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Drawing

American House

Date: 1860
Description: Engraving of the American House at 1 North Pinckney Street. It burned down in a fire in 1868.
Photograph

American House or Flom Hotel

Date: 1870
Description: The Flom Hotel or American House, 323 East Main Street, at the corner of South Hancock Street. The Vilas House, whose conveyance stands in front, was a riv...
Photograph

Main Street

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Description: View of Main Street. Pedestrians, horse-drawn vehicles and a man on horseback are in the street. Business signs read: "(obscured) Boarding House," "Pete's ...
Photograph

Mailman Delivering Mail To Rural Boarding House

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Description: A mailman in a horse-drawn vehicle delivers mail to the mailbox of a rural boarding house.
Photograph

York Iron Works

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Description: York Iron Works with a view of the blast furnace. On the hill is the boardinghouse and the dance hall. A man is working near the railroad cars, and other p...
Photograph

Patch Grove Main Street

Date: 1912
Description: View down Main Street. On the left is a barn covered with circus broadsides. Across the street is a building with a storefront and awning, and a sign that ...
Postcard

Main Street Big Falls

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Description: Photographic postcard view down center of unpaved street in the central business district of a rural community. On the left is a general store, and on the ...
Photograph

Horse and Buggy in front of Spaulding Boarding House

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Description: View down unpaved street towards a man posing sitting in a horse-drawn buggy in front of tall building on the left. The building is identified as the Spaul...
Photograph

Two Men in a Wagon

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Description: Outdoor view of two men posing sitting in a wagon pulled by a single horse on an unpaved road. The horse's head is turned sharply to the right. The buildin...

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