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P & R Coal Storage Yard

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Description: View of the P & R coal storage yard, including railroad tracks and coal storage building. Hills are in the background.
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"Queen Mary" Ocean Liner

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Description: Elevated view of the "Queen Mary" ocean liner in port. The large ship features three large smokestacks, two masts and lifeboats. "Queen ary" is painted on ...
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"City of Charlevoix" Ship

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Description: Elevated view of the "City of Charlevoix" ship coming into harbor. The sign painted on the front of the ship reads: "Northern Michigan Line" and "City of C...
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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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Steamer "Dubuque"

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Description: View of the steamboat "Dubuque" docked in the Mississippi River. Passengers are on the ship decks and smoke is coming out of several nearby smokestacks. Ca...
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Men Standing in Weber Wagon

Date: 1910
Description: Group of men standing in a horse-drawn Weber wagon outside a storage warehouse. The wagon bears the text: "sold by Rutherford & Shean, Aurora, Neb."
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East of Downtown

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of warehouse district east of downtown. Tall brick buildings including the Alton Mercantile Company stand next to wide streets with sidewalks...
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Cotton Compress

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Description: Two men hold carts of cotton bales in front of the warehouse of a cotton compress.
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Cotton Compress

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Description: A man stands next to the bales of cotton at the cotton compress. Caption reads: "Cotton Compress, New Albany, Miss."
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Ringling Hotel

Date: 1940
Description: View from across street of a shirtless young man standing beside an automobile in the shade of a lean-to attached to the old Ringling Hotel. Signs on the t...
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Allen-Beeman Company, Exterior

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Description: Exterior view of the Allen-Beeman Company. Text on the building reads "Public Warehouse," "Butter, Cheese and Eggs," "Office" "Engineers Dept." "Power Hous...
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Couple on the Pier, East River

Date: 1968
Description: A fashionably dressed young couple stand in an embrace on a pier on the East River. The river and a waterfront warehouse are visible behind them.
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Transporting Fiber to Wharf

Date: 1915
Description: Men carry fiber on their shoulders onto a wooden wharf. The fiber, probably from manila plants, is also piled near a building in the background.
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Storing Sisal Fiber

Date: 07 28 1910
Description: Men use a pulley to raise bales of sisal from the ground of a warehouse to the top of a pile of stacked bales. Others use dollies to wheel in additional ba...
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Marty's Warehouse

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Description: View of Marty's Warehouse from across railroad tracks. The warehouse building has large signs of painted lettering advertising the storage facilities. Rail...
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1925
Description: View down railroad tracks of a locomotive pulling into a railroad depot and yards. The depot is a two-story building. Two wagons are parked near the depot ...
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Central Wisconsin Cooperative Stores

Date: 08 11 1953
Description: Exterior view of the Central Wisconsin Cooperative Stores, Inc. building at 112 North Lake Street. The two-story brick warehouse has four loading dock door...
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Railroad Tracks and Depot

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Description: View down railroad tracks. On the left, there is a two-story, octagonal hut. On the right, there is a railroad station with a Western Union sign. Industria...
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Western Maryland Lumber Company Truck

Date: 04 02 1925
Description: Elevated view of men from the Western Maryland Lumber Company loading lumber onto the back of a Model 63 International truck. Piles of lumber are arranged ...
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Model S International Truck

Date: 03 24 1925
Description: A man loading boxes onto the bed of a Model S International truck.

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