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The Clyde Pushing a Tow

Date: 1899
Description: The Clyde after being converted to a sternwheel rafter, pushing a tow with a locomotive on board.
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The "South American"

Date: 07 1928
Description: The screw passenger cruise vessel, "South American," underway.
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Steamboat Golden Era

Date: 1863
Description: Elevated view of the steamboat Golden Era, which did service during the Civil War, docked near buildings. It was sold to Michael Purcell of New Orle...
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Deering Works Seen from Waterfront

Date: 07 13 1905
Description: International Harvester's Deering Works as seen from railroad tracks near the waterfront. The factory was located at Fullerton and Clybourn Avenues, across...
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Boat at Dock

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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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Vilas Flying Boat

Date: 07 01 1913
Description: The Curtiss flying boat in which Jack Vilas made the first flight across Lake Michigan. Vilas, a Chicago businessman, was greeted by a crowd of aerial enth...
Drawing

Gunboat on Ohio River

Date: 03 13 1862
Description: View down railroad tracks of the gunboat "Cinncinati" guarding Union approaches to Cairo on the Ohio River.
Drawing

Fort Cairo

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Description: Drawing of a section of a completed part of Fort Cairo facing the confluen [sic] of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
Drawing

Gunboat "Essex"

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Description: The "Essex" (New Era) transformed into a gunboat, at anchor. Next to it is a smaller boat.
Photograph

Shanty Boat

Date: 06 07 1894
Description: A man is seated on the roof of his shanty boat. Another person is at a window. Shoreline with buildings in background.
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Cows on the Beach

Date: 06 10 1894
Description: View of cows on the beach on the Illinois shore.
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Clay Bank on the Ohio River

Date: 06 10 1894
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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Aerial View of Wisconsin Steel Works

Date: 1970
Description: Aerial view of International Harvester's Wisconsin Steel Works (factory).
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View Along East Bank of Galena River

Date: 04 05 1852
Description: Whole plate daguerreotype of view along the east bank of the Galena River (also known as the Fevre River). From a full plate daguerreotype by Alexander Hes...
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General View for the Lake

Date: 1893
Description: View of the Columbian Exposition grounds from Lake Michigan.
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World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: A cyanotype view across lagoon from shoreline of the U.S. Government Building (right), and the Fisheries building (left). There is a bridge over the lagoon...
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Fox Lake with Hotel

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Description: View along shoreline of the hotel with wrap-around porches on the shore of Fox Lake. There are canoes near a pier, and small outbuildings among trees.
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Sailboats and a Pier

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Description: View from shoreline towards a group of people at the end of a pier standing near or on two sailboats. A shoreline is in the far background.
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Mouth of the Harbor in Chicago

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Description: View across the water of the mouth of the harbor with boats in Chicago.
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Lakefront in Chicago

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Description: Elevated view of rows of railroad cars at the lakefront in Chicago, south of the Randolph Street viaduct.

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