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C.H. & L.J. McCormick's Reaper Manufactory

Date: 1875
Description: Drawing of the C.H. & L.J. McCormick Reaper Manufactory (McCormick Reaper Works). The factory was built after the Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed the origin...
Drawing

City Hall

Date: 1859
Description: City Hall in the background of a bustling street, with pedestrians, horses, carriages, and wagons. A stagecoach is parked across the street on the left.
Photograph

Two Women in Buggy

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Description: Two women in a buggy driving a team of two horses. The woman on the right is possibly Margie Sprester.
Photograph

Man in Horse-Drawn Wagon

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Description: J.A. "Abe" Bailey, the horse dealer, at the corner of Second and Fillmore streets, looking east, with a wagon and team of two horses.
Photograph

Memorial Day Parade

Date: 1902
Description: Grand Army of the Republic in Memorial Day Parade. During the 1890s and 1900s, most of the 45 to 65 age group of men were Civil War veterans, and belonged ...
Photograph

North Adams Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street, lined on either side with storefronts, automobiles, wagons, telephone wires and poles, and people.
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Main Street

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Description: An intersection with a general store on the left. Two men stand outside the store. There are three horses and wagons on the right and one on the left.
Photograph

Post Office Square

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Description: View of the town center with shops, a church, and a horse and wagons.
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The Upper Square

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Description: View of a business district featuring shops, automobiles, wagons, and dwellings. E.A. Lawrence & Co. and a shoe store are visible at right.
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View down Main Street. Shops, wagons, and automobiles line the street.
Photograph

Commerce Street

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Description: View down Commerce Street featuring several wagons and a warehouse. Published by Parish & Simpson.
Photograph

Street Scene

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

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.
Photograph

Public Square

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Description: Shops surround a statue on the street corner in a public square.
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street featuring horse-drawn wagons and shops. Published by G.C. Cross.
Photograph

Business District

Date: 1910
Description: Carriages park outside restaurants and shops in a central business district.
Photograph

Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street featuring Rathman Hall Company and small businesses.
Photograph

East Main Street

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Description: View down East Main Street featuring several storefronts. Published by S. Friedman.
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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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