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New Orleans Street Scene

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Description: New Orleans street scene. Pedestrians can be seen on the sidewalks, and a streetcar can be seen in the distance. "Moskau Cabinet Works, door and window scr...
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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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French Market

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Description: Slightly elevated view of the French market. A cart transporting bales of cotton is in the street on the left. Railroad tracks are in the street.
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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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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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First Engine on Tanana Railroad

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Description: Several men pose on a small locomotive, which was the first engine on the Tanana Miles Railroad. Caption reads: "First Engine On The Tanana Mines R.R. Fair...
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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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The Cripple Creek Short Line Railroad

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of the Cripple Creek Short Line Railroad and a train winding through the mountains.
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View of Mount Persis

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Description: A view of Mount Persis, part of the Cascade Range in Washington. Railroad tracks are running along a low and rocky river, and along the tracks runs a dirt ...
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State Road

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Description: State road running alongside the Ulster & Delaware Railroad and the Delaware River. The dirt road is bordered by a fence on one side, and a hill with a hou...
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Tremont Railway Station

Date: 1910
Description: Tremont Railway Station showing traintracks, large houses on the bordering street, a car in the roadway and a small booth in the distance.
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Railway Tracks

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Description: Railway tracks along a residential roadway. A car is parked by the road and a few people stand around the area near a small store.
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Elevated View of Industrial District

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Description: Elevated view of industrial section of town showing railroad tracks, brick warehouses, smokestacks and the mountains on the outskirts of town in the backgr...
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Aerial View of Port in Cape Charles

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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.
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Pond and Railway

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Description: View of Rock Island Pond, with a telephone pole in the foreground, and railroad tracks leading off into the distance. In the distance is a farm or manufact...
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Congress and First Street Junction

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of the junction of Congress and First Streets downtown, featuring cars, pedestrians, storefronts, and railroad tracks.
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Elm Street

Date: 1910
Description: View looking down Elm Street, featuring horse-drawn carriages, pedestrians, buildings, railway tracks, and storefronts. Caption reads: "Manchester, Elm Str...
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South Main Street and City Hall

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Description: South Main Street and City Hall. On the left side of the street, a business sign reads: "The Daily Mail." Caption reads: "South Main Street and City Hall, ...
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Old Commissary Building

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Description: An old commissary building situated behind railroad tracks. Caption reads: "Old Commissary Building Fort Smith, Ark., 'On the Frisco'."
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Elevated View of Elizabeth River and Railroad

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Description: Elevated view of the city, which includes a factory, numerous buildings, railroad tracks, a bridge, Elizabeth river, and hills in the background.

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