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Commander Gatti Arrives in the Congo

Date: 1938
Description: Elevated view of men unloading trucks and equipment from a ship shortly after arrival in the African Congo. The equipment was used by Commander Atillio Gat...
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Mayflower Motel

Date: 06 06 1971
Description: Exterior view of the Mayflower Motel at 2500 Perry Street, which was remodeled by Charles Kennedy and Duane Millard to look like the Mayflower ship.
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Washington Island

Date: 1925
Description: Washington Island, including field and fence, with buildings, automobiles, and a large ship in the distance.
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Aerial View of Jones Island

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Elevated view of Jones Island, with some houses near the water and an industrial area across the river. On the right are a number of railroad tracks next t...
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Cedar Point Pier

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of the Cedar Point Pier. Pedestrians, automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles are in the foreground.
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Kissel Car on the Steamer Lakeland

Date: 11 27 2013
Description: Underwater view of the front end of a Kissel car from 1924. It is resting within the steamer Lakeland, which sank in Lake Michigan.
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The Cargo of the Steamer Lakeland

Date: 11 25 2013
Description: Underwater view of a pile of automobiles and other pieces of cargo that sank with the Lakeland. In the foreground an upside down automobile is resti...
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A Cargo of Automobiles on the Steamer Lakeland

Date: 11 26 2013
Description: Underwater view of a pile of broken automobiles resting in the sunken Lakeland.
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The Site of the Lakeland and its Cargo

Date: 11 26 2013
Description: Underwater view of metal frames and rubber wheels of automobiles laying in a pile on top of each other within the sunken Lakeland. Part of the upper...
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Automobile Frames Resting on the Bottom of Lake Michigan

Date: 11 26 2013
Description: Underwater view of two automobile frames that were part of the final cargo of the steamer Lakeland A section of the ship's deck is in the background...
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The Ruins of the Steamer Lakeland

Date: 06 22 2015
Description: Underwater starboard view of the Lakeland. While the ship remains largely intact, it is split in half, with the back end of the ship in the backgrou...
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Automobile Resting Against the Sunken Lakeland

Date: 08 09 2013
Description: Underwater view of an automobile hanging off of the ruins of the steamer Lakeland. The wheels are still attached to the car, but most of the outward...
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Automobile Under the Sunken Milwaukee

Date: 07 27 2014
Description: Underwater view of an automobile that had been part of the cargo carried on the Milwaukee when it was lost, on the floor of Lake Michigan. The car i...
Map or Atlas

Rand McNally Standard Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: This map shows the entire state as well as portions of Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and Michigan. Counties outlined in yellow, cities, rivers, lakes, and rai...
Map or Atlas

Highway Map Wisconsin

Date: 1936
Description: This colored road map shows automobile roads in Wisconsin as well as portions of nearby states. U.S. numbered highways are shown in red, and information ab...
Photograph

Southern Port

Date: 1935
Description: The funnels (smokestacks) of two large steamships are visible over warehouse buildings on a pier of a southern American port. Both ships have nautical flag...
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Industrial Tractors at Shipping Dock

Date: 08 16 1926
Description: A man is driving an industrial tractor to pull a large trailer along a shipping dock. There is a ship alongside the dock in the background.

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