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Unloading Ship in Milwaukee Harbor

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Description: Unloading barrels of goods from the "Ogdensburg" in the Milwaukee harbor.
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Unloading Sugar Cane

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Description: View of several men unloading a barge of sugar cane with a crane-like tool. A river and dock area are in the background. Caption reads: "Unloading Sugar Ca...
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Loading Sugar Cane

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Description: Several men loading sugar cane bales into train cars using a hoist. The text "USS Corp. 24" (partially obscured) is painted on one of the train cars.
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Men and Young Boys on the Open Road

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Description: View of two men and five young boys posed on the open road with an oxen-drawn wagon and water barrels. Published by Mercedes Drug Company.
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Loading Boat for Chicago

Date: 09 1925
Description: Large cargo ship operated by the Benton Transit Company. On the dock near an open shed are many bushels of fruit, including melons and tomatoes (according ...
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Four Men Transport Cargo in a Cart

Date: 1907
Description: Four men are transporting a cart of goods from a railroad car to a loading dock. The men are most likely employees of the International Harvester Osbourne ...
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Unloading Coal #933

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Description: Stereograph of two workers placing barrels of coal onto wheelbarrows to unload off a ship. Text at right: "Milwaukee and Vicinity, Photographed by H.H. Ben...
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Truck with Cargomatic

Date: 1970
Description: Color photo of an International truck carrying prepacked airline food to Pan American World Airways Boeing 747 airplane. A man in the foreground gestures t...
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Cargo Carrier

Date: 1960
Description: The original caption reads: "Palleted cargoes can be loaded and unloaded by attaching the pallet to the eye located in the center lower area of the ejector...
Map or Atlas

The United States of North America: with the British and Spanish Territories, According to the Treaty, of 1784

Date: 1785
Description: Map of part of North America engraved and hand-colored (the light brown design is a superposition of the map and cartouche derived from the oxidation of th...
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Men with Dolly on Shipping Dock

Date: 1900
Description: View towards men posing on shipping dock.
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Delivering Flour

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Description: Delivering flour to Berlin on barges.

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