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American House

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Description: Building with three levels, a porch and two balconies across the front of the house, a roof, and a man with a telescope in a belvedere in the center of the...
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Chamber of Commerce

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph view of Chamber of Commerce at Broad and Michigan Streets. The building is the center of the image, with a telephone pole to the right, a larg...
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Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway Station

Date: 1900
Description: View of depot from the street. Taken about a block from the building, the image has a trolley, pedestrians, carriages, and signs for the Davison Theatre a...
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Entrance to Fort McPhearson

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Description: A horse and carriage at the entrance to Fort McPhearson with stone posts and a gazebo.
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Clock Tower in Park

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Description: A clock tower on the green in front of The Elton Hotel. The clock is flanked by tall trees and a line of cars and carriages are parked between the green an...
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Front Street

Date: 1910
Description: View down Front Street showing businesses and horse-drawn carriages. Caption reads: "Front Street, From Post Office - Richmond, ME."
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Town Streets

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Description: Unpaved town streets with large wooden houses, horse-drawn carriages and a electric street light hanging above the streets.
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Huron Street Looking West

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Description: View of Huron Street, looking west. Horse-drawn carriages are parked on either side of the road, and Hotel Whiting can be seen on the right, built in 1868.
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Chamber of Commerce - Anaglyph

Date: 1885
Description: Stereograph view of Chamber of Commerce at Broad and Michigan Streets. The building is the center of the image, with a telephone pole to the right, a larg...
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Business Section

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Description: View of the business section featuring jewelry, shoe, and drug stores and other storefronts. Women and men walk down the sidewalk near cars parked on the c...
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Grand Avenue Bridge over the Wisconsin River

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Description: Elevated view over water toward a horse and carriage and pedestrians crossing the Grand Avenue Bridge, built in 1922. Smokestacks and other buildings are o...
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Sturton Street Looking West

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Description: Westward view of Sturton Street, a dirt road lined with storefronts. Automobiles and horse-drawn carriages are parked along the street. On the right a man...
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City Square

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Description: Elevated view of a city square, taken at the end of the nineteenth century. People, carriages, automobiles, and streetcars are in the street. The Merchants...
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Commercial City Street

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Description: View of a commercial area at the end of the nineteenth century. Men cross the street near parked automobiles, and others stand in the doorway of the Jones ...
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Market Street

Date: 1920
Description: View of Market Street, the town's business section. On the right corner stands the Union National Bank, chartered in 1839. Pedestrians can be seen on the s...
Postcard

Hotel Donnelly

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Description: Photographic postcard of the Hotel Donnelly. Men are standing and visiting on the porch. A sign on the corner reads: "Hotel & Livery." Horse-drawn vehicles...
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Granby Street

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Description: Buildings, pedestrians on Granby Street at an intersection. Electrical street lighting arches above. Virginia National Bank, a Neo-Classical Revival buildi...
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Luva Street Scene

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Description: View down Luva Street in San Juan Puerto Rico. Oxen carry a large cart down a narrow street, while people move along the sidewalks.
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Business District

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Description: View from sidewalk lined with trees on right toward left side of a street in a business district. Pedestrians are on the sidewalks, and in the street are h...
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Business District

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Description: View of the business district looking toward North Third Street. W.H. Zinn Co. Department Store, an Italianate building constructed in 1837, stands on the ...

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