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Pretzel Seller at World Trade Center

Date: 1969
Description: A woman street vendor, in an embroidered jacket, sells pretzels on the street near the construction site of the World Trade Center.
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Pokhara

Date: 1999
Description: City street in Pokhara, Nepal.
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Pedestrians on Sidewalk

Date: 1969
Description: Numerous pedestrians walk on the sidewalk of a busy street.
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Manhattan from the Staten Island Ferry

Date: 1968
Description: View of Manhattan from the Staten Island Ferry, with a couple standing in the foreground. The woman is wearing a leopard print coat, and seagulls wheel in ...
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Baby Carriage, Fort Tyron Park

Date: 1968
Description: A woman sits on the grass reading next to a baby carriage in Fort Tyron Park. A brush-covered hill surmounted by a square tower rises in the background.
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Motorcycle, Inwood Hill Park

Date: 1968
Description: Close-up of a motorcycle with a package lashed to the back is parked at the curb in Inwood Hill Park. Park goers are visible on the grassy hill in the back...
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Strollers, Carl Schurz Park

Date: 1968
Description: Two women, one holding a bag and one pushing a baby carriage, walk together across the cobbled path of Carl Schurz park. An approaching pedestrian and the...
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Couple on the Pier, East River

Date: 1968
Description: A fashionably dressed young couple stand in an embrace on a pier on the East River. The river and a waterfront warehouse are visible behind them.
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At the Movies

Date: 10 2013
Description: The movie "Vertigo" playing on a big screen in a darkened movie theater. The scene captured by the camera is of a woman walking along a the edge of the bay...
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Siberian Elm

Date: 12 2013
Description: A cherry-picker is lifting a line worker holding a STIHL chainsaw and wearing a helmet high in the air next to a Siberian elm that is in the process of bei...
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Sunday at the Chazen Museum

Date: 02 2014
Description: Indoor view through the lobby of the Chazen Museum towards glass walls which look out on East Campus Mall. Snow is on the ground, and two people are walkin...
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As Things Appear at the Bakery

Date: 04 2014
Description: A man and a woman are standing behind the counter at Lane's Bakery. The glass display case has three rows of baked goods. There are three tall movable rack...
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Waiting for the Sunset

Date: 06 2014
Description: View of a woman sitting on one of three benches at the Sunset Point Overlook in Hoyt Park. In the background three cars are parked facing the stone wall of...
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Time in Mount Horeb

Date: 07 2014
Description: An elderly man and woman are sitting at a table near the front window of a coffeehouse. Just outside the window a man and woman are sitting outdoors under ...
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Life on the River

Date: 07 2014
Description: View from back of river boat on a tour of a river. People are sitting on benches wearing hats and holding up umbrellas. A man is piloting the boat from a s...
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The Ferris Wheel

Date: 07 2014
Description: View across lawn towards a woman standing behind a fence at the base of the Ferris wheel waiting for customers at the La Fete de Marquette Festival.
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Westside Farmers' Market

Date: 09 27 2014
Description: A woman is standing behind a table with a display of vegetables. She is wearing a red shirt with the word "Wisconsin" printed on it. The vegetables are arr...
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Bird and Thistle at the Arboretum

Date: 10 10 2014
Description: View of a sign with a photograph of an American Goldfinch on a thistle posted on the side of a paved path lined with trees and plants. Just beyond the sign...
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Heating Plant on a Cold Day

Date: 02 22 2015
Description: View of Charter Street Heating and Cooling Plant from North Mills Street. White smoke is billowing out of the stacks against a clear, blue sky. The streets...
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Johnson Public House

Date: 04 25 2015
Description: View across street towards a bicycle and traffic barrel standing on the sidewalk in front of a coffee shop. A sign above the first floor windows reads: "Jo...

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