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Ships Tied Up for Winter

Date: 1950
Description: Overhead view of ships tied up for the winter in slips.
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Arrival of "Woodrush"

Date: 1949
Description: View from dock of the U.S. Coast Guard ship "Woodrush" arriving at the La Pointe dock to clear ice. Two trucks are on the dock, one with a piano.
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American Shipbuilding Company

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Description: A man is standing in front of huge blocks of ice at the American Shipbuilding Company. The ship "War Otter" is in the background. A large chunk of ice tied...
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The Freighter "Magna"

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Description: The freighter "Magna" in shipyard's icy waters with three tugboats in the foreground.
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Boat on Edge of Ice

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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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Tugboat at Work

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Description: Elevated view of tugboat pulling a steamer caked in ice in a canal. Steam is rising from the water and an open drawbridge can be seen in the background. On...
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Muir Glacier

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Description: View of Muir Glacier from across a bay.
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Freighting Goods

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Description: View of a group of men freighting goods by dogsled across ice from the S.S. Corwin offshore.
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View of Solombola, Russia

Date: 1918
Description: View of Solombola from Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia. In the distance are series of cranes. In the foreground on the ice are stacks of logs near a pier m...
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Floating Drydocks in Ice

Date: 1918
Description: View over pier made of pilings towards a floating drydock, now embedded in the ice, near Solombola, Russia. There are tall buildings behind it on the oppos...
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H.M.S. Terror

Date: 1838
Description: Position of H.M.S. Terror on the 22nd of February, 1837. The sailing ship was immobilized in the sea ice near Southampton Island, at the entrance to...
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Ships In a Harbor

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Description: Ships crowded into an icy harbor, possibly in Green Bay.
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Manitowoc Shipyard & Manitowoc Portland Cement Company

Date: 01 08 1958
Description: Elevated view over icy water towards ships in the shipyard on the left, and the cement company in the background. Cranes and industrial buildings are in th...
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Oconto Harbor

Date: 12 17 1957
Description: View across icy water towards shipping boats in harbor. Trees are along the right shoreline, houses and buildings are along the left shoreline.
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End of a Cold Journey

Date: 02 18 1958
Description: The SS Meteor, a Great Lakes cargo steamship of whaleback design, coming into harbor. The ship is covered with snow and ice and the surface of the l...
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Shipping Pier at McCormick Works

Date: 02 05 1912
Description: View across icy water towards men posing on a ship at a shipping pier at McCormick Works. Factory buildings are in the background.
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Winter Mooring

Date: 1976
Description: Fishing boats wintering on Lake Superior, which is frozen and covered with snow. Wooden fishing boxes are strewn in the foreground, and a wooded shoreline ...
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McDougall Whaleback

Date: 1893
Description: Men are standing in the foreground on the ice-covered whaleback docked in Superior. Signs on the pilot house at the back of the boat read "Mather" on the l...
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Passengers Disembarking Ship in Winter

Date: 1906
Description: Caption reads: "Manitowoc, Wis.? 1906. Passengers disembarking ship in winter." A group of people are sitting and standing at the side of a bridge in the l...

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