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| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Lithograph from Frank Leslie's Illustrated News of the sidewheel passenger, Lady Elgin, at her wharf in Chicago, Illinois in 1860. From a pho... |
| Date: | 09 22 1860 |
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| Description: | Sketch from the "New York Illustrated News" of the sinking of the sidewheel passenger, Lady Elgin. She was struck and sunk by the Augusta on ... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Cover of the Chicago, Duluth and Georgian Bay Transit Company schedule in the Great Lakes Country, depicts a man and a woman watching a ship; either the "N... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Describes the comforts and safety of the two Americas, the screw passenger cruise vessels, the "North American" and "South American". |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Describes the accommodations of the crew passenger cruise vessels, North American and South American. Includes pictures of typical staterooms... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Describes the advantages of a vacation on a cruise of the "North American" and "South American". |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Describes the amenities aboard the "North American" and "South American". |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Drawings of the passenger cabin plans for the screw passenger cruise vessel, North American. |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards boats at a dock in the Fox Lake Area. A man and woman are standing in a sailboat, another man is standing on the dock, and a an... |
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| Description: | Fox Lake Area. View down pier towards sailboats docked, and people standing at the end of the dock. |
| Date: | 08 06 1914 |
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| Description: | Rear view of company photographer setting up shot of IHC's McCormick Works docks from across the waterfront. Two men are in a long wooden boat, with the na... |
| Date: | 03 13 1862 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks of the gunboat "Cinncinati" guarding Union approaches to Cairo on the Ohio River. |
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| Description: | The "Essex" (New Era) transformed into a gunboat, at anchor. Next to it is a smaller boat. |
| Date: | 08 08 1914 |
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| Description: | A photographer is standing near a camera on the bank of the Chicago River. He likely works for International Harvester Company and appears to be photograph... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Chicago River near International Harvester's McCormick Works (factory). A sailboat, water tower, railroad cars and many industrial buildings line the shore... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A group of men assisting three men in diving gear on a boat on the Chicago River near the McCormick Works (factory). |
| Date: | 1829 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored lithograph of Fort Armstrong, based on a drawing by Henry Lewis. Includes boats on the Mississippi River. |
| Date: | 02 28 1935 |
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| Description: | An Island Waterways Corporation boat docks by the North Pier River Barge Terminal near the McCormick Works (factory). |
| Date: | 06 07 1894 |
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| Description: | A man is seated on the roof of his shanty boat. Another person is at a window. Shoreline with buildings in background. |
| Date: | 06 10 1894 |
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| Description: | View from the river out to the clay bank. There is an oar visible in the foreground. There is a building above the bank in the background. |
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