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NEW FROM THE VINTAGRAPH VAULTS • FLY BRITISH ACROSS THE GLOBE
Boats & Bridges
Hundreds of black-and-white photos of battleships, dreadnoughts, riverboats, paddle wheelers, cruise ships, ocean liners and Great Lakes freighters and ore carriers. Photos of suspension and truss bridges including the Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge and 59th Street Bridge.
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Manhattan Rising: 1907
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Here Comes Carbon: 1910
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Welcome Columbia: 1896
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Oyster Steamer: 1908
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Naval Reserves: 1898
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Ship's Apothecary: 1900
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Tannery Row: 1903
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Barge Wife: 1941
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State of New York: 1910
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Owana at Toledo: 1912
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Carrier at New Orleans: 1910
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Oswego Stevedore: 1941
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Sailing on the Sand: 1903
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Chester W. Chapin: 1901
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James Beard: 1905
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Harbor View: 1908
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South Street Piers: 1908
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Evening Amusements: 1900
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Erie Canal: 1910
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Cuyahoga Bridges: 1912
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Heavy Metal: 1908
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Maine Cook Cat: 1896
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Georgia in Maine: 1904
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Russian Fleet Officers: 1893
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Hotel Gus: 1905
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Along the Docks: 1906
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