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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Albertype Company photographs, circa 1880s-circa 1950
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| Date: | 07 03 1896 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of waiters and customers in the Schlitz Palm Garden. The idea of the garden was borrowed from Germany where beer gardens were common. It open... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Bronze statue honoring the banker and philanthropist Stephen Girard that stands next to the City Hall. A small portion of its facade forms the background ... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Close-up of a statue of Captain Myles Standish, a military leader of the Plymouth Colony. Begun in 1892, the statue depicts Standish grasping his sword in... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View of a statue and fountain in a grassy park depicting a boy selling a newspaper. Installed in 1895 and funded by Colonel William L. Brown, the statue c... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A man walks across the unpaved street in the Broadway Street business district, with automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles along the curb. There is a hill i... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Horse-drawn vehicles are parked along the roadside and pedestrians are walking and riding bicycles on the unpaved street. Business signs read: "Noah's Ark"... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View of the two-story Girard, Pennsylvania home of Dan Rice (1/23/1823 – 2/22/1900), entertainer and circus performer widely regarded as "America's most fa... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Composite image combining Girard, Pennsylvania landmarks. At the top is "The Old Keystone," in the center is "The Dan Rice Ring Barn," and at the bottom is... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | People with horses and wagons are congregated at the railroad depot. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Wheatland estate, the 22-acre residence of James Buchanan, was built in 1828 by William Jenkins. Caption reads: "'Wheatland' Home of President Buchanan." |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Men with a stagecoach in front of the Wells Fargo Mail and Express Company. In 1858, Wells Fargo helped start the Overland Mail Company, also known as the ... |
| Date: | 09 17 1892 |
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| Description: | "Our First Electric," a trolley car on a town street with men posing. Caption reads: "Our First Electric, Sept. 17th 1892. Holbrook, Mass." |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Street level view of a dirt road through a country town with pedestrians looking on, a horse-drawn carriage approaching and the facades of a few brick and ... |
| Date: | 10 01 1896 |
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| Description: | A number of farmers bringing large bales of cotton to market on horse-drawn carts. A building in the back has the words "Bailey, Barksdale & Co." painted o... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Men standing in front of the Henry Elling California general store, one of the first in Montana, with goods presented around the entry way. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | An outdoor open-air Lexington market in Baltimore, MD. Fruit and produce stalls can be seen on on either side of the picture and in the background a large ... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | View of a man executed by firing squad at the base of a tree. His face is covered with a cloth, and he has a small heart bull's eye on his chest. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View toward the library's facade, taken from a path leading to the stone and brick building. Two paths intersect the main path and trees and shrubbery line... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | A view of the student library and music room at Strayer Business College. Desks, chairs, and small bookcases with glass doors stand on patterned carpeting ... |
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