Wooden Dry Dock Construction No. 4, Sand Company, Winter

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Stock #:1171309
Type: Postcard
Era: Real Photo
Postmark: 1915 Feb-18
Postmark City: Peoria
Postmark State: IL
Stamp: 1c Washington
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Recipient Address:Wm Tuttle
Elwood, IL
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Real photo depicting a large wooden dry dock or barge, marked 'No. 4', under construction at the water's edge. A lone worker is visible near the base. The background features a line of bare trees. Handwritten text on the reverse describes it as a dry dock built by the sand company 'at the head of the shoot' (chute) and worked on all winter. Addressed to Capt. Wm. Tuttle. Postmarked Peoria, Illinois, 1915.

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