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"Well-Designed" Hedge Line

Date: 1924
Description: Group planting of a low hedge line along tree-lined sidewalk in suburban area. The original caption identifies it as "well-executed."
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Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home

Date: 1900
Description: Front view of the Block House, the Pennsylvania Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. Men sit on benches along both sides of a path leading to the house, with a fla...
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Civil War Monument

Date: 1900
Description: A view of a The Soldiers' Monument, erected on November 1, 1865 by Dan Rice, a famous circus man. The memorial is said to be the first built honoring the s...
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Meeting House

Date: 1900
Description: A postcard view of the church with two images. The first is an exterior view of the building, with two sides visible. Each side has a door flanked by windo...
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McCormick Mower on Knoderer Farm

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using a 7-foot McCormick mower on hill on the farm of William Knoderer, overlooking what appears to be a body of water and farm buildings.
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Fonthill Castle

Date: 1916
Description: A view of the rotunda at Fonthill Castle, with the floors decorated with parquetry. Two doorways lead to additional rooms while another in the center is op...
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Man Using Corn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Rear view of a man using a corn binder pulled by two horses to work along the edge of a cornfield on the farm of James Johnston. Several farm buildings are...
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Man with Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Side view of a man using two horses to pull a corn binder through a field.
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Art Class at the State Normal School

Date: 1910
Description: View of woman at an outdoor art class on a lawn, sketching at State Normal School, which opened in 1875. The group of women are standing and sitting outdoo...
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Crowd on Labor Day

Date: 1907
Description: View of a crowd on Labor Day. The street scene is on W. Second Street where horse-drawn vehicles are parked. To the left of the crowd is the Evans Building...
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St. Xavier's Academy

Date: 1920
Description: Slightly elevated view of desks which are arranged in rows inside a classroom at St. Xavier's Academy. The teacher's desk is angled in a corner to the righ...
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Clarion State Normal School

Date: 1905
Description: A view of a class posing outside in white dresses, each student holding a handkerchief. The females appear to be in a cross formation. Caption reads: "Mid...
Print

Broadside of Gettysburg Reunion of Union Veterans

Date: 07 1913
Description: A broadside listing regimental functions at the Gettysburg reunion of Union veterans held at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 1913.
Manuscript

Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg Commission

Date: 07 1913
Description: A program of events for the reunion of Union and Confederate veterans, including prayers, music, speeches, and fireworks.
Manuscript

Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Wisconsin Identification Certificate

Date: 07 1913
Description: A Fiftieth Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Wisconsin Identification Certificate, certifying that Albert T. Lamson, who enlisted in Company G, 104 ...
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"Office of Chief Quartermaster, 50th Anniversary Battle of Gettysburg."

Date: 07 1913
Description: A broadside to the Commanders of State Delegations from J.E. Normoyle, Major Q.M. Corps, Chief Q.M., stating the contents of each tent at the 50th Annivers...
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Opera House

Date: 1900
Description: Two men stand near the entrance to the Opera House. Below a central clock tower, signboards advertise upcoming performances, including "Bud Hicks', 'The Ya...
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Dunbar's Camp

Date: 1900
Description: View downhill toward four men standing on the side of the road, with two men leaning against a fence, and one sitting on the fence. To the right is a cornf...
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Fern Rise

Date: 1900
Description: View uphill toward a group of people posing on and near the porch of Fern Rise, possibly a hotel or inn. Decorations and flags hang from the building's por...
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Young Boy Driving Farmall B Tractor with Disk Harrow

Date: 1940
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a 10-year-old boy, Wilmer Nissley, driving a Farmall B tractor with a disk harrow attachment. He is driving his fathe...

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