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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Albertype Company photographs, circa 1880s-circa 1950
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| Description: | Elevated view of Michigan Boulevard looking North, in downtown. In the foreground are the roofs of smaller buildings, street traffic and pedestrians on the... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the mills' sprawling building complex. Caption reads: "Middleburg Cotton Mills, Batesburg, S.C." |
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| Description: | The 7th and Lehman Streets intersection with a horse-drawn delivery carriage and a drugstore on the corner. Caption reads: "Five Points * 7th and Lehman St... |
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| Description: | View of the Northern Pacific Railroad Depot, with three men standing in the empty train yard. In the distance is a water tower and other buildings. |
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| Description: | View of the St. Louis-San Francisco railway shops and train yards. The building on the right has a smokestack and what appears to be a small water tower. S... |
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| Description: | View of the St. Louis-San Francisco train yard and railway shops. Train cars are parked on the track leading into a warehouse. Men are working near the tra... |
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| Description: | An elevated view of Frisco roundhouse and freight yards, a train yard where many cars and a few locomotives are parked. Painted on the side of many of the ... |
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| Description: | The Hull Rust Mahoning Mine was mainly used for its supply of taconite, a low-grade ore that only came into demand after the high-grade natural iron ore wa... |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a developed strip of land on Barnegat Bay showing the Atlantic ocean, houses, lakes, railroad tracks, a marina and a jetty in the distance. |
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| Description: | A team of eight oxen pulling a wagon filled with logs. One man is standing by the side of the oxen, while three other men wearing large hats and an African... |
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| Description: | View across water toward the Sears and Roebuck Shoe Factory No. 1. The factory is reflected in the water. |
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| Description: | A view of the Youngsville Mfg. Co.'s Plant. Caption reads: Youngsville M'F'G. Co's. Plant, Youngsville, PA. |
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| Description: | A warehouse and cotton gin. Caption reads: "Cotton Gin, Mission, Texas." |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a power house and lumber treating plant. Partly due to the growing lumber industry, East Radford's population grew from 300 in 1880 to 3,0... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Parsons Pulp Mill, operated from 1902 to 1927, when it was permanently shut down. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Boise-Payette Paper Mill, established in 1913. It was the largest employer in International Falls and became home to the second larges... |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Yellow Pine Paper Mill, known for its experimentation with the caustic soda process. The mill eventually switched to the sulphate method. |
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| Description: | Panoramic elevated view of small town taken from the school house. The town is in flat country and has large expanses between houses. Caption reads: "Panor... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline across water toward the mill. To the right of the main building are two smaller structures, with a watertower and silo behind. Two smok... |
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