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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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Fourth of July Canoe Races

Date: 07 04
Description: Elevated view across water towards a large crowd watching canoe races on the Fourth of July. Storefronts line the street behind the crowd. Business signs r...
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Christmas at Hall's Book Store

Date: 12 25 1907
Description: A crowd poses with Santa Claus in front of Hall's Book Store during a Christmas celebration. Business signs read, (partially obscured): "National Bank." Ca...
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Christmas Greeting Card

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Description: Christmas greeting card depicting the Benton-Franklin Inter-county bridge over the Columbia River connecting Kennewick and Pasco, Washington. A riverboat a...
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Washington's Preaching Site

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Description: The old church where Washington preached to his soldiers, the surrounding area is likely a cemetery. Caption reads: "The Old Church where Washington preach...
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Christmas Greeting Card

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Description: A Christmas greeting card with a view of the state capitol inset and framed on the page. Surrounding the picture are pine, holly, candles and text: "Merry...
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Tom Quick, Jr. Grave Marker

Date: 1889
Description: The grave marker of Tom Quick, Jr., who reputedly killed many Native Americans after he allegedly witnessed his father killed by a group of Native American...
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Christmas Greeting Card

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Description: A Christmas greeting card featuring a view of the city, including a bridge over the Clark Fork river, numerous industrial-style buildings, and telephone po...
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Christmas Greeting Card

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Description: Christmas greeting card featuring a view of a mining town with smokestacks, gravel piles, houses, large buildings and distant mountains. Surrounding the ph...
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Old Burial Hill

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Description: A view of Old Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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Grave of Agnes of Glaslow

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Description: The grave of Agnes of Glaslow, first settler, who died in 1780.
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Grave of James Barnerd

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Description: The headstone marking the grave of James Barnerd, who died in 1768.
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Moravian Cemetery

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Description: A view of Moravian Cemetery in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
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Everett Cemetery

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Description: A view of the main entrance to Everett Cemetery.
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Cypress Hill Cemetery

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Description: A stone archway over the entrance of Cypress Hill Cemetery.
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Cemetery

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Description: The Cemetery at Mount Saint Joseph, Chesnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Large Burial Vault

Date: 1910
Description: The tomb of the Robinson family, a large burial vault.
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Cemetery

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Description: A view of a cemetery with wooden crosses and bedsteads used as fences.
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Cemetery

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Description: A cemetery with a wall of vaults.

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