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Lumber Camp Employees and Lumber

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Description: Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company Camp 15. Lumberjacks posed atop a sled load of logs, scaled at 13,562 board feet of lumber.
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Lumber Schooners

Date: 1898
Description: View of a wind bound fleet of lumber schooners, including the Vega and the Ottawa. This image was copied form a photo in the collections of the Milwaukee P...
Postcard

Ferry at Frankfort

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Description: The screw ferry, Ann Arbor No. 7, at Frankfort. Later named Viking, then Viking I. Caption reads: "Frankfort, Mich."
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The "Milwaukee" Sidewheel

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Description: The sidewheel passenger and freight, "Milwaukee," at Dewey Hill, Grand Haven, Michigan, at the Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway depot.
Postcard

The Tashmoo

Date: 1905
Description: View across water toward the left side of the sidewheel. Caption reads: "The 'Tashmoo,' Port Huron, Mich."
Photograph

Indians Fishing From Boats

Date: 07 16 1898
Description: A group of Ojibwa men fishing from boats.
Historical Object

NAA Championship

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Description: A souvenir from a national model airplane competition. A member of Hangar 13 of Beloit, Wisconsin was a contestant in this event and added this item to his...
Photograph

Sketch of Fort Michilimackinac

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Description: Sketch of the Fort at Michilimackinac (also called Mackinac) as it was under French rule.
Drawing

View of Detroit

Date: 1855
Description: View of Detroit with several boats and ships in (probably) the Detroit River.
Photograph

MEC&MC Transfer Bridge with Magnetic Hoist

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company transfer bridge with a magnetic hoist at the Enterprise Foundry Company. There's a sign on the cab that re...
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MEC&MC Gantry Crane with Auxiliary Hoist

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company gantry crane unloading railroad cars at the Fisher Body Co. There is a sign that reads "The Milwaukee Cran...
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Hotel Benton

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Description: View across intersection toward the Hotel Benton. Caption reads: "Hotel Benton, Benton Harbor, Mich."
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Coal Chute

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Description: View of a coal chute with railroad tracks. On the right is a water tower.
Postcard

Detroit Skyline Postcard

Date: 1930
Description: The front and back of a postcard featuring a drawing of the Detroit skyline as seen from Windsor, Ontario that was sent by Alice and Floyd Quinney during t...
Photograph

The Paper Mill

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Description: View from other side of bridge toward the paper mill, with a bridge and road to the left. A horse-drawn vehicle is on the bridge. Caption reads: "Paper Mil...
Photograph

"Islander" Steamer Ship

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Description: View of the steamer ship "Islander" leaving Mackinac Island. Signs painted on the ship reads=: "Islander," "Arnold Line" and "St. Ignace Mackinac Island" (...
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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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Park and Stone Buildings

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Description: View of a grassy park bordered by four large stone and brick buildings. A convertible is parked on the cobbled street and the the buildings all have diffe...
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U.S. Life Saving Station

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Description: A view of the boathouse and boats used by the station men, who pose in their gear. Three girls and one boy pose off to the right of the scene; the girls si...
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Autos at Fairgrounds

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Description: Automobiles park beside several buildings on the fairgrounds. A crowd of people gathers in the background near a grandstand.

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