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Warehouse

Date: 1932
Description: View of multiple old warehouses on the levee. Boats are pulled up on the slope in the foreground.
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Docked Boats

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Description: A view of small boats docked at a waterfront market in Tampico, Mexico showing a crowd of men in front of a waterfront warehouse, a steel bridge in the bac...
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Steamship "David Swain"

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Description: View of the steamship "David Swain" docked in the water near Chillicothe. The sign painted on the side of the ship reads: "Lasalle & Peoria Packet David Sw...
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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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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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Pier and Warehouse

Date: 1920
Description: View from hill looking down at a wood framed warehouse building on a pier with boats docked alongside. Near the warehouse are fish net drying reels. Wooded...
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Mackinac Island

Date: 07 1923
Description: View of Mackinac Island from a boat offshore. There are two large wooden piers with warehouses, and a beach on the right. Commercial buildings line the wat...
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Baileys Harbor

Date: 1915
Description: The Baileys Harbor Coast Guard Life Saving Station viewed from between a fishing boat and a pier warehouse. The station's pier extends into the harbor and ...
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Fish Creek Harbor

Date: 1920
Description: Several boats are moored in the protected harbor. An old warehouse stands on a pier. A tall bluff and rock cliff dominates the opposite shoreline.
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Foss Dock

Date: 1920
Description: View from the water of Washington Harbor on Washington Island. There are boats moored and warehouses along the pier. Fishing nets dry on racks on the shore...
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Pier at Fish Creek

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of Fish Creek Harbor as a boat approaches the pier and warehouse. In the foreground are houses with outbuildings, gardens and a small orchard...
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Birdseye View, Showing Fox River

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Description: Elevated view of the Fox River at Green Bay. Warehouses and factories are along the riverfront, and a drawbridge is spanning the river in the background.
Postcard

Bird's-Eye View of River

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Description: Colorized postcard of the Fox River and the buildings along the waterfront. The bridge in the foreground has a movable center section. Caption reads: "Bird...
Postcard

Short Bridge, Horican, Wis.

Date: 1913
Description: View of the Short Bridge over the Rock River at Horicon. Two men are in a small boat in the river. Caption reads: "Short Bridge, Horicon, Wis."
Postcard

Fourth Avenue Bridge

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Description: Hand-colored view of central Janesville from the Rock River. A bridge, excursion boat and warehouses are in the foreground. Caption reads: "Fourth Ave., Br...
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Wharf at Algoma

Date: 07 1936
Description: Elevated view of seagulls flying over fishing tugs moored at the wharf in Algoma. Small warehouse buildings line the wharf. Fish net drying reels are visib...
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Wharf at Fish Creek

Date: 1935
Description: View from shoreline towards fishing boats of various sizes, and sailboats docked at the wharf at Fish Creek. Two persons are carrying gear toward the pier....
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Fishing Wharf

Date: 1935
Description: Canoes and small sailboats are pulled up on the shore or tied up to the piers extending from the wharf at Ellison Bay. There is a small warehouse on the wh...

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