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Wreckage

Date: 07 07 1885
Description: Stereograph of the wreckage of a building in the aftermath of a cyclone. A group of men and boys are posing standing or sitting for the photograph. In the ...
Photograph

Lumberman Wreckage

Date: 
Description: View of a portion of the wreckage of the schooner Lumberman at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
Photograph

Dam Ruins

Date: 1911
Description: The wreckage of an old dam on the French River.
Drawing

Site Plan of the Niagara

Date: 08 1993
Description: Diagram of the wreckage of the Niagara.
Photograph

Alewives

Date: 2010
Description: A large school of alewives swimming near the wreckage of a ship in Lake Michigan.
Photograph

Australasia

Date: 2009
Description: View of the wreckage of the Australasia at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
Photograph

Lucerne Site Plan

Date: 
Description: Diagram of the wreckage of the schooner Lucerne at the bottom of Lake Superior.
Photograph

Flood Wreckage

Date: 1903
Description: View of the wreckage of wooden structures lying on the shoreline of a river after a flood. A dam across the river has been partially washed away. A man is ...
Photograph

Wind Storm Wreckage

Date: 1900
Description: Boy standing among the wreckage of various farm structures and implements apparently after a wind storm or tornado.
Drawing

Frank O'Connor Site Plan

Date: 2004
Description: Diagram of the wreckage of the steam screw Frank O'Connor.
Drawing

Lumberman Site Plan

Date: 08 2003
Description: Site plan of the wreckage of the schooner Lumberman at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
Photograph

Soldiers with Wreckage

Date: 1958
Description: Soldiers of Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement during the Cuban Revolution stand next to a pile of wreckage in a rural area holding guns.
Photograph

Sand Hauler Wreckage

Date: 1911
Description: View towards a construction site, with wreckage, and men working on the wreckage. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after th...
Postcard

Aftermath of a Train Wreck

Date: 09 1907
Description: A group of men and boys are standing amid the wreckage of a train.
Drawing

Pretoria Site Plan

Date: 2004
Description: Archaeological diagram of the wreckage of the schooner-barge Pretoria which lies at the bottom of Lake Superior.
Photograph

Appomattox Steel Plating

Date: 08 2007
Description: View of steel plating lining the central keelson on the wreckage of the Appomattox.
Drawing

Sevona Site Plan

Date: 2004
Description: Archaeological diagram of the wreckage of the steam screw Sevona.
Photograph

Debris after a Tornado

Date: 
Description: Group of men and women looking at the debris of a building, possibly a house, destroyed by a tornado. Wreckage of an automobile on the left.
Postcard

Wreckage Left by Flood

Date: 07 1912
Description: Elevated view across the Wisconsin River, showing the wreckage left by the disastrous flood of July 24, 1912. A power dam on the Wisconsin River above Waus...
Drawing

Man Clinging to Plank after Steamer Sinks

Date: 1857
Description: Illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of John Tice clinging to a piece of wreckage after the sinking of the steamer Central Amer...

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