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York Harbor Beach

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Description: Elevated view of bathing beaches and cottages along the coast.
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Mohegan Island

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view from hill looking down toward buildings in the hills along the coast.
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Rockefeller Summer Home

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Description: View of "The Eyrie," summer home of American industrialist John D. Rockefeller, overlooking a river from the top of a hill. The home was erected in 1914 an...
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Ivy Covered Home

Date: 1920
Description: View of an automobile parked in front of a large ivy covered home.
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Deserted Farmhouse and Barn

Date: 1915
Description: A view of a deserted farmhouse and barn.
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The Hawthorne House

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Description: View over stream toward the Hawthorne House, childhood home of American novelist and short story writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (7/4/1804 – 5/19/1864) built ar...
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Homes in a Residential District

Date: 1915
Description: Angled view down unpaved road toward a tree-lined street and homes. Streetcar or train rails are along the left, and a cart is on the right. Caption reads:...
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A Residential Area

Date: 1920
Description: View of a street and homes, taken from the sidewalk. The trees lining the street partially obscure the houses in the foreground.
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A Presidential Campaign Banner Over the Street

Date: 1912
Description: A street view featuring a campaign banner supporting Theodore Roosevelt (10/27/1858 – 1/6/1919) as president and Hiram W. Johnson (9/2/1866 – 8/6/1945) fo...
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Stone Lighthouse

Date: 1920
Description: A view of the Monhegan Island granite lighthouse, built in 1850 and automated in 1959, with the keeper's house close by, which was originally erected in 18...
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Mount Desert Rock

Date: 1918
Description: View across rocks toward the Mount Desert Rock granite lighthouse, established in 1830 and automated in 1977, located thirty miles out to sea on a treeless...
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Fairlawn Home Kitchen

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Description: The Fairlawn home's colonial kitchen and fireplace. The view features a cooking fireplace with a built in oven, a spinning wheel, irons, fireplace tools, ...
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Fairlawn Home Dining Room

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Description: The Fairlawn home's colonial dining room. Features area rugs, a fireplace with hanging kettles, fireplace tools, displayed plates and figurines and a built...
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Fairlawn Home Parlor

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Description: The Fairlawn home's colonial parlor and bedrooms. This view shows two rocking chairs and a grandfather clock in the parlor as well as the open doorways of ...
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Fairlawn Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: Bedroom featuring an elaborately carved bed, a table with an embellished lamp, and chairs in a guest room. Caption reads: "Guest Room, Looking North 'Fairl...
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Richmond and Dresden Ferry

Date: 1915
Description: View of the Richmond and Dresden ferry in the Kennebec River, about to land. A man and a horse with cart are on the ferry. Several canoes and a sailboat is...
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Ulysses S. Grant and Family

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Description: Engraved carte-de-visite portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant and his family.
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Business and Professional Women's Club

Date: 1930
Description: A view of chairs, bookshelves, and decorative lighting in the reception room of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, founded...
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Elks Club

Date: 1920
Description: A view of the main hallway of the Elks Club, founded in 1868, showing the entrance to the dining room and the stairway upstairs. A clock hangs on the wall ...
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Elks Club

Date: 1915
Description: A view of a piano, chairs, a table, and a fireplace in the ladies parlor of the Elks Club, founded in 1868. An open window shows a street scene and a home....

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