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2013-28-1 - Porthole
Porthole: round brass with glass window. Recovered from shipwreck of the Goodrich steamer IOWA (built in Manitowoc in 1885)
Record Type: Object
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2013-37-16 - Print
Print: "View of Fort and Town." Engraving centered within text of page depicts the military fort and town on Mackinac Island, Michigan.
Record Type: Object
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2013-37-5 - Lithograph
Lithograph: "Chicago" with two illustrations. Top drawing ("The City from the Water Works') is a view looking down on the city with the river running through the center. Bottom drawing ("The Mouth of the Chicago River") is from the perspective of the water looking towards Chicago with a steamer, schooners, and tugs underway in the harbor with a pierhead lighthouse at far right. 1872.
Record Type: Object
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2013-37-6 - Lithograph
Lithograph: "Sailing on Lake Michigan at Racine: Passing the Port Entrance - 1870." Drawing depicts several schooners and a steamer underway beside the pier at Racine, Wisconsin with the city in the background. One color copy (6a) and two black and white copies (6b & 6c).
Record Type: Object
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2013-38-5 - Knife, Pocket
Pocket knife: silver metal with two small fold-out knives. Stored in black vinyl sleeve with Inland Steel logo in gold.
Record Type: Object
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2015-51-4 - Spoon, Serving
Serving spoon: silver plated, name "VERNON" engraved on front of handle.
Record Type: Object
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2013-43-1 - Key
Carferry state room key: on diamond-shaped leather key tag marked "S.S. GRAND RAPIDS, Milwaukee, 6, If Carried Away Return Unsealed, Mail Postage Guaranteed." Brass key stamped with number 32.
Record Type: Object
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2013-43-2 - Key
Carferry state room key: on leather key tag marked "C and O Rwy. Co., Ludington, Mich., If Carried Away Return Unsealed, We Guarantee Postage" Brass key and tag both stamped with number 50. Specific carferry unknown.
Record Type: Object
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2014-18-6 - Chest, Tool
Tool chest from a marine engineer who worked on board Pere Marquette carferries. Wood chest with a hinged lid, wood tray inside, and a detached wood stand (6a). Brass corners. Roughly 100 years old. Tools inside chest include: b) 2" metal handle wood chisel (10" long) c) metal scribing tool with wood handle and sheath (8.5") d) wood file handle stamped "The Lauber" (4") e) steel multi-tool (hammer, nail puller, prybar) (9") f) wood-handle...
Record Type: Object
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2014-33-1 - Print
Framed print of a drawing of the Manitowoc-built submarine USS JALLAO (SS 368) underway in her post-war configuration with a guppy sail. Drawing by William H. RaVell, III. Also signed by Capt. Gilman R. Carlson, last commanding officer of JALLAO. Dated November 3, 2010. Print 34/500.
Record Type: Object
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2014-37-2 - Bowl, Fruit
Bowl: carved wood; round shape; natural bark wood on inside and part of outside; exterior bottom of bowl is smoothed (like on a lathe). Part of the cargo of woodenware on the shipwreck VERNON which was lost off Two Rivers, Wisconsin in 1887.
Record Type: Object
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2014-37-3 - Fixture, Wall
Fixture: part of wall light fixture from shipwreck of steamer VERNON, lost off Two Rivers, Wisconsin in 1887. Metal (possibly brass) pipes, painted silver, form an asymmetrical Y-shape, with one pipe longer on one side. Back plate has four holes to screw into a wall.
Record Type: Object
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2014-4-1 - Certificate
Certification of Classification for Hull of carferry VIKING, formerly the ANN ARBOR #7, built in Manitowoc in 1925. Certified for Class A1 Great Lakes Service. Marked "This is a reissued certificate and not a confirmation of classification." Issued December 19, 1991. Framed.
Record Type: Object
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2014-6-1 - Card, Playing
Deck of Pere Marquette carferry playing cards. Box has a colorized photograph of a port side view of the carferry CITY OF MIDLAND 41 on one side with the text "Pere Marquette Railway Carferries." Phrase is repeated on reverse with a map titled "Bridging Lake Michigan" showing the carferry routes between Ludington, Michigan and Kewaunee, Manitowoc, and Milwaukee in Wisconsin. Cards date to sometime after 1940.
Record Type: Object
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2014-7-1 - Bowl, Sugar
Two handled, silver plated sugar bowl from Goodrich steamer IOWA. "G.T. Co." logo engraved on side.
Record Type: Object
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2015-26-1 - Award
Award: Bronze Star in black presentation box, presented to USS Cobia crewman Robert "Bob" DeVey for meritorious service in action in the performance of his duties during a surface attack on July 20, 1944. Set includes bronze star, ribbon bar, and lapel pin.
Record Type: Object
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2015-28-1 - Board, Cribbage
Cribbage board with wood base and brass top engraved "USS COBIA". Bottom has a small sliding door with 6 game pieces inside (2 missing). From Cobia crew member Ray Mahanes.
Record Type: Object
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2015-31-1 - Flag
American flag once flown on USS MANITOWOC (LST-1180). Folded in triangle.
Record Type: Object
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2015-39-1 - Badge, Identification
Identification badge: circular metal pin with celluloid interior; yellow background with "Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, Wis." printed around edges and photograph of employee Harold Heide in center; badge number 1529.
Record Type: Object
