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| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated group portrait of men and women gathered around the Turner House, which was erected by John Turner to house railroad men and construction... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | View over board fence towards three women standing on the porch of a boarding house, possibly in Dayton, Ohio. The porch is adjacent to a yard littered wit... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | The Flom Hotel or American House, located at 323 East Main Street at the corner of South Hancock Street, existed from 1865 to 1925. Attached to the buildin... |
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| Description: | Two men are sitting in a carriage in front of a Madison hotel known as both the Flom Hotel and the American House. The Flom Hotel, built in 1865, was locat... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Nichols House with a group of people on and around the porch. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Engraving of the American House at 1 North Pinckney Street. It burned down in a fire in 1868. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Building used as a lodging house for the First Territorial Legislature held in Belmont in 1836. |
| Date: | 12 11 1924 |
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| Description: | An International bus, model 52 or model 53, parked in front of a two-story wood frame building, possibly a boarding house. The side of the coach has "Flori... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A pioneer Scandinavian immigrant hotel on Clinton Street, south side, built before the Civil War. Posters are a board on the left side of the house, and a... |
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| Description: | View of the Willson boarding house. Sign reads: "Mrs. Willson Rooms Beautyrest Beds Private Baths free Garage Meals Heat." |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across road of a two-story home located on a corner lot at 330 5th Avenue. There are signs on the lawn advertising rooms for tourists. A man is standi... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | A man and his dog are on the lawn in front of a house. A wooden sign reads, "Cottage and Rooms for Rent." Another sign below advertises for "N.F. Sherman 2... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk towards a sign that says "... and Lodging England's" for a boarding house is on the extreme left. Next to the sign is a building with a ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| 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 ... |
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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 ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view of Fitzgerald's Modern Rooms, which has a porch and a balcony. Signs in front advertise rooms, bath and garage for 75 cents per person, ... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a home that provides rooms and baths for tourists for 75 cents and $1. There is a porch in the front and and in the back. Trees are in the... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View across street towards three women standing on the front steps of Winnes Inn, a converted dwelling in a residential neighborhood. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View from street of a house in a residential neighborhood with rooms available for tourists. |
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| Description: | View down driveway towards main house of Buckminster Rooms. A sign in front advertises rooms with inner spring mattresses for 75 cents per person. An autom... |
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