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Young Woman

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Description: Ninth plate ambrotype of an unidentified young woman in dotted long sleeve dress, seated and holding a purse and a bouquet of flowers. Hand coloring on che...
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Workers' Unity House Dance Hall

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Description: A view of the dance hall, with its many windows. On the second floor, a shirt drys in the window. The main house is in the background. Grassy areas and flo...
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Workers' Unity House Library

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Description: View across lawn and path lined with stones toward the library, a detached octagonal structure with windows on all sides. Shrubs and flowers surround the l...
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Nguyen Family Outdoors

Date: 1984
Description: The Nguyen family pose for a family snapshot outdoors. A real estate sign that says "For Sale" is visible in the background in a front yard. The parents, ...
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Trong Nguyen at a Wedding

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Description: Trong Nguyen, in the center wearing a necktie, poses with the bride and groom, and others at a family wedding. The bride is wearing a traditional Vietnames...
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Church Interior

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Description: A view of three small altars. The center altar, set in an alcove, is dedicated to the Virgin Mary; a statue is placed above an ornately decorated cloth and...
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Holy Family Academy May Crowning

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Description: View of a young girl presenting a crown of flowers to a woman who will place it on the statue of Mary at Holy Family Academy, built in 1909. A pew is in th...
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May Crowning at the Crucifiction Shrine

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Description: View of a May Crowning ceremony at the Crucifiction Shrine, led by the Sisters of Charity, founded in Pennsylvania in 1870. Women carry a long cloth and ca...
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Mr. and Mrs. Fredric March

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Description: Informal portrait of the actor Fredric March and his wife, Florence Eldridge. March, whose real name was Ernest Frederick Bickel, was born in Racine, Wisco...
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The Grotto at the Putnam Catholic Academy

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Description: View of the grotto at the Putnam Catholic Academy. Flowers surround the grotto with a statue and an altar inside.
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Saint Joseph's Guest House

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Description: View of Saint Joseph's Garden and statue at Saint Joseph's Guest House. Flowers and plants surround the statue, and church buildings can be seen in the bac...
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Saint Joseph's Guest House

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Description: View of the main entrance of Saint Joseph's Guest House. A statue of Jesus stands before the entrance, surrounded by flowers and plants.
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Convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle

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Description: View toward an octagonal wooden outbuilding sitting on a hill among trees and plants. Decorative shingles and ivy cover the sides.
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St. Joseph's Guest House (Sisters of the Holy Ghost)

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Description: View of the Ave Maria Garden surrounded on two sides by a building. A large stone statue of Mary stands on a pedestal surrounded by an arched trellis; a sm...
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Grotto at the Monastery of Our Lady of Charity

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Description: Elevated view of the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes at the Monastery of Our Lady of Charity, an order founded in 1641. A paved path leads to the structure w...
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Our Lady of Grace Chapel at Saint Thomas Church

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Description: View of Our Lady of Grace Chapel at Saint Thomas Church. A path leads to the entrance of the chapel, a stone structure with an arch, and decorated with pla...
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Wiltwyck

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Description: A clergyman performs an outdoor church service to boys of various ages. A small stone wall flanks each side of the altar area. The altar contains flowers,...
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Bessie Tift College

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Description: Promotional postcard showing the walkway to a building at Bessie Tift College, founded in 1849. Caption reads: "Bessie Tift College."
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Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at the New York Botanical Garden

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Description: Exterior of Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at the New York Botanical Garden, founded in 1896. A path lined by two small fences leads to the door of the buildin...
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Ohio University

Date: 1930
Description: A view of a tree-lined campus walkway edged with flowering bushes at Ohio University. Several buildings are in the background.

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