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Monument to John Brown

Date: 1877
Description: Monument to John Brown and the men killed during the Battle of Osawatomie. Those slain in the battle are buried underneath the monument. Chain link fence s...
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John Brown's Cabin

Date: 1890
Description: A view of the cabin of John Brown (5/9/1800 – 12/2/1859), an American abolitionist who advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to end slavery...
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"Independence"

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Description: A copy of a painting of a man sitting on a porch, entitled "Independence" by Frank Blackwell Mayer (1827-1899), a prominent 19th century American genre pai...
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Woman Smoking on the Stairs

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Description: A portrait of an African American woman sitting on a stairway smoking a pipe. Caption reads: "Solid Comfort."
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An Old Couple

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Description: A portrait of an old African American couple sitting on a porch. The woman on the left is smoking a pipe and is holding a small dog in her lap, and the man...
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Young Men's Commercial Club

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Description: A view of two men sitting in the back of the room, and books and papers on top of a table, taken from across the reading room of the Young Men's Commercial...
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Group with Empty Bottles

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Description: A group of people sitting at a table and posing near two packs of Pall Mall cigarettes balanced on empty bottles. Empty glasses, peanut shells, and corks f...
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Bar Room at Hotel Astor

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Description: Interior of the bar room at Hotel Astor, built in 1904. Waiters, bartenders, and patrons stand around the bar, decorated in the Old World style.
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Illustration of Dancers

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Description: Couples are dancing and a man smoking a pipe is sitting in a chair watching. A band plays music on a bandstand in the background.
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Smoking Hop in a Bunk

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Description: A man in a bunk smokes hop (heroin) from a pipe as he lies on a pillow. Smoking supplies are arranged on a cloth beside him and a shelf on the wall behind...
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Slave Quarters at Monticello

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Description: Exterior view of the slave quarters at Monticello, built in 1772 by Thomas Jefferson.
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West Point Plantation

Date: 1910
Description: View of the slave quarters at West Point Plantation. Copyright 1910 by Fleming & Bryant, Brunswick, GA.
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Sour Dough Cabin

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Description: Exterior of a cabin with its occupants posed in the doorway. One of the men is holding a dog and smoking a pipe.
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Ridgewood Depot

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Description: View down railroad platform of crowd of people waiting at the Ridgewood Depot, built in 1916 by architects W.W. Drinker and Frank A. Howard.

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