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Train Crossing a Bridge

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Description: View along right side of shoreline toward a Chicago, Minneapolis, and St. Paul train crossing a bridge over the Wisconsin River.
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Milibrook Fox Hunt

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Description: View of men on horseback and dogs preparing for a fox hunt.
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Yukon River

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Description: Elevated view looking down at a steamer loaded with passengers on the shoreline of the Yukon River. Several dogs are at the shoreline. Caption reads: "Stea...
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Lincoln Highway

Date: 1912
Description: View down hill toward two cars passing each other along the Lincoln Highway near Bedford, Pennsylvania. The Lincoln Highway was conceived in 1912 by Carl F...
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Railroad Bridge with Train

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Description: View of a railroad bridge with a train crossing it. A man can be seen standing on the ground next to the bridge. Caption reads: "R.R. Bridge At Fox Gulch, ...
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Old Ranch

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Description: View of a ranch with log buildings and a fenced-in area. Hilly land covered with trees is in the background.
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Elevated View of Farmland

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Description: Elevated view of grid-plotted farm fields with a few cows grazing. The ocean is visible in the background.
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Sweetwater River

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Description: Elevated view of the landscape of Yellowstone National Park. The Sweetwater River can be seen cutting through the plain below.
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Yukon Railway Bridge

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Description: A view of a train crossing the Yukon Railway Bridge at White Pass, with pedestrians on one the side of the tracks. Caption reads: "White Pass And Yukon R.Y...
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Bear Mountain Park

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Description: Elevated view of the lake at Bear Mountain Park, with trees in the background and a road bordering one side.
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Bronze Eagle

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Description: A bronze eagle sculpture perched on a rock at Elm Valley Farm.
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Trout Hatchery

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Description: A trout hatchery at the Flat Brook Valley Club. A hill and wooded area is in the background.
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View of Mountains

Date: 1910
Description: A distant view of the Bartlett and Kearsarge Mountains. A field and trees are in the foreground, and a white house is nestled in the forest further up the ...
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Second Street During a Flood

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Description: Elevated view of Second Street and surrounding area during a flood of the Ohio River. Some buildings are submerged up to their roof lines and the street re...
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Steamboat on the Ohio River

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Description: A large steamboat on the Ohio River steaming past countryside of rolling wooded hills.
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View of the Ohio River

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Description: Elevated view of steamboat on the Ohio River. Wooded hillsides surround the river.
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The Ohio River

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Description: Elevated view of a steamboat on the Ohio River near Georgetown, with housing visible on the opposite shore and a small dock in the foreground.
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Monument to David Thompson

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Description: A monument to David Thompson, a British explorer and geographer. The base of the monument reads, "1770 David Thompson 1857 Geographer and Astronomer Passed...
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Steamboat on Mississippi River

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Description: Elevated view of a steamboat on the Mississippi in the vicinity of Indian Mound Park. A woman sits on the riverbank in the foreground and the river winds t...
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Flatboat

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Description: Elevated view of a flatboat traveling on the Yukon River through Miles Canyon in Yukon Territory, Canada. Growing on the land above the canyon are stands o...

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