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Ore Boat
1935
Aerial view of crew members standing and sitting on the deck of the ore boat Captain Thomas Wilson in Ashland harbor.
Ore Docks
1920
Caption reads: "Mammoth Ore Docks, Ashland, Wis." A building and roads are in the foreground. Several ore ships can be seen.
Magdeburg Branch House Loading Dock
1935
Railroad cars loaded with farm equipment on a track near the loading dock of International Harvester's Magdeburg branch house in Germany.
Ashland Ore Dock
1885
Ore dock of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad, with a pile of logs in the foreground and docked ships in the background.
Soo Line Tracks
August 1988
"For nostalgia, a steam locomotive made a run on the Soo Line tracks."
Lakeside Scenes
September 19, 1932
Four views near Lake Superior, including two scenes of boats and docks near the ore docks, a bathing scene showing a group of people swimming in the lake and diving from pilings, and a view of the ...
