Summary

An all day excursion on a passenger ferry from Chicago to Milwaukee on Lake Michigan and a tour of Milwaukee in the 1920s, produced by Burton Holmes Clip #: TFA-86A Length: 12:51 Color: B/W Sound: Silent Decade: 1920s Filmmaker: Burton Holmes State: Wisconsin City: Milwaukee Subject: Boats Original: 16mm Keywords: SS Christopher Columbus, Milwaukee, excursion boat, all day cruise, great lakes, Lake Michigan, Goodrich Steamship Lines, crowd lines up on dock to buy tickets, passengers board, boat pulls away from dock, Chicago river, lighthouse, captain and mate, man at ships telegraph, radio operator with headphones, telegram, family parties on deck, girls with 1920s hats, flappers, photographer, engine room, engineer, steam engine, pistons, generator, drinking fountain, lifeboats, ship in open water, soda fountain, bartenders, eating lunch on deck, cafeteria, Kestograph, indian artist shows drawing, dancers, dancing, Charleston, couples, dance floor, captain on bridge, tugboat, Milwaukee River, passengers disembark, gangway, bus takes them to Blatz Brewery, drinking beer, standing in line, back to dock, up gangway

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Title: To Milwaukee on the Christopher Columbus
Date: 01/01/1920
Location: , Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Description: An all day excursion on a passenger ferry from Chicago to Milwaukee on Lake Michigan and a tour of Milwaukee in the 1920s, produced by Burton Holmes Clip #: TFA-86A Length: 12:51 Color: B/W Sound: Silent Decade: 1920s Filmmaker: Burton Holmes State: Wisconsin City: Milwaukee Subject: Boats Original: 16mm Keywords: SS Christopher Columbus, Milwaukee, excursion boat, all day cruise, great lakes, Lake Michigan, Goodrich Steamship Lines, crowd lines up on dock to buy tickets, passengers board, boat pulls away from dock, Chicago river, lighthouse, captain and mate, man at ships telegraph, radio operator with headphones, telegram, family parties on deck, girls with 1920s hats, flappers, photographer, engine room, engineer, steam engine, pistons, generator, drinking fountain, lifeboats, ship in open water, soda fountain, bartenders, eating lunch on deck, cafeteria, Kestograph, indian artist shows drawing, dancers, dancing, Charleston, couples, dance floor, captain on bridge, tugboat, Milwaukee River, passengers disembark, gangway, bus takes them to Blatz Brewery, drinking beer, standing in line, back to dock, up gangway
Clip ID: 4061_001
Length: 00:12:51
Color: B/W
Sound: Silent
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