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Unloading Ship in Milwaukee Harbor

Date: 
Description: Unloading barrels of goods from the "Ogdensburg" in the Milwaukee harbor.
Poster

International Motor Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1929
Description: Advertising poster for International trucks. Features a color illustration of a truck at a wharf or dock with a large ship in the background.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering I-12 Tractor Hauling Cargo on Port Dock

Date: 09 16 1935
Description: Dock worker hauling two small trailers of cargo with a McCormick-Deering I-12 industrial tractor next to a docked ship. The tractor was owned and operated ...
Photograph

Bales of Cotton on the Wharf

Date: 
Description: View of the levee with bales of cotton on the wharf. Caption reads: "On The Levee."
Photograph

Leaving Chicago

Date: 1919
Description: Pier and a ship at Chicago, taken from aboard another vessel. Taken by the Richard Lloyd Jones family during their move from Madison to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Photograph

P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist Loading Barge

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit, possibly in Pensacola, Florida. The monorail track extends over the dock to permi...
Photograph

P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist Loading Lumber onto Barge

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit, possibly in Pensacola, Florida. The monorail track extends over the dock to permi...
Photograph

Steel Car Ferry Pere Marquette

Date: 1899
Description: Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha train cars loading onto car ferry Pere Marquette.
Photograph

Loading Sisal Fiber

Date: 01 22 1910
Description: Men use donkeys to pull carts loaded with sisal fiber along railroad tracks on a wharf at Progreso, Yucatan. The fiber is being loaded onto or off of steam...
Book or Pamphlet

International Harvester Powertrax Brochure

Date: 02 1936
Description: Cover of a International Harvester Powertrax brochure describing "Mobile and Stationary Industrial Power." Includes a photograph of a man hauling cargo wit...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

Men with Dolly on Shipping Dock

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

Shipping Dock Unloading Binder from Ship

Date: 1900
Description: View down dock towards men unloading a binder on the gangway of a ship docked on the left. A woman is standing on the deck of the ship.
Photograph

Ship at Loading Dock

Date: 09 13 1927
Description: View down wharf towards bales in a large pile. There is a ship at the dock.
Photograph

Man Driving Industrial Tractor on Wharf

Date: 09 13 1927
Description: Man driving industrial tractor pulling a long set of carts stacked with bales. On the right, men are standing on a large ship at dock.
Photograph

Bales of Manila Unloaded from Ship

Date: 09 13 1927
Description: View down dock towards bales of manila being unloaded from a ship. The building on the left has a sign that reads: "Poland Street Wharf." There is a ship a...
Photograph

Bales of Manila Unloaded from Ship

Date: 09 13 1927
Description: Bales of manila are lying on a dock after being unloaded from a ship, which is at dock on the right. The building on the left has a sign that reads: "Polan...
Photograph

Delivering Flour

Date: 
Description: Delivering flour to Berlin on barges.

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