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Agricultural Extension Lecture

Date: 12 01 1915
Description: Lindsey Reese of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department delivering a lecture on livestock and agriculture to a crowd of people and a d...
Photograph

Beer Drinkers

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Description: A group of men near the Koss railroad depot, the majority of whom are seated on the ground. One of the men is sitting on a piano stool. To the right of the...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

View of Hub City

Date: 1910
Description: View down a business-lined street in Hub City. Caption reads: "This is Hub City as it looked in 1910. On the right, looking north, is the store, hotel, and...
Photograph

General Store and Post Office

Date: 1895
Description: General store and post office. Hans Johsnon, Newport's founder, is shown on the porch. Logs are stacked in the foreground. The post office was established ...
Photograph

People on Porch of General Store

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Description: Store includes a Post Office, owned by Cyrus Yawkey. Men, child, and two dogs are on the porch.
Photograph

Buttes des Morts Inn

Date: 1925
Description: A large, two-story wood building with nine over six windows identified as an inn; at the time of the photograph it served as the Butte des Morts Post Offic...
Photograph

Customers in General Store

Date: 1939
Description: Two women and a girl stand near a counter inside a general store as a man shows them a product. A cat and a dog sleep on the floor in the background, and a...
Photograph

First Street

Date: 1900
Description: View across street toward commercial buildings. Signs read: "Post Office" "First National Bank" and "J.E. Toole's."
Photograph

Bank, Harness Store and General Store

Date: 1900
Description: A bank, harness store and general store. Text on building on right side reads: "J.H. Stecker Selz Shoes," "J.H. Stecker" and "Applegate Post Office." Capti...
Photograph

Aultman Street

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Description: View of Aultman Street, the main thoroughfare. Mountains are in background. Business signs read: "Shoemaker," "Ely Post Office," "Campton Commercial Co.," ...
Photograph

Street Scene

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Description: Smoke from a train is on the left side. Business signs read: "New York Store Dry Goods," "O'Neill's Shoe Shop," "Post Office," "CDI Son & (obscured) Phonog...
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

V.T. Shaw Store & Post Office

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of V.T. Shaw's store and post office. A weather vane is visible on the roof of the building. Caption reads: "V.T. Shaw Store & Post Office, P...
Postcard

Street Scene

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Description: Photographic postcard down road toward a building on the right. Signs indicate that the Post Office and Fire Marshall can be found within. Two automobiles ...
Postcard

Main Street

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Description: Photographic postcard view toward buildings along the left on Main Street. A tavern is next to a general store with a gas pump on the corner. Two automobil...
Photograph

Main Street

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Description: A man driving a carriage pulled by two horses is at the curb of the post office. On the street, there is the dentist office of H.H. Hancock, a bank, and J....
Photograph

Stock Day

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Description: Elevated view of the street on Stock Day. Horses and wagons are traveling down the street. The Bridgeport Hotel and the post office are on the right side. ...
Photograph

Lee and Company General Store

Date: 1913
Description: View from road of the exterior of the Lee and Company General Store/post office. A young man stands on the porch; two girls walk on the sidewalk, and a man...
Photograph

General Store

Date: 1928
Description: Exterior view of the Church Post Office and general store. Signs painted on the window say: "Hardware, Paints, Oils."
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: Men walk in the street past storefronts on Main Street.

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