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![[Tugboats and ferry on icy river, with New York City in backgrd.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvdHVnYm9hdHMtYW5kLWZlcnJ5LW9uLWljeS1yaXZlci13aXRoLW5ldy15b3JrLWNpdHktaW4tYmFja2dyZC02NDAuanBn/320/231/jpg "[Tugboats and ferry on icy river, with New York City in backgrd.]")
![[A ferry loaded with people and wagons on a Russian river(?)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjcvYS1mZXJyeS1sb2FkZWQtd2l0aC1wZW9wbGUtYW5kLXdhZ29ucy1vbi1hLXJ1c3NpYW4tcml2ZXItNjk0ZjMzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/24/webp "[A ferry loaded with people and wagons on a Russian river(?)]")
![[Tugboats and cargo ships on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjkvdHVnYm9hdHMtYW5kLWNhcmdvLXNoaXBzLW9uLXRoZS1odWFuZ3B1LXJpdmVyLWluLXNoYW5naGFpLWNoaW5hLWNlZWY1My02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "[Tugboats and cargo ships on the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China]")
![[City and harbor of New York]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjgvY2l0eS1hbmQtaGFyYm9yLW9mLW5ldy15b3JrLTdkZTIyYi02NDAuanBn/40/8/webp "[City and harbor of New York]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection")
![[City and harbor of New York]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjgvY2l0eS1hbmQtaGFyYm9yLW9mLW5ldy15b3JrLWZjN2IwOS02NDAuanBn/40/14/webp "[City and harbor of New York]. 19th century, Library of Congress collection")
![[Riverside Drive, New York, N.Y.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvcml2ZXJzaWRlLWRyaXZlLW5ldy15b3JrLW55LTMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Riverside Drive, New York, N.Y.]")
![[Riverside Drive and Riverside Park, New York, N.Y.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvcml2ZXJzaWRlLWRyaXZlLWFuZC1yaXZlcnNpZGUtcGFyay1uZXcteW9yay1ueS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Riverside Drive and Riverside Park, New York, N.Y.]")
