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| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | World War I poster urging newly arrived immigrants to conserve food to aid the allied cause. People in ethnic costume being ushered into the United States ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A view of boats laden with ore docked at the harbor. Caption reads: "The Harbor -- Looking Out, Lorain, Ohio." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Boats unloading at Standard Oil Co.'s pier, with a horse, wagon, and a number of men handling lumber and other building materials. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Members of the Root Commission trip to Russia playing "ship golf" on board the Buffalo. Original caption identifies the participants as: "Cyrus McCo... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Man identified in original caption as "Mr. Duncan" on board the ship Buffalo as part of the Root Commission's trip to Russia. A goat appears to be l... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A view of the U.S. snagboat "E.A. Woodruff" at a wharf. "U.S. Snag Boat E.A. Woodruff" signs are on the side of the boat. A bridge and two paddle ships are... |
| 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." |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Soldiers waiting to board ship for their return home after World War II. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Root Commission members seated aboard the deck of the Buffalo. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Rear view of the Buffalo in Vladivostok harbor, Russia. The ship was transporting members of the Root Commission. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "International motor trucks of Gatti-Hallicrafters Expedition being loaded into hold of S.S. "African Pilgrim" prior to voyage to M... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "International motor trucks of Gatti-Hallicrafters Expedition being loaded into hold of S.S. "African Pilgrim" prior to voyage to M... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | A view of the ship upon which Lewis Arms traveled home after World War II. Arms does not appear in this image. |
| Date: | 09 1951 |
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| Description: | A sampan boat in Hong Kong harbor. Perhaps what caught the photographer's eye was the laundry on the boat hanging out to dry. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the East River and the Brooklyn Bridge. Several boats and ships sail down the river and industrial buildings and skyscrapers stand in the foregroun... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Harry Houdini, born Erik Weisz in Hungary and raised as Erich Weiss in Appleton, Wisconsin, preparing to do one of his famous escapes, this time from a sub... |
| Date: | 02 1936 |
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| Description: | Cover of a International Harvester Powertrax brochure describing "Mobile and Stationary Industrial Power." Includes a photograph of a man hauling cargo wit... |
| Date: | 05 1929 |
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| 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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