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A Family, their Carriage, and their House

Date: 1875
Description: An unidentified family proudly posed in front of their brick, Greek Revival home, with their carriage and team of horses. Although the location is unidenti...
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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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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.
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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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street. Rows of shops are on either side. Carriages and carts are parked along the curb. Streetlights hang from the utility lines. A railroa...
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Main Street Looking North

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Description: View uphill of an unpaved Main Street. There is a horse and buggy in the street. A group of men congregate on a sidewalk at the corner.
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Looking North on Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View down the dirt road of Main Street. On the left, two men are walking on the sidewalk near a store with a hand-painted "closing out sale" sign. On the r...
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Fountain in Bienville Park

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Description: View of Bienville Park. Men and women sit on park benches around a cast iron fountain with an acanthus leaf motif, added to the park in the 1890's. Buildin...
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Clarendon Pond and Village

Date: 1899
Description: A man steers a horse and carriage down a winding country road near Clarendon Pond. Village dwellings are visible across the pond.
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Sarajevo Street Scene

Date: 1940
Description: Wood carts and drivers on a street in Sarajevo, about a year before the city fell to the Germans.
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Kroger Supermarket Opening

Date: 11 18 1957
Description: Two women relax in the lounge of Kroger's Midvale Plaza, 525 South Midvale Boulevard, while shopping at the supermarket. The lounge is a special feature of...
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Men Pushing Trash Cans Towards Garbage Truck

Date: 1973
Description: View from lawn in a residential neighborhood of three men pushing trash cans on hand carts towards a garbage truck. Behind the garbage truck is an Internat...
Photograph

Man Emptying Trash Barrel into Garbage Truck

Date: 1973
Description: An African-American man is dumping a barrel of trash into an International Harvester Scout with a dump body driven by another African-American man. They ar...
Manuscript

Electrical and Steel Sales Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead for the Electrical and Steel Sales Co., with black and white photographs of examples of the company's steel products, such as casters, dollies, ...
Photograph

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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Gun Cart with Guns and Ammunition

Date: 03 04 1918
Description: Details of loaded guns and ammunition on a Gun Cart outdoors in factory yard, with a brick building in the background.
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Gun Cart with Guns and Ammunition

Date: 03 04 1918
Description: Details of loaded guns and ammunition on a Gun Cart outdoors in factory yard, with a brick building in the background.
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Gun Cart with Guns and Ammunition

Date: 03 04 1918
Description: Details of loaded guns and ammunition on a Gun Cart outdoors in factory yard, with a brick building in the background.
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Gun Cart at McCormick Works

Date: 05 17 1918
Description: Gun Cart outdoors in factory yard. There is a brick factory building in the background.

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