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Pioneer Block before the Fire
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Three or four-story brick building, with a "Drug Book Store" sign at the front, and a stair wrapping around the side of the building up to a balcony. A man is standing on the sidewalk in front of the building under the balcony, and two horse-drawn wagons are parked along the curb.
1880
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