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Lexington Market

Date: 1905
Description: People standing and posing outdoors. Caption reads: "Lexington Market."
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View Down Canal Street

Date: 1906
Description: View down Canal Street in New Orleans. View is toward the lake from Camp/Chartres Streets. The first building on the right reads "May's Drug Store". The tw...
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Mississippi Steamer being Loaded at Wharf

Date: 1900
Description: View of the T.P. Leathers Steamer at dock. Men can be seen loading cargo onto the ship. Caption reads: "A Mississippi Steamer."
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USS Illinois in Dry Dock

Date: 1901
Description: The USS Illinois in the largest floating dry dock in the world at the time, surrounded by rowboats in the foreground. The battleship was built at Ne...
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South Station Terminal

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the South Station terminal with elevated track in the foreground, Boston, Massachusetts. Streetcars and pedestrians can be seen on the str...
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Bison Surrounding Dead Indian Warrior

Date: 1902
Description: Painting of a group of bison surrounding a prostrate dead Indian warrior with arrows protruding from his chest and half buried in the snow.
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Sheyenne River Pedestrian Bridge

Date: 1901
Description: A view of a pedestrian suspension bridge over the Sheyenne River, built by Dibley and Robinson Bridge Company in 1801.
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Ice Breakup

Date: 1905
Description: Two men stand near giant chunks of snowy ice which is breaking up on the Yukon River, outside of Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada.
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Stepping Stones

Date: 1905
Description: A group of men and women standing on stepping stones laid across a river. The stones are painted to read "STEPPING STONES" and the river is surrounded by w...
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Park Spring

Date: 1905
Description: Travelers stop by a spring in the woods for water with their early-model automobile. Two boys are standing at the spring, and a young girl stands above the...
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Derby Diversion Dam

Date: 1903
Description: Elevated view of Derby Diversion Dam with a crowd gathered on the rim of the dam and individuals standing along its top. A train cuts across the horizon in...
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Covered Bridge

Date: 1900
Description: A long covered bridge and a small water fall beneath it.
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New Bridge

Date: 1900
Description: A view of the first span of the Berwick-Nescopeck bridge. Onlookers pose for the photograph in front of a fence and completed pilings stretch across the r...
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National Pike

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of National Pike, on the west side of Martin's Mountain. The pike is a winding dirt road proceeding up a hill, surrounded by a fence and tele...
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Beach Fishing

Date: 1905
Description: A view of a man fishing from a rock that protrudes into a body of water, with a woman standing behind him, and sail boats are on the horizon.
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Homestead Plat and Waterfront

Date: 1908
Description: A view of a shoreline. Caption reads: "Part of the homestead plat and waterfront. Prudence Island." Along the left is a rock wall, and a house in the dista...
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Daniel Boone Monument

Date: 1906
Description: Low view of a bronze statue of Daniel Boone standing atop a pedestal of rough-hewn rocks. Leafy tree limbs form the backdrop.
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Statue of General George Rogers Clark

Date: 1909
Description: A bronze statue of Revolutionary War General, George Roberts Clark (1752-1818). The statue leans against a two-tiered stone base and is framed by park gre...
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Statue of General Stephen Dill Lee

Date: 1909
Description: Erected in June 1909, H.H. Kitson's sculpture commemorates Confederate Lieutenant General Stephen Dill Lee and is located in the Vicksburg National Militar...
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Marquette Statue

Date: 1909
Description: Close-up of a bronze statue honoring the French Jesuit missionary priest, Father Jacques Marquette in the park named after him. Unveiled in 1909 the statue...

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