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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Albertype Company photographs, circa 1880s-circa 1950
Filter: Subject of social services
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| Description: | Children outdoors on playground equipment, including a slide, at Bethany Orphan Home. |
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| Description: | A view of children, adults, and a tree on the lawn in front of the Home for Crippled Children. |
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| Description: | A view from across the front lawn of people gathered around the main building of Bethany Orphans' Home, built in 1898. A United States flag is on a pole on... |
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| Description: | A view from across the dirt path of Louisiana Baptist Orphanage, constructed in 1903. A fence surrounds the building which has tall windows. |
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| Description: | A composite photograph showing two images of Iowa Odd Fellows Orphans' Home. The upper right photograph is a view of the children and adults at the dining ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A view of dishes on the dining room tables in Pythian Orphans' Home. Caption reads: "Dining Room." |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A view of the interior of the main hall of Pythian Orphans' Home. Caption reads: "Main Hall." |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Male Almshouse, a home for the aged and ill. The brick structure is lined with windows, and two adults walk past to the left of the h... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Female Almshouse, a home for the aged and ill. A woman stands outside the door, and a telephone pole stands to the right of the buildi... |
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| Description: | Front view of the addition to the Methodist Episcopal Home for the Aged, founded on May 10, 1883. Pedestrians are crossing the street near an automobile an... |
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| Description: | Front view of the Poor Farm. Two front porches attach to the houses with decorative columns and lattice work. One of two front doors is open, and a side do... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | The laundry machinery at the Pythian Orphans' Home with irons sitting on ironing boards. Caption reads: "Laundry." |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Soldiers and Sailors Home, built in 1877 by the Grand Army of the Republic. The domiciliary stands on the left, and the building on the rig... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Interior of the infirmary barracks at the National Military Home. Men sit in chairs next to rows of beds on both sides of the room. Construction of the Nat... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Interior of the main hall at the Ohio State Sanatorium, which opened in 1909. The view of the main hall includes a long entryway, a seating area, and stair... |
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| Description: | View across lawn toward the stone and brick Italianate-style asylum. The front entrance has a vine-covered porch in front, with bushes and shrubs flanking ... |
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