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Wounded Men on the USS Samaritan

Date: 1945
Description: Private First Class George Pantaloni in a plaster cast aboard the USS Samaritan. He is lying in a cot and smiling. Behind him are more cots with oth...
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Smiling Wounded Soldier

Date: 1945
Description: Second Lieutenant Louis Connick smiling for a photograph aboard USS Samaritan, a hospital ship. He is lying in a bed and holding a cigarette. He is ...
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Nurse Feeding Wounded Man

Date: 1945
Description: A nurse aboard the USS Samaritan feeding a wounded soldier. The man is sitting up in bed as the nurse is raising a fork full of food to his mouth. T...
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Wounded on the USS Samaritan

Date: 1945
Description: A badly wounded Sergent Frank W. Mrocykowski resting aboard the USS Samaritan. His head and eye are bandaged.
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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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Milwaukee Willow Works Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Milwaukee Willow Works, a manufacturer of children's carriages, willow ware, and toys, with a three-quarter view of the company building,...
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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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Plankinton Packing Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Plankinton Packing Company, a pork and beef packer and provision dealer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Includes an elevated view of the company b...
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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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Chilton Branch of Falk Jung & Borchert Brewing Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Chilton Branch of the Falk Jung & Borchert Brewing Company, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It includes, on the left, an elevated ...
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Birds-Eye View of the Columbian Exposition Grounds

Date: 1891
Description: Color illustration of the grounds and buildings of the 1893 World's Fair or Columbian Exposition.
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Chequamegon Hotel Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Chequamegon Hotel of Ashland, on Lake Superior, with a three-quarter view of the hotel, as seen from the waterfront, set into a cartouche...
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International Truck Transporting Giraffe

Date: 1938
Description: A giraffe sticks its head out of an opening in a wooden box carried on the bed of an International D-40 as the animal is transported from New York to Calif...
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A. Booth Packing Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the A. Booth Packing Company of Bayfield, Wisconsin, dealing in "Oval Brand Oysters, Fish & Canned Goods," with a three-quarter view of the com...
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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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