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The Steamship Barker

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Description: Three women stand on the shore in front of the steamer Barker at Devils Island natural dock.
Photograph

Sunbathers on the Lake

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Description: Men, women and children soaking up the sun on the beach of a lake (probably Lake Michigan). The children are digging in the sand in the foreground, and the...
Photograph

Wisconsin Pioneers on Board the St. Mihiel

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of men, women and children ready to disembark ship. Original caption reads: "Determination to make good is written on the faces of the Wiscon...
Postcard

View of Superior, Wisconsin

Date: 1885
Description: Illustrated view of Superior, as well as Omaha, Kansas City, St. Paul, and Winnipeg. Caption reads: "Superior - The Last Possible Great Marine City in the ...
Photograph

Diver Documenting Niagara Wreck

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Description: Diver holding an artifact found while documenting the wreck of the Niagara.
Photograph

Niagara Paddle Wheel

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Description: View of the paddle wheel of the wrecked steamer Niagara at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
Postcard

Goodrich Boat Docks

Date: 1930
Description: Text on front reads: "Scene at the Goodrich Boat Docks. Racine, Wisconsin." A passenger ship flying an American flag is docked at the Goodrich Transit Comp...
Book or Pamphlet

Miller Brewing Song Book Page

Date: 1895
Description: Composite art page from a booklet of verses about Miller Beer. Images include a woman at top left who is perhaps working with hops, captioned: "Original Mi...
Poster

Milwaukee Mardi Gras

Date: 02 21 1882
Description: Chromolithograph poster advertising a Milwaukee Mardi Gras celebration, arranged by the Turnverein and Milwaukee Musical Societies, and held at the Exposit...
Photograph

Appomattox Propeller

Date: 2006
Description: Underwater view of a propeller located off of the Appomattox wreck site, near Shorewood, in Lake Michigan. The diver is Kimm Stabelfeldt.
Print

E.P. Allis & Co. Reliance Works

Date: 1875
Description: Elevated view of factory with lake and ships in the background. Trains, people, horses, and carriages, with a multitude of smokestacks in foreground. The f...
Painting

A Sunday on the High Seas during my Crossing to America

Date: 1856
Description: The main deck of The Tuisco, showing groups of immigrant men, women, and a child in brightly colored clothing, conversing while standing below a ful...
Photograph

First Honors — Fall Festival

Date: 1927
Description: Sons of Norway group in traditional Norwegian costume standing on a replica of a viking ship as part of the Fall Festival. A large American flag flies from...
Postcard

Goodrich Line Steamer "Christopher Columbus"

Date: 10 11 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Milwaukee, Wis. Goodrich Line Steamer 'Christopher Columbus.' Der Dampher 'Christopher Columbus' von der Goodrich-Linie." A Whaleback...
Postcard

Donges Bay

Date: 07 25 19011
Description: Text on front reads: "John Schuchs, The only natural Pine Grove within a 100 Miles of this City. The Grandest and Finest Ravines, at Donges Bay, and Fairy ...
Map or Atlas

Bird's Eye View of Appleton Wisconsin

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye view map of Appleton, Wisconsin. Map reads: "NOTE.-Since the above cut was engraved, the Fox River Pulp & Paper Co.'s Mammoth Mills have been er...
Photograph

The Ruins of the Steamer Lakeland

Date: 06 22 2015
Description: Underwater starboard view of the Lakeland. While the ship remains largely intact, it is split in half, with the back end of the ship in the backgrou...
Photograph

Exploring the Schooner Home

Date: 02 03 2011
Description: Underwater overhead view of the schooner Home taken from the starboard side near the stern. Two underwater archeologists are swimming over the site ...
Photograph

Studying the Collision Damage of the Schooner Home

Date: 02 03 2011
Description: Underwater overhead view of the collision damage and the deck of the schooner Home. Two underwater archeologists are surveying the site.
Photograph

Young Girl Ready to Disembark

Date: 1935
Description: A young girl, Virginia La Rose, age 5, wearing a coat and hat and holding a doll under her right arm, is ready to disembark. She is the daughter of Henry a...

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