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General City View

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Description: Elevated view of a city along a shoreline. Mountains appear in the background. Published by P.E. Kern, Skagway, & Valdez, Alaska.
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High Tide in Nome, Alaska

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Description: A view of the city at high tide. Text on the photograph reads, "Nome. For Five Months in the Year Nome Can Be Reached by Steamship. Its Distance From Sea...
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City View

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Description: Elevated view of the city and the surrounding bay and hills. Text reads, "Terminus of Alaska C.R.R."
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City View

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Description: Elevated general view of the city with harbor and mountains. A ship is docked near the railroad bridge.
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Dorothy Dignam on S.S. "Geo. Washington"

Date: 05 1929
Description: Dorothy Dignam, one of the first women in the advertising field, worked in Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York City, and was active in raising the status o...
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Lifeboat Drills Aboard a Freighter

Date: 06 1942
Description: Sailors aboard the United Fruit Company's S.S. Santa Marta practice lifeboat drills in the Caribbean. All the men are wearing life jackets, and two ...
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Crewman Aboard Freighter

Date: 06 1942
Description: A crew member of the United Fruit Company's S.S. Santa Marta looking over the side of the freighter at the Caribbean Sea and the clouds. The man is ...
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Hospital Ship

Date: 04 1945
Description: Elevated view of a newly commissioned hospital ship, the USS Bountiful, in the Ulithi Harbor. The ship was previously called the USS Henderson
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Sunrise Aboard the USS Relief

Date: 04 1945
Description: The sunrise aboard the USS Relief in the China Sea. The mast and bow of the ship are pointed eastward, into the fog and towards the rising sun.
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Street Scene

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Description: View down a busy Bermuda street featuring shops and horse-drawn carriages. A large ship is docked at left.
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Galveston Harbor

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Description: View of Galveston Harbor. Ships are stationed near large piers and warehouses. Published by Chas Daferner.
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Waterfront

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Description: General view of the city's shoreline featuring a ship moored at the main pier.
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Waterfront

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Description: View of the waterfront featuring boathouses, factory buildings, and ships.
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Moore's Wharf

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Description: View of Moore's Wharf with shipments standing on it, including pens with livestock.
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Unloading Coal in Washburn

Date: 1936
Description: Unloading coal from a large ship in Lake Superior onto land near Washburn. There is a large conveyor that has lights glowing in the dark sky. A large pile ...
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Charles Abbe, Thomas Meighan and Ivan Linow in "Cappy Ricks"

Date: 1921
Description: Shipowner Cappy Ricks (played by Charles Abbe) and seamen Matt Peasley (Thomas Meighan) and Ole Peterson (Ivan Linow) onboard a ship in a publicity still f...
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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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Emil Jannings and Jesse Lasky

Date: 10 18 1926
Description: Original caption attached to the print: "Emil Jannings German movie star arrived today. Emil Jannings, German actor who was born in Brooklyn in 1886 return...
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Emil Jannings and Captain Paul Wiehr

Date: 10 18 1926
Description: Original caption attached to the print: "Emil Jannings German actor arrived today. Emil Jannings, German actor who was born in Brooklyn in 1886 returned to...
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U.S.S. Wisconsin

Date: 1957
Description: U.S.S. Wisconsin docked on the Hudson River at Norfolk, during decommissioning ceremonies.

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