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January 1942. "Memphis, Tennessee. Cars parked on Mississippi River levee." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information. View full size.
New York circa 1910. "Marine terminals -- Hudson River docks along West Street." Seen earlier (yet later) here. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
The Detroit River circa 1910. "Michigan Central R.R. tunnel -- sinking the last tubular section. W.S. Kinnear, Chief Engineer, Butler Bros. Construction Co., contractors." 6½ x 8½ inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Circa 1900. "Cruiser U.S.S. Newark." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
The Hudson River, 1892. "U.S. double turret monitor Miantonomoh." Named after the Narragansett chief. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by Edward H. Hart. View full size.
1898. "U.S.S. Nahant. The ship's mascots." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by Edward H. Hart, Detroit Photographic Company. View full size.
The Ohio River circa 1906. "The Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio." The Louisville & Cincinnati Line sidewheeler City of Cincinnati. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
February 26, 1960. New York. "Incres Line Caribbean cruise ship M.S. Victoria. Dining room. Gustavo Pulitzer-Finali, designer." Acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.
Detroit circa 1910. "Approach to the Michigan Central Railroad tunnel." Another view of the electrified tracks going under the Detroit River. 8x10 inch glass negative. View full size.
October 1940. "International bridge between Calais, Maine, and New Brunswick, Canada." Crossing the Saint Croix River to the town of Saint Stephen. Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Summer 1914. "Penn varsity crew team in Poughkeepsie." Bain News Service glass negative. View full size.
October 1941. Cowlitz County, Washington. "Holdings and operations of the Long Bell Lumber Company. Highway goes under wooden trestle for railroad." Medium format acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Boston, 1906. "Bird's eye view of Charlestown Navy Yard." After 175 years of military service, Boston Navy Yard (originally called Charlestown Navy Yard) was decommissioned in 1974. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Manchester, Massachusetts, circa 1906. "Baker's Island from harbor." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1906. "River steamers at Crawford Street Bridge." Today's post is brought to you by U.S. Club Ginger Ale, fine product of the Phenix Nerve Beverage Co. of Boston. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.