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Filter: Creator Name of Cole, Harry Elsworth, 1861-1928
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| Date: | 08 1925 |
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| Description: | A view of the front of the Empire House Hotel, showing the porch and balcony. There are many wicker chairs on the porch, and there is an automobile parked ... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View from across road of the Hile House. This is where the actress and Confederate spy Belle Boyd died on June 11, 1900, in the front room, over the office... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View acorss road of the home of Stephen Bell, which served as the last post office at King's Corners in the Town of Sumpter. Bell was the last postmaster h... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a post office. Sign near door says: "Post Office. Sandusky." A man stands just outside the door, looking at another man standing inside. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Ruggles Tavern from yard. There is a long, screened-in porch along the front of the L-shaped building. A stone mounting block is at the c... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | A view of the William Ruggles farm with an old farm wagon in the foreground. A number of farm buildings are in the background, with a fence and hill on the... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | View from gate of the "Ruggles Place" between Mineral Point and Arena. The house has two large chimneys; stone pillars support ironwork gates at the entran... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A barn with a large cupola, built in 1852, on "The Capt. W.P. Ruggles Estate." |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A stone house with a small front porch and balcony stands beside another stone building on the left. There are milk cans and chickens in front of the house... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A copy of a duo-tone print of the exterior of a three-story wooden classical revival building identified as the Empire House. |
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