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The Curtis Hotel

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Description: Exterior of the Curtis Hotel, a Victorian era building expanded in 1883. Horse-drawn carriages can be seen parked underneath an awning, and a man stands o...
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Street Scene

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Description: View from sidewalk looking across and down a street in a commercial area. An automobile in the foreground is parked at the curb near "The Jackson" and "A.C...
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Street Scene

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Description: Elevated view of streets, stores, the Bank of Bisbee, and dwellings built into the hillside. Pedestrians, automobiles, and horse-drawn vehicles are visible...
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Depot Street

Date: 1900
Description: View down unpaved Depot Street. Men and children can be seen outside Watkins Drug Company.
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Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View down Main Street. Horse-drawn carriages can be seen outside stores on the unpaved road.
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Street Scene

Date: 1910
Description: Horse-drawn carriages park outside Elmrose Hotel, built in 1889 as the Andrews Hotel and destroyed by fire in 1929.
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Morley Avenue

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Description: View down Morley Avenue, lined with stores and small businesses. A stone building at right is labeled 'Escalada Bros.'; it was established in 1892 by the ...
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Street Scene, Idaho Springs, Colorado

Date: 1910
Description: View down a street crowded with pedestrians and horse-drawn carts. Published by E.J. Deis.
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Main Street Looking East

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Description: View down Main Street. There is a bank on the right and a 5&10 cent store on the left. Horse-drawn wagons and carriages are along the unpaved street. In th...
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Street Scene

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Description: View down center of unpaved street in the central business district. On the left is a clothing store and school supply shop, and a drinking fountain and la...
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Monroe Street

Date: 1912
Description: View from intersection of businesses along the left side of Monroe Street. A group of men are standing at the door of the drugstore on the corner, which ha...
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Market Day on Third Street

Date: 11 04 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Market Day on Third Street. Greetings from Watertown, Wis." Elevated view of a busy street scene on market day, with many pedestrians...

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