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Photograph

Jackson Park, Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: Elevated view of buildings at the Columbian Exposition in Jackson Park, viewed from Stony Island Avenue. The "L" station and train are in the foreground. S...
Photograph

South Station Terminal

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the South Station terminal with elevated track in the foreground, Boston, Massachusetts. Streetcars and pedestrians can be seen on the str...
Postcard

Wells Street Viaduct

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of the Wells Street Viaduct. Caption reads: "Wells Street Viaduct, Milwaukee."
Photograph

Restaurant near Bridge

Date: 1932
Description: A "Tailoring and Remodeling" shop and restaurant are in the foreground at the entrance to a bridge, while a large utility pole with power lines, a number o...
Photograph

Industrial Buildings

Date: 09 29 1963
Description: View across water of a railroad bridge along the side of a strip of industrial buildings. Railroad cars are stopped in front of the buildings.
Photograph

Gotham Theater and Street Scene

Date: 
Description: A view of Gotham Theater and a surrounding street scene, featuring trolleys, horse-drawn vehicles, pedestrians, and an elevated railway.
Photograph

Underpass of Elevated Railway

Date: 
Description: View of street beneath an elevated railway at a market on 60th Street, featuring pedestrians, storefronts, and cars.
Photograph

Children Near Tenements

Date: 1917
Description: Elevated view of five children walking in a field behind what appears to be tenement housing. Wooden fire escapes are attached to the rear of the buildings...
Photograph

Group Working in Garden

Date: 1920
Description: Children and two women, possibly a school group, work with hand tools in an urban garden. An elevated railroad is in the background, along with the Acme St...
Postcard

John Street Bridge

Date: 
Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view of the white brick John Street Bridge spanning the Fox River. A set of railroad tracks crosses over a section of the...
Photograph

Indianapolis Branch House

Date: 1920
Description: An elevated railroad passes by International Harvester's Indianapolis branch office. Signs painted on the building advertise "Threshers, Plows, Farm Machin...
Postcard

Broadway Bridge

Date: 1938
Description: Colorized postcard view from shoreline of a stone bridge lined with lampposts. Dwellings and commercial buildings are on the far side. An elevated railroad...
Photograph

Paving Blocks

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Montello granite quarry grounds shows piles of granite paving blocks. In the background, a team of horses pulls a wagon under an elevated narro...
Photograph

Town of Longview

Date: 05 12 1902
Description: View across railroad tracks that lead to the main town, where the Longview Lime Works, sawmill, post office, general store, and telegraph station are locat...
Postcard

Montello Granite Works

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view looking west over the Montello Granite Company's works framed by an irregular mask. Two wooden derricks and irregular blocks of granite are i...
Photograph

Fulton Street Fish Market

Date: 1930
Description: The bed of a truck, barrels and crates are hold fishing and other seafood tended by workers at a fish market. Also pictured are hanging scales and a canvas...
Map or Atlas

Map of Interborough Rapid Transit System, Front

Date: 1923
Description: Color map of the "Interborough Rapid Transit System of Greater New York".
Map or Atlas

Map of Interborough Rapid Transit System, Back

Date: 1923
Description: The back side of the map of the "Interborough Rapid Transit System of Greater New York".

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