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![[LUSITANIA - arriving in New York City; close-up of starboard side at dock; crowd Broad category or subject: Ships.on dock], Photo Bain Coll. / Bain](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDcvMDEvMDEvbHVzaXRhbmlhLWFycml2aW5nLWluLW5ldy15b3JrLWNpdHktY2xvc2UtdXAtb2Ytc3RhcmJvYXJkLXNpZGUtYXQtZG9jay1jcm93ZC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/235/jpg "[LUSITANIA - arriving in New York City; close-up of starboard side at dock; crowd Broad category or subject: Ships.on dock], Photo Bain Coll. / Bain")
![[LUSITANIA, 1907-1914, New York City: warping into dock, NYC, 13 Sept. 1907, crowd in foregrd.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDcvMDEvMDEvbHVzaXRhbmlhLTE5MDctMTkxNC1uZXcteW9yay1jaXR5LXdhcnBpbmctaW50by1kb2NrLW55Yy0xMy1zZXB0LTE5MDctY3Jvd2QtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "[LUSITANIA, 1907-1914, New York City: warping into dock, NYC, 13 Sept. 1907, crowd in foregrd.]")
![[The S.S. OLYMPIC, 1911: Tugs maneuvering ship into pier, New York Harbor]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXNzLW9seW1waWMtMTkxMS10dWdzLW1hbmV1dmVyaW5nLXNoaXAtaW50by1waWVyLW5ldy15b3JrLWhhcmJvci02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[The S.S. OLYMPIC, 1911: Tugs maneuvering ship into pier, New York Harbor]")
![[Longshoremen loading cargo onto a ship at Port Authority Piers, Furman St., Brooklyn, New York] / World Journal Tribune photo by Matthew Black.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjcvbG9uZ3Nob3JlbWVuLWxvYWRpbmctY2FyZ28tb250by1hLXNoaXAtYXQtcG9ydC1hdXRob3JpdHktcGllcnMtZnVybWFuLXN0LWJyb29rbHluLTQzOGU0ZS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Longshoremen loading cargo onto a ship at Port Authority Piers, Furman St., Brooklyn, New York] / World Journal Tribune photo by Matthew Black.")
![[New York City skyline from Brooklyn Harbor, ships docked in foreground]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTAvbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS1za3lsaW5lLWZyb20tYnJvb2tseW4taGFyYm9yLXNoaXBzLWRvY2tlZC1pbi1mb3JlZ3JvdW5kLTVkZjM2MC02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[New York City skyline from Brooklyn Harbor, ships docked in foreground]")
![[Bird's-eye view of wharf area of Albany, New York, showing night boat landing, and bridge in background]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDYvYmlyZHMtZXllLXZpZXctb2Ytd2hhcmYtYXJlYS1vZi1hbGJhbnktbmV3LXlvcmstc2hvd2luZy1uaWdodC1ib2F0LWxhbmRpbmctNmJlMjJiLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Bird's-eye view of wharf area of Albany, New York, showing night boat landing, and bridge in background]")
