouth Plantation. On the center panel, a ship is in the bay while a man and wom... |
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| Description: | View of a painting depicting the pilgrim voyage from England in 1620. A large ship containing many passengers sails out of the English harbor. People in ... |
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| Description: | View of a painting entitled, "The Pilgrims Sighting Land." Men and women look into the distance at the shore while on a ship. Above, a banner reads, "For... |
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| Description: | View of a painting entitled, "Pilgrims and Indian Meeting." The piece features pilgrims arriving on the shore and encountering a Native American. |
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| Description: | Model of the Mayflower in Pilgrim Hall, a museum built in 1824. The flags of England top the sails. Copyright by A.B. Burbank, Plymouth, Massachusetts. |
| Date: | 10 23 1945 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of U.S.S. Wisconsin (BB-64) in San Francisco Bay. Several boats can be seen in the water near the ship and San Francisco is visible in t... |
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| Description: | Bird's eye view of Playland, part of the Westchester Co. Park System. View features the park, the shoreline, the ocean, and several ships docked along the ... |
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