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U.S. Post Office Sorting Room

Date: 03 28 1929
Description: Men working in the U.S. Post Office sorting room, 215 Monona Avenue.
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Northern Hospital for the Insane's Fire Fighting Department

Date: 1893
Description: Group portrait of the Northern Hospital for the Insane's institutional fire fighting department posed outside the building. Horse-drawn transport cart and ...
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New Orleans Composite

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Description: Composite of views of New Orleans, including French quarter, market, collonade, locksmith, and tin fix. Text accompanying the views reads: "Vegetable Carts...
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New Orleans Market

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Description: View of the old French fruit and vegetable market. Pineapples and bananas are hanging in the stalls.
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Academic Hall at the Missouri State Normal School

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Description: Elevated view of the Academic Hall, completed in 1902. The large, stone building was erected on the campus of the Missouri State Normal School, founded in ...
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Laurel House

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Description: Men and women stand outside the Laurel House as horse-drawn carriages drive past the building along a dirt road. The structure was built in 1852 by Peter S...
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Residential Main Street

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Description: View down residential Main Street. Horse-drawn carriages and automobiles pass the First Congregational Church, a building with a colonnaded entrance and 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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State Street, Erie, Pennsylvania

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Description: View down State Street featuring cable cars, horse-drawn carriages, and bicycles. Pedestrians pass by shops and the Marine National Bank on the right, kno...
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Street Scene

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Description: View down a high-traffic dirt road featuring shops and horse-drawn carriages.
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Street Scene

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Description: View down a busy Bermuda street featuring shops and horse-drawn carriages. A large ship is docked at left.
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Street Scene

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Description: View down a street lined with small shops and restaurants.
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Brewery Gulch

Date: 1920
Description: Storefronts line the main streets in Brewery Gulch. Paramount Pictures Theater can be seen in the foreground.
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City Hall and Jail

Date: 1910
Description: View of Athens City Hall, built in 1903-1904, featuring a central dome and clock tower. A water tower can be seen beyond the city jail to the left.
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Plymouth Harbor and Memorial

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Description: View from Cole's Hill of the Plymouth Rock Monument, a granite canopy built in 1920 to house the Plymouth Rock. The inscription reads, "Erected by the Nat...
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Omnibus Line in Front of Park Hotel

Date: 1878
Description: View from the street of a man holding the reins for a team of two horses and sitting in the driver's seat of the Omnibus Line in front of the Park Hotel on...

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