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USS Illinois in Dry Dock

Date: 1901
Description: The USS Illinois in the largest floating dry dock in the world at the time, surrounded by rowboats in the foreground. The battleship was built at Ne...
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Lugger (Picayune) Landing

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Description: Lugger (Picayune) Landing with sailboats and fishing boats. Boats and ships are in the background. Caption reads: "Lugger [Picayue] Landing."
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New Orleans Composite

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Description: Composite of views showing the French market, sugar refinery and sugar sheds, fishing boats, steamer unloading bananas, and picking and cutting sugar cane ...
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Boat Powered by PD-40 Engine

Date: 1939
Description: Pete Dyson sitting in a boat marked "Lottie." The boat had an International PD-40 power unit.
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Gauer and Bloch on Deck of Boat

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Description: Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch on the deck of a boat near the railing acting as if they were seasick. In the background is another ship tied up at a dock, a...
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Boat Powered by International Power Unit

Date: 02 24 1939
Description: The boat Popeye floats in front of a bridge carrying five male passengers. The boat was powered by an International PD-80 Diesel power unit owned by...
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S.P. Bridge

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Description: A floating span of Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge over the Atchatalaya River under construction. A steamboat is pulling the bridge section on a raft and ...
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Union Gunboat

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Description: View from a distance of a side-wheel Union gunboat.
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Railroad Car and Engine Ferry

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Description: View of a barge transporting railroad cars and an engine across a river. Several men are on the barge, including one on an overhead structure. Text on phot...
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Bogue Falaya Landing

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Description: View from across the water of Bogue Falaya Landing and Boat House. Published by C.C. Champagne & Co.
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Railroad Car Ferry

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Description: View of railroad cars being ferried across the river.
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U-9 — Material Handling

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "U-9 — Material Handling." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by The California Co., New Orleans, La. Used with a derric...
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U-9 — Oil Field Pumping

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "U-9 — Oil Field Pumping." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Koch & Ellis, Balter Bldg., New Orleans, La. Used with ...
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U-4 — Oil Field Preparation

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "U-4 — Oil Field Preparation." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by the Danciger Drilling & Refining Co., Baton Rouge, ...

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