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Transportation Safety for Children

Date: 06 17 1986
Description: A group of children on "hot cycles," a form of young children's transportation, are being instructed on the rules of pedestrian and bicycle transportation ...
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Main Street, Looking North from Davenport Street

Date: 1944
Description: View of intersection with pedestrians crossing the street in the town central business district. Businesses include three drugstores, a hotel, and a clothi...
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Train at Railroad Crossing

Date: 07 29 1947
Description: Two children on bicycles waiting for a Milwaukee Road train to "unblock" the entrances to Brittingham Park. Most children not on bicycles crawled under the...
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Business Section

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Description: View of the business section featuring jewelry, shoe, and drug stores and other storefronts. Women and men walk down the sidewalk near cars parked on the c...
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300 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 300 block of State Street. Businesses include: Montgomery Ward (on North Henry Street), Colonial Shoppe E...
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Shorb Hotel

Date: 1924
Description: View across intersection of the exterior of the Shorb Hotel. Boys on bicycles are in the street in front near a man standing on the curb. Automobiles are p...
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After Tet

Date: 1968
Description: Pedestrians and an ARVN soldier on a bicycle crossing a bridge in the city of Hue after the Tet Offensive.
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West Henni Street

Date: 07 1991
Description: "The road is being repaired on West Henni Street."
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Theresa Sesquicentennial

Date: 06 1996
Description: A banner can be seen above a street in Theresa, celebrating the town's sesquicentennial.
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Biking on McArthur Road

Date: 08 1996
Description: "A lone biker glides off into the distance on a misty McArthur Road."
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Kinko's Copies

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Description: View from the sidewalk into a Kinko's Copy Shop at night. A bicycle parked to a signpost in the foreground.
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Walter Jock on Williamson Street

Date: 1982
Description: View from street of a man standing on the corner of Baldwin and Williamson streets resting his arms on a traffic control box. He is wearing a suit jacket a...
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Anchor Building

Date: 1973
Description: View across West Main Street, on the corner of South Hamilton Street, towards the Anchor Savings and Loan and office building. The largely glass building i...
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Protestors Waiting for School Bus

Date: 1975
Description: View from intersection towards protestors waiting for the school bus carrying minority students from Roxbury High School to South Boston High School. They ...
Poster

"This is Art" Poster

Date: 1981
Description: Poster of Art Nesson, a well-known figure on State Street. Art made his living as a window washer, dishwasher and manual laborer. He is leaning on a mailbo...
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North Pinckney Street

Date: 1988
Description: View across N. Pinckney Street looking towards towards a row of buildings, starting from the left: YWCA, The Perfume Shops (obstructed sign), The Camera Co...

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