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Painting

Rural Free Delivery

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Description: A woman waiting by her mailbox receives a Sears Roebuck catalog delivered by her mail carrier who drives a horse-drawn wagon. The farmhouse and barn are vi...
Painting

The Country Store

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Description: View of a country store in autumn. A man driving a horse-drawn wagon hauls full milkcans in the foreground and, to the right, several families are hauling ...
Photograph

Five Young Boys and a Dog

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Description: Group portrait of five young boys and a dog, posing standing in a line in front of some trees. The dog is at the end of the line on the right, sitting on t...
Photograph

New Home School Exterior

Date: 03 08 1915
Description: Exterior view of the New Home School. What appears to be a horse-drawn carriage stands to the right of the building. Two people can be seen sitting inside ...
Photograph

Children with Dogs

Date: 1895
Description: Two children pose on a lawn seated on a buggy; one child holds a kitten, and another kitten sits in the wagon near the other child. Two dogs sit on the gro...
Photograph

Bridgeport Hotel

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Description: The exterior of the Bridgeport Hotel. A man, boy, dog, and two women stand on the porch.
Photograph

Main Street

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Description: A posed group of townspeople stand outside storefronts on Main Street.
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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.
Photograph

Street Scene, Idaho Springs, Colorado

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

First Avenue

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Description: View of First Avenue, the main street in town. Stores, restaurants, and lodging houses stand on either side of the street. Snow-covered mountains rise in t...
Photograph

Men and Boys Waving near McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of men and boys waving in a field. One man is operating a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder. Another man and a boy are in a horse-drawn bug...
Photograph

Freighting in Okanogan County

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Description: A couple sits atop a covered wagon pulled by mules. In the background is a steep hill. Another man squats near the wagon with his arms around a dog.
Photograph

Merchants Hotel

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Description: View from street of the Merchants Hotel, located at the intersection of First and Fillmore Streets. A large group of men and women, and a puppy, are posed ...
Photograph

Harlingen Railroad Depot

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Description: View of a crowd standing on platform near the tracks at Harlingen Railroad Depot, awaiting a train's arrival. A sign posted on the platform is written in E...
Photograph

C.R. Monroe and N.L. Ellis

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Description: Three photographer's wagons, two owned by C.R. Monroe and the other by N.L. Ellis, in front of tents in the countryside. Two men and a woman are posing sta...
Print

G. Heileman Brewing Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the G. Heileman Brewing Company of La Crosse, Wisconsin, with a musketeer-like figure holding a bottle of beer in one hand and raising a glas...
Photograph

Group in Front of Buildings

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Description: View from road of several men, a woman, girl and young boys posed in front of buildings in a lumber town, probably McKenna. There are two blurred images in...
Photograph

Group in front of Sawmill

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Description: View down hill of a large group of men, some displaying horses, in front of a sawmill and its power plant. One of the men is holding a dog, and two of the ...
Photograph

Logging Camp, Black River Falls, Wisconsin

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Description: Elevated view of men posed standing in a logging camp, displaying six teams of two oxen. One man is posed seated in a buggy pulled by a single horse, and a...
Photograph

Boy in Buggy Pulled by Miniature Horse with Parrot and Dog

Date: 10 1906
Description: A boy dressed in a light suit and dark socks is sitting in a buggy pulled by a miniature horse. In the boy's arm is a small dog, and a parrot is perched on...

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