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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Albertype Company photographs, circa 1880s-circa 1950
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| Description: | Interior view of the John Jermain Library reading room in Sag Harbor, New York. Text on photograph reads: "Interior Of John Jermain Library, Sag Harbor, N.... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowd on Palm Avenue at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Fransisco, California, 1915. Several ornate buildings can be seen near the cr... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | A mastodon skull unearthed at Quartz Creek at a depth of 42 feet. Photograph taken at Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada. Text on photograph reads: "Copyrigh... |
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| Description: | An aerial view of the White Mountains and Mount Washington, including a winding road. |
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| Description: | An aerial view of the port and a section of the city showing a large boat, a railway depot, a park plaza and a grid of city streets with large buildings. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View of a statue and fountain in a grassy park depicting a boy selling a newspaper. Installed in 1895 and funded by Colonel William L. Brown, the statue c... |
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| Description: | Business district. Signs read: "City National Bank" "The Plain Price Store," "News Democrat," "Baths," "Vandervort Brothers" and "W.F. Morgans Cash Groceri... |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada, from a surrounding hilltop, including a view of the distant hilltops and the adjacent Yukon river. Caption ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Northern view of the Locust Street business district, with a horse-drawn cart and pedestrians in the foreground, and storefronts on the left and right. Bus... |
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| Description: | The West State Street shopping district. Electric lights and power lines are overhead. Business signs read: "The Register-Gazette," "Edison Light" and "Wea... |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a harbor with a wharf in the foreground, and buildings and boathouses along the shoreline. |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye drawing of town, with an inset at bottom center of the Soldiers' Monument. Caption reads, "Bird's-eye view of Village of Barre, Mass." |
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| Description: | Hand-drawn map of the area at the time of Pilgrim landing, drawn by Charles Blaskowikz. Includes commemorative historical notes. |
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| Description: | Four African-American women read and enjoy the outdoor patio at the YWCA. The brick patio area features a small garden with a birdbath. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Girls at camp read around the fire at Camp St. Helene with the Franciscan missionaries of Mary. A forty-eight star flag, plants, and a religious statue can... |
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| Description: | A view of boys reading and relaxing underneath a semi-permanent canvas-roofed tent on a platform at Camp Wanasquetta. |
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| Description: | The North East corner of public square. Features connected buildings which house a book store and a hardware store. Caption reads: "North-East Corner Publi... |
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| Description: | A view of a boy and a girl clad in "costumes worn by brothers and sisters". The boy on the left is holding a Bible in his left hand. |
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| Description: | View of the keeping room in the Jethro Coffin home. Jethro Coffin was a blacksmith and the grandson of one of the island's first white settlers, Tristam Co... |
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| Description: | Indoor view of the Spirit of Saint Louis, the first airplane to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a non-stop flight, displayed in the Smithsonian Institute. The ... |
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