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Kids Drawing

Date: 05 02 1964
Description: Sitting on the school lawn, students draw Highway 51, Marathon Mill, Rib mountain and the Wisconsin River.
Painting

A View of Harper's Ferry

Date: 1857
Description: Business with Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper took Hölzlhuber to New York, and from there he also visited Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washingt...
Photograph

Mt. Simon Over the Chippewa

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the "mount" and the wide river before it and behind it. Houses and smokestacks can be seen in the far distance.
Map or Atlas

State of Oregon

Date: 1879
Description: Map of the state of Oregon.
Map or Atlas

Washington Territory

Date: 1879
Description: Map of Washington Territory.
Photograph

Zermatt, Switzerland

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

Steamboat "Lavelle Young"

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Description: Elevated view of the steamboat "Lavelle Young" landing in Fairbanks as a crowd of people are looking on. Text on photograph reads: "Steamer 'Lavelle Young'...
Photograph

Miners Pack Train

Date: 05 20 1905
Description: Elevated view of a group of miners on horseback crossing a bridge into Fairbanks, Alaska, May 20th, 1905. Houses are on the other side of the river. Captio...
Poster

New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission Travel Poster

Date: 1936
Description: An original lithograph promoting New Hampshire as the "Land of Scenic Splendor." The poster features the artist Maxwell Parrish's depiction of a New Hampsh...
Poster

Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère Travel Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyèr railway in Switzerland. The poster features the artist Anton Reckzi...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

Elevated View of Fort Seward

Date: 
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...
Photograph

Lumbering Town

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

Elevated View of Town on the Delaware River

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of country town showing large. There are wooden buildings alongside the Delaware River which curves through fields and patches of woods in th...
Photograph

Small Settlement by River and Railroad

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a small settlement between two mountains and alongside a river with tracks of the first transcontinental railroad passing through. A bridg...
Photograph

Norwegian Mountain Village

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a town and body of water in a valley in Roldal, Norway. Two people in a horse-drawn vehicle are in the foreground on the road leading from...
Photograph

Chattanooga Valley from Lookout Mountain No. 2

Date: 1866
Description: Elevated view of the Chattanooga Valley, with a river in the far background. A cliff face and trees are in the foreground.
Plate 14
Photograph

Chattanooga Valley from Lookout Mountain

Date: 1866
Description: View of the Chattanooga Valley and a river from Lookout Mountain. Trees are in the foreground, and a city is in the background across the river.
Plate 1...
Photograph

Chattanooga from the North

Date: 1866
Description: Two log buildings are in the foreground. A bridge spans a river in the middle distance, and the city of Chattanooga is on the far side at the base of a mou...
Photograph

Hong Kong Harbor Scene

Date: 09 1951
Description: The large, ornamental office building of Thomas Cook and Sons on the waterfront in Hong Kong. The firm was one of the oldest and largest travel companies i...

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