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Courtyard on 40 Albemarle Street
A slum courtyard on 40 Albemarle Street, with laundry hanging to dry. There are broken doors and a barrel on the ground.
Gwinnette Court
circa 1916
Gwinnette Court two-room tenement houses, which were inhabited by twelve families. "Note the filthy condition of the front yard." These were eliminated by an urban renewal project in about 1955. Th...
U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention
1910
Members of the 1900-1910 United States Pharmacopeial Convention.
Western Maryland Railway Co. advertisement to visit Gettysburg, circa 1910-1912
circa 1910 to 1912
Advertisement for two-day excursion tickets to Gettysburg.
Washing Windows
January 13, 1956
Edna Kern washing the windows outside her house. A cat is lying on the lawn in the foreground.
Dog, North Wall Street
1966
A dog stands near a water hydrant on one side and a fence on the other.The North Wall Street neighborhood houses 37 families in 22 buildings, with 30 hydrants, 24 toilets, and 3 baths.