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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

Wind Storm Wreckage

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

Alewives

Date: 2010
Description: A large school of alewives swimming near the wreckage of a ship in Lake Michigan.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Historic dome of old capitol will soon be mass of wreckage

Date: 1904-08-26
County: Dane
City: Madison
Photograph

Dam Ruins

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

Site Plan of the Niagara

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

Wreckage of a Downed Helicopter

Date: 1965
Description: Wreckage of a downed helicopter at an airbase in Vietnam. Several soldiers, other helicopters and tents are in the background.
Drawing

Frank O'Connor Site Plan

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

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.
Drawing

Lumberman Site Plan

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

The New Richmond Cyclone

Date: 1900
Description: Cover of Mrs. A.G. Boehm's History of the New Richmond Cyclone of June 12th, 1899 featuring an engaving of a large cyclone and the wreckage it has left beh...

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