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Boy in Coffin

Date: 09 17 1945
Description: The body of Donald Bruer in his coffin. Donald, 3 years old, fell from a third floor window and was impaled on a picket fence.
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Empire Mower and Reaper

Date: 1893
Description: Lithograph of the Empire Mower and Reaper; several other reaper manufacturers and models are identified in the illustration which appears above the text: “...
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At the Morgue

Date: 01 1883
Description: Engraving showing people attempting to locate loved ones among the bodies recovered from the Newhall House fire.
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Damage from a Cyclone

Date: 07 08 1885
Description: Stereograph of the aftermath of a cyclone. The debris may be the remains of a stable. In the foreground is a dead horse, with the remains of a buggy and a ...

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