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St. Mary's Lake

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Description: Upper St. Mary's Lake below the narrows, with the Divide Mountain in the distance.
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Lower Two Medicine Lake

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Description: Lower Two Medicine Lake and Rising Wolf Mountain.
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Zermatt, Switzerland

Date: 1895
Description: Houses by a stream in Zermatt, Switzerland. A woman is doing laundry (?) in the foreground.
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Blatz Advertisment

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Description: Advertisement for Blatz Private Stock, a "de-alcoholized" beer brewed in Milwaukee during Prohibition. Depicts a couple picnicking near a lake and mountain...
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Boating on Kezar Lake

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Description: A view of a two people in a boat on Kezar Lake, with the Sabattus Mountains in the distance.
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Elephant Butte Dam Site

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Description: Elevated view of the camp and valley of the site of the Elephant Butte Dam near Truth or Consequences. There are buildings, roads, railroad tracks, and tra...
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Elephant Butte Dam

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Description: The site of Elephant Butte Dam prior to construction of the dam showing desert hills and the Rio Grande River. Construction was completed in 1916, and at t...
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Riverboat on Copper River

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Description: View of a riverboat on Copper River with the Chugach Mountains rising in the background.
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Steamboat and Miles Glacier

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Description: Miles Glacier and a steamboat on the Copper River.
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Japanese Scene

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Description: Stereograph of a view in Japan including a garden, traditional buildings and mountains in the background.
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Three Men in Rowboat

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Description: View across water toward three men in a rowboat on a river in a mountain gorge.
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Derby Diversion Dam

Date: 1903
Description: Elevated view of Derby Diversion Dam with a crowd gathered on the rim of the dam and individuals standing along its top. A train cuts across the horizon in...
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Yukon River

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Description: Aerial view of Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada, from a surrounding hilltop, including a view of the distant hilltops and the adjacent Yukon river. Caption ...
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Elevated View of Fort Seward

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Description: Elevated view of Fort Seward from Mount Rippinsky, showing Pyramid Harbor and Davidson Glacier in distance. Caption reads: "Haines and Fort Wm. H. Seward f...
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Lumbering Town

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Description: Distant elevated view of a lumbering town including a river and surrounding forest. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View of Raymond, Wash."
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Large Residence in Valley

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Description: View of a large residence surrounded by trees. The mansion sits on a large piece of property with a pond, and a mountainous countryside is in the distance.
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Perrine's Ranch

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Description: View of Perrine's Ranch, located in the vicinity of Twin Falls. A man is crossing a stream filled with large rock boulders. The ranch is on the left side o...
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Loading a U.S. Ship

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Description: Women loading cargo onto a U.S. ship at St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands by way of baskets balanced on the tops of their heads.
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Two Men on Top of Stagecoach

Date: 1910
Description: A rear view of two men atop a stagecoach as it winds through the Twin Falls, Idaho, home of the Snake River Canyon. A waterfall is in the background on the...
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Passengers Arriving on White Pass Steamer

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Description: View of passengers disembarking from a White Pass steamer ship in Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada. The ship is marked: "Dawson." Piled wood is on the front...

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