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Lexington Market

Date: 1905
Description: People standing and posing outdoors. Caption reads: "Lexington Market."
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New Orleans Market

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Description: A woman and two young children are shown in a farm market.
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French Market

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Description: View of shoppers in the French market. One boy is shown pushing two small children in a cart. Fruits and vegetables can be seen in the market stall in the ...
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Fresh Vegetable Vendors

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Description: Two African American women pose with baskets of fresh vegetables on their heads while selling their produce. A building with an exterior brick chimney is b...
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Palm Beach Tourists

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Description: Two couples are shown seated in rickshaw-like carriages pushed by men on bicycles in Palm Beach, California.
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Golden Spike Ceremony

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Description: A crowd gathers as a golden stake is driven as a part of a ceremony to celebrate the completion of the Tanana Valley Railroad. Caption reads: "Driving Gold...
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Fourth of July Crowd

Date: 07 04
Description: A large crowd of people gather for a 4th of July celebration. Sign on building on the right side of the street reads: "Tanana." A large American flag is ha...
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Purgatory

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Description: Three men and five women posing in a rocky, wooded ravine. Caption reads: "Purgatory- Sutton, Mass."
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Group Near Cave Entrance

Date: 1910
Description: View of six men, four women, and a boy standing in front of an entrance to a cave in Doling Park.
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The Sanctuary

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Description: A serene atmosphere of tall trees on a rocky hillside, with two women sitting on a rock formation. Caption reads: "The Sanctuary. Prouts Neck, ME."
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Lovers' Lane

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Description: Two couples standing in the woods. Caption reads: Lovers' Lane, Forest Hill Park, Brooklyn, N.Y."
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Stairway at Caldeno Falls

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Description: A couple walking down the rustic stairway at Caldeno Falls. Caption reads: "Caldeno Falls, Delaware Water Gap, PA."
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Mexican Women Preparing Supper

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Description: Three Mexican women in front of a hut. One woman is grinding corn with a metate, another shapes dough with her hands and the third holds a baby. Caption r...
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Lovers' Lane

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Description: Two children standing on a paved and tree-lined walk. The captions read: "Hand Colored" and "Lovers' Lane, Fort Covington, N.Y."
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Walnut Street

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Description: Walnut Street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Electric lights hang over the street. Signs on buildings read: "Opera House" and "...
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Street Scene

Date: 1900
Description: Street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Electric power lines hang over the street. On the right an African American girl and a Ca...
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Holden Street

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Description: View of Holden Street lined with storefronts, pedestrians and automobiles. Business signs read: "Lobran's" "Russell Brothers Quality Clothes Shop" and "A.A...
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Elizabeth Paddy Winsley

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Description: A copy of the portrait painting of Elizabeth Paddy Winsley, who was of Plymouth, Massachusetts Colony ancestry. Elizabeth was marred to John Wensley, a ver...
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Crowd Watching Elephant Parade

Date: 1910
Description: A crowd watches a parade of people riding elephants down the street. A cable car and horse-drawn carts are nearby. Caption reads: "N.E. Cor. Square, Oskalo...
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Seminole Women Grinding Corn

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Description: A view of two Seminole Native American women grinding corn for "Sofka," a meat stew thickened with vegetables and meal. A man and dog are on the left. Capt...

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