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| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Fort Sumter. A cannon has fallen on the steep shoreline and waves are hitting the rocks. Plate 58 |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with three couples of animals dancing; two bears, a seal and a beaver, a fox and a rabbit. They are on a snowbank overlooking the sea with the... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of a vacation party on a cliff stairway overlooking a seashore. Several men and women in formal dress walk down the stairway. Heavily retouched image. |
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| Description: | View of the rocky coast of Maine as seen from a hillside. The rooftop of a dwelling is visible above a pine forest at right. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | View looking from the rocky coastline toward a sailboat at sea. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | View from the rocks of the coastline looking toward the tree-covered opposing shore. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | View of a lighthouse or dwelling from a rocky shore. |
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| Description: | A couple walks along a sandy shoreline. Dwellings and buildings are visible in the background. |
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| Description: | A person rows a rowboat near the rocky cliffs at Gap Head. |
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| Description: | View along shoreline toward a lighthouse and homes standing on Rocky Point. There are several boats anchored at the shore and in the water. |
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| Description: | A rocky coast is populated with homes, hotels, and a lighthouse. |
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| Description: | View of Kettle Island as seen from Coolidge Point. A residence stands among trees on Coolidge Point. |
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| Description: | Homes stand along the coast near cliffs on Block Island. |
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| Description: | View from beach dunes looking north. View features many plants on sand dunes in the forefront, and people on a sandy beach, many dwellings, and a flag in t... |
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| Description: | Barnegat Lighthouse was built in 1854 by the U.S. government. Oil-powered lights were originally installed in 1856 but were replaced by electric lights in ... |
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| Description: | People wearing bathing suits swim in the ocean and lie on the beach. |
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| Description: | Elevated view toward a dwelling that overlooks a steep rocky shoreline over the ocean below. Several people walk along the sand. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Bermuda shoreline. Several dwellings stand on top of the island and people swim in the ocean on the beaches below. |
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| Description: | People stand and sit on a driftwood-cluttered beach. Several people swim in the ocean. Caption reads: "Scene on the Beach. Long Beach. Wash." |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Holiday card showing Navy Pier in Chicago. There is snow on the ground, the lake is frozen and two lines of planes are flying overhead forming a "V" patter... |
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