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Milwaukee Fishing Boat

Date: 1938
Description: Elevated view of a boat owned by Julius Dettloff docked along the edge of a river. The boat was powered by an International PD-40 power unit; in the backgr...
Photograph

Unveiling of Model of the Battleship USS "Wisconsin"

Date: 08 15 1950
Description: Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, left, and Mrs. Oscar (Mary) Rennebohm, Wisconsin's first lady, stand next to a ten-foot model of the Battleship USS "Wiscon...
Poster

American Flag Ship Travel Poster

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph depicting a scene aboard a United States Lines passenger ship, featuring what appears to be the New York City skyline in the backgro...
Poster

The American Way Travel Poster

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph depicting a scene aboard a United States Lines passenger ship, featuring a man and a woman looking toward the ocean's horizon.
Photograph

Returning Soldier

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Description: A returning soldier hugs a woman on the dock, who is probably his girlfriend or wife. A military (naval?) ship is visible in the background.
Photograph

Rescue Squad

Date: 11 1944
Description: A cordon of GI's work together in water to move a submerged jeep to the beach of Leyte Island.
Poster

New York Central Lines New England Poster

Date: 1947
Description: An original lithograph promoting New York Central Lines railway and the area of New England, deemed "America's Historic Summerland" in the poster. Featurin...
Poster

New York Central Lines Travel Poster: Ashtabula Harbor, Lake Erie

Date: 1928
Description: An original New York Central Lines railway lithograph promoting Ashtabula Harbor, Lake Erie, as the location "Where Trainloads of Appalachian Coal are Exch...
Poster

Chicago and North Western Railway System Anniversary Travel Poster

Date: 1948
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Chicago and North Western Railway's 100th Anniversary from 1848 to 1948. The poster features the artist Paul...
Photograph

Ships in Docks at McCormick Works

Date: 03 11 1909
Description: Elevated view across water towards ships at the docks at McCormick Works. Lumber is stacked along the shoreline on the left.
Poster

Virginia Historical Pageant

Date: 1922
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Virginia Historical Pageant, held in Richmond, VA, May 22-28, 1922. Featuring the Henry Day Lowry Metropolit...
Photograph

Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Gish

Date: 11 05 1923
Description: Inspiration Pictures publicity photograph of the Gish sisters and Richard Barthelemess on board a ship. Original caption: AT THE PARTING OF THE WAYS L...
Photograph

Milwaukee Buildings from top of Pabst Building

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated view from the top of the Pabst Building down East Wisconsin Avenue all the way to Milwaukee Bay and out to the horizon of Lake Michigan. One of th...
Photograph

Steamship Headed towards Milwaukee Harbor

Date: 1898
Description: A large steamship, City of Racine, loaded with passengers sails towards Milwaukee Harbor. On the left a tugboat pulls a smaller sailboat out towards...
Photograph

Large Sailing Ship in Milwaukee Harbor

Date: 1898
Description: A large sailing ship docked in Milwaukee Harbor.
Photograph

Steamers on the Hudson River

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Description: Elevated view of the two steamships, including the James T. Brett, on the Hudson River, with the central business district of the city in the background.
Photograph

Mouth of the Harbor in Chicago

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Description: View across the water of the mouth of the harbor with boats in Chicago.
Photograph

Landing Supplies

Date: 1864
Description: Supplies being landed from ships at City Point.
Photograph

Cedar Point Pier

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view of the Cedar Point Pier. Pedestrians, automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles are in the foreground.
Print

Confederate Ammunition Warehouse Explosion

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Description: A large lithograph of the most immediate of the tragic results of the civil war in Mobile, Alabama, which was the great explosion of May 25, 1865. Federal ...

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