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Aerial View of Jones Island

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Elevated view of Jones Island, with some houses near the water and an industrial area across the river. On the right are a number of railroad tracks next t...
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Jones Island and Manufacturing Area Across Bay

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: From Jones Island, looking across to a manufacturing area with cranes and large piles of coal or coke? In the lower foreground is a bare hill, with old pil...
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Man Standing near Fish Hung Up to Dry

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Man inspecting fish hung up to dry in a yard on Jones Island.
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Jones Island with Boats and Industrial Buildings

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Elevated view of bay shoreline, with dwellings along the bank. A few boats are in the river. In the background is a factory with a smokestack and railroad ...
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Jones Island Dwellings

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Elevated view of a cluster of old dwellings in the center, with broken shacks and rusted cars. In the background are railroad cars, and an industrial area ...
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Fish Shop

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: A fish shop made of several small, interconnected buildings. Signs for fresh or smoked fish are on several parts of the shop. In the background is a railr...
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Elevated View of Railroad Yard on Jones Island

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Elevated view of railroad yard and railroads cars on Jones Island. On the right is a large derrick or crane, and in the background are a number of freighte...
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Men Working near Large Dredge

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Men working near large dredge on Jones Island. Large piles of material are on the ground below the dredge. There is a ship on the right. In the distance a...
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Woman Writing at Desk

Date: 05 03 1944
Description: Woman sitting at a writing desk at Estella's. She is facing a bright window which has a window seat.
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Two Women with Potted Flowers

Date: 11 26 1944
Description: Two women in an alcove filled with potted flowers and plants. The older woman is sitting and the other woman, wearing a fur coat, is standing behind her.
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J. Robert Taylor

Date: 10 01 1938
Description: Taylor is relaxing, sitting in a chair tilted back, and smoking his pipe and reading his paper in front of an open heater. A kerchief is covering his head....
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J. Robert Taylor with Camera

Date: 1936
Description: J. Robert Taylor standing in the middle of a street, holding a large camera. On the left, a car is driving by, and a person is walking on the sidewalk in t...
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Fixing a Screen

Date: 10 01 1938
Description: J. Robert Taylor leaning out of a doorway, fixing a screen door with a hammer in his right hand. Another door is leaning against the house to the left of ...
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Barn Moving

Date: 03 09 1944
Description: Taylor barn being moved. A tractor and a truck are pulling the barn, which is on a platform, through the snow. A smaller barn is on the left. On the righ...
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Men Moving Barn with Truck

Date: 03 09 1944
Description: The Taylor barn is being moved by a truck in the snow. One man is standing in front of the truck, and another man is bending over on the left near a pile o...
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Fixing a Screen Door

Date: 10 01 1938
Description: J. Robert Taylor fixing a screen door. He is standing on the inside of the door, with a hammer in his right hand.
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J. Robert Taylor with Pike

Date: 1940
Description: The photographer holding a large Northern Pike and smoking a pipe in a living room.
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Barn Moving

Date: 03 09 1944
Description: The Taylor barn being moved through snow-covered fields by a truck. The barn is on a large bed platform. Other farm buildings are in the background.
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Barn Moving

Date: 03 09 1944
Description: The Taylor barn on a platform. On the right is another barn on top of a small incline.
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Jones Island Storefront

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Signs for Kingsbury Beer and politicians are in the window of a storefront.

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