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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...
Print

J.I. Case Plow Works Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the J.I. Case Plow Works of Racine, Wisconsin, with an elevated view of the company plant and a smaller scene set on a scroll of a man driving ...
Photograph

Battleship U.S.S. Wisconsin

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Description: Battleship U.S.S. Wisconsin at sea with several men on deck. The mounted photograph was a promotional item for Northwestern National Insurance, Co.
Photograph

U.S.S. Wisconsin Launching

Date: 12 07 1943
Description: View of the battleship U.S.S. Wisconsin launching. A large group of spectators is gathered in the foreground.
Photograph

U.S.S. Wisconsin

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

U.S.S. Wisconsin Decommissioning Ceremony

Date: 11 1957
Description: Uniformed sailors gathered on the deck of the U.S.S. Wisconsin during decommissioning ceremonies.
Print

Horn & Joseph Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Horn's Pier (Door County) office of Horn & Joseph, dealers in general merchandise, including "Wood, Bark, Ties, Telegraph Poles, Posts, &...
Print

Milwaukee Dry Dock Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Milwaukee Dry Dock Company, which operated two docks, with a view of a dock with ships, planks of wood, buildings, and the slogan, "Electri...
Photograph

Lumber Hookers on Root River

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Description: Stereograph of lumber hooker ships in the Racine harbor on the Root River. The 4th St. bridge spans the river at left and the Racine Agricultural Works bui...
Photograph

Lumber Hooker on Root River

Date: 1870
Description: View of a lumber hooker ship at dock on the Root River. The 4th St. bridge spans the river at center. The Racine Woolen Mill is visible at right behind the...
Photograph

Ship "Alex B. Uhrig" at Reiss Coal Dock No. 2

Date: 1930
Description: View of the ship "Alex B. Uhrig" in the process of coal unloading on the Reiss Coal Dock No. 2.
Painting

Green Bay Painting

Date: 1856
Description: " . . . The first in their series was not an 'improvement' but a view of the Green Bay settlement, looking downstream. From a simulated rustic fence corner...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1870
Description: Map of Wisconsin showing counties and their county seats, towns and cities with over 3,000 inhabitants, the Detroit and Milwaukee Steam Ship Line, and both...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin for the State Board of Immigration

Date: 1872
Description: A map of Wisconsin which shows the counties, county seats, those cities with over 3,000 inhabitants. The map also displays the rivers, lakes, completed and...
Print

West Side Fuel Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the West Side Fuel Company of Port Washington, Wisconsin, with cartoon-style drawings, printed in black ink, of workers mining coal with a pi...
Photograph

Aerial View of Ashland

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Description: Aerial view of town, showing the shoreline of Lake Superior, ore docks, roads, houses, buildings, trees, and smokestacks. Text describing this photograph s...
Photograph

Wreck of Charles N. Ryan

Date: 04 18 1897
Description: Schooner Charles N. Ryan wrecked in a storm north of Ludington, Michigan on April 18, 1897. Possibly a photograph of the crew being rescued by the L...
Photograph

Olaus Pederson Grimsrud

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Description: Full-length portrait of Olaus Pederson Grimsrud standing on the deck of a ship. Other people are sitting and standing behind him.
Photograph

Olaus Pederson Grimsrud

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Description: Full-length portrait of Olaus Pederson Grimsrud standing on the deck of a ship. Other people are in the background.
Photograph

"Pere Marquette"

Date: 1960
Description: The "Pere Marquette" cargo boat, enroute from Manitowoc to Luddington.

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