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Sullivan's Tavern

Date: 1994
Description: View from the inside window of Sullivan's Tavern.
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Destruction of Old Post Office Building

Date: 1995
Description: Destruction of the old post office building.
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Portrait of Floyd and Marjorie Quinney

Date: 1923
Description: Studio portrait of Marjorie and Floyd Quinney.
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Bridget O’Keefe Quinney

Date: 1895
Description: Posed three-quarter length studio portrait of Bridget (O'Keefe) Quinney. She is wearing a dress, collar pin and earrings. This image was extracted from a f...
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Quinney Family

Date: 1900
Description: Posed studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Quinney family, including Bridget (O'Keefe) Quinney, her sons Thomas (Tom) and William (Bill), ...
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At the Bottom of Odana Road

Date: 10 07 2014
Description: View looking up at the sky through the trees, and a utility pole in the center.
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Barber, West Village

Date: 1968
Description: View of a barber in the West Village taking a nap on the fully reclined shop chair, seen through the shop's front window from the street.
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The Mailbox

Date: 07 2014
Description: A mailbox near a road. On the other of the road is a field.
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Tar Wagon, West 181st Street

Date: 1968
Description: Close-up of tools on the back of a tar wagon on West 181st Street. Tar soaked brooms glisten in the sun and a pot of tar loosely covered with a hub cap si...
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Heating Plant

Date: 01 2014
Description: Two smokestacks of a power plant with clouds of exhaust being released into the sky on a cold day.
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Farrell's Cafe, Washington Heights

Date: 1968
Description: The front window of Farrell's Cafe in Washington Heights from the street. Beer advertisements for Guinness, Rheingold and Balantine hang in the window belo...
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The Sun Will Shine Today

Date: 11 2013
Description: Silhouettes of evergreen trees, and trees almost bare of their leaves against a sky with clouds. The sun is shining through clouds, branches and power line...
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Sun Studio in Memphis

Date: 12 22 2014
Description: A red and blue neon sign in a window with Venetian blinds reads: "Memphis Recording Service." Behind the window is a cardboard cutout of three men leaning ...
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Local Event in Cambridge

Date: 01 31 2015
Description: Close-up of a poster taped to the window of a cafe advertising an upcoming event, the "Speakeasy Spectacular." The poster features a man and woman in 1920s...
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Greening of the Golf Course

Date: 04 18 2015
Description: View across the greens of an empty golf course. On the other side of the fairway are groups of evergreens. A row of dense, leafless trees marks the edge of...
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Seaside Amusements

Date: 1924
Description: View of developed beachfront, including roller-coaster, hotels, pier and seagulls.
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Lake Geneva

Date: 08 2013
Description: View down pier towards yacht named "Louise" tied up to a post. The yacht is used to take tourists around the lake.
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Car Wash Octopus

Date: 10 2013
Description: A rotating sculpture of a smiling octopus on a sign for "Octopus Car Wash." The octopus is holding a bucket, washcloths, and a squeegee in its arms.
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Leaving the Cafe After Visiting the Zoo

Date: 09 18 2014
Description: View of flowers and vines growing along the walls of ZuZu Cafe. A trellis is in a corner, supporting thick vines dotted with pick trumpet-shaped flowers. B...
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Artist's Studio in Blue Mounds

Date: 06 06 2015
Description: Slightly elevated view of a studio, with etchings, blank canvases, rolls of paper, and various tools covering every surface of the numerous tables and shel...

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