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Public Square

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Description: Elevated view of the town square with a stone monument and trees ringed by horse-drawn wagons and tall buildings. In the background an elaborate clock towe...
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Business District

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of East Broadway, a wide road in the business district. The street has tall stone and brick buildings as well as broad sidewalks. Many horse...
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East of Downtown

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of warehouse district east of downtown. Tall brick buildings including the Alton Mercantile Company stand next to wide streets with sidewalks...
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Falls Brewery

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Description: A view of the Falls Brewery, with painted text on the buildings reading, "John Hohenadel Health Beer," "Rival Porter," and "Falls Brewery John Hohenadel."
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Manhattan from the Staten Island Ferry

Date: 1968
Description: View of Manhattan from the Staten Island Ferry, with a couple standing in the foreground. The woman is wearing a leopard print coat, and seagulls wheel in ...
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Ecology Day at General Motors Headquarters

Date: 1968
Description: Close-up of two protesters on Ecology day at General Motors. The protesters are holding a banner and wearing gas masks. A large office building and a pro...
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Seminary Church and Buildings at Vyatka, Russia

Date: 07 11 1917
Description: Church buildings in a town along the Trans-Siberian Railway. Original caption reads: "seminary church and buildings at Vyatka."
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Bread and Puppet Theater, General Motors Headquarters

Date: 1968
Description: Bread and Puppet Theater members protesting at General Motors Headquarters. A crowd of people wearing gas masks and hooded cloaks reminiscent of the grim r...
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Church of the Resurrection at Petrograd, Russia

Date: 1917
Description: View down a Petrograd (St. Petersburg) street with the Church of the Resurrection in the background.
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Iraq War Protest

Date: 02 15 2003
Description: Veterans of various wars marching during a protest against the war in Iraq. New York and New Jersey leaders of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War played ...
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Strollers, Carl Schurz Park

Date: 1968
Description: Two women, one holding a bag and one pushing a baby carriage, walk together across the cobbled path of Carl Schurz park. An approaching pedestrian and the...
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Fort Jay

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Description: A view of artillery and guns at Fort Jay, built in 1794 to defend Upper New York Bay. The New York cityscape is across the bay.
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Boy at Festival

Date: 1968
Description: A boy sitting on a bike on the other side of a street barrier. A pallet and a head board block off the street while a sign announces, "Street Closed--Fest...
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Man Walking in the Sand, Coney Island

Date: 1968
Description: A man walking with a cane in the sand dunes on Coney Island. A dilapidated fence cuts across the foreground of the beach and a rock jetty juts into the ba...
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Camp Upton

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Description: View looking uphill toward two men standing on a road near a tall lookout tower with a flag on a flagpole, and barracks at Camp Upton, active starting in 1...
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Open-Air Market in New York

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Description: An open air market in the streets of New York. Barrels of goods line the sidewalk and behind them fire-escapes can be seen going up the sides of brick tene...
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Soldiers' and Sailors' Home

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Description: Exterior of the Soldiers and Sailors Home, built in 1877 by the Grand Army of the Republic. The domiciliary stands on the left, and the building on the rig...
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Roof Garden at the Central Club for Nurses

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Description: View of the roof garden at the Central Club for Nurses, completed in 1916 by architects Parish and Schroeder. The Central Club for Nurses was built for the...
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Hotel Victory

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of Hotel Victory. The hotel has an inner courtyard, towers, and flags flying on top of the towers. People are milling around the building and...
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Playing Polo on Horseback

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Description: Polo players on horseback wear team uniforms while playing on a grass field. A multi-storied building stands in the background.

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