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Road Grader Plowing Snow

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene looking toward Main Street from South First Street, with an arch over the intersection. A man is operating a road grader pulled by four horses...
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Man Posing with Horse

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Description: Man posing with a draft horse, probably a Clydesdale, in front of the Merchants Inn. There were many draft stallions, English Shire, Clydesdale, Norman Per...
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Snow-Covered Street

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Description: Winter scene with panoramic view down sidewalk and snow-covered street. Trees, power lines and buildings are covered with a blanket of snow.
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Main Street

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Description: View across street of four men posing in front of storefronts on Main Street, including M.A. Batcheller, a barber shop, and clothiers under the offices of ...
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Fillmore Street

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Description: Snow-covered backyards in town with stacks of logs, probably Fillmore Street between First and Second Streets. The brick building in the background is prob...
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Group of People Outside Wildwood Hotel

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Description: Large group of men, women, children and dogs posing standing in front of the Wildwood Hotel. Snow is on the ground.
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Horse on First Street

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Description: Outdoor view of a European American man posing standing on the left holding the reins of a horse. He is displaying the horse on the snow-covered street in ...
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Spice Delivery Cart

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a man posing standing next to a wagon pulled by two horses on snow-covered ground. The sign on the wagon reads: "Rawleigh's, Spices, Ex...
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Winter Street Scene; United States Hotel

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Description: Outdoor view across snowy road towards a two-story wooden building surrounded by snow. In the middle foreground are two horse-drawn sleighs, the one in the...
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Winter Street Scene; Merchants Hotel

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Description: Outdoor view of a boy posing standing on a sled pulled by a dog on a snow-covered and muddy street. Location identified as in front of the Merchant's Hotel...
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Hauling Fuel Wood

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Description: Outdoor view of a man posing standing behind a sled loaded with wood and pulled by a single horse on snow-covered ground. In the background is a snow-cover...
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Second Powerhouse

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Description: View across snowy ground towards a river powerhouse. Identified as the second powerhouse.
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Second Powerhouse

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Description: Outdoor view of a river powerhouse surrounded by snow. Identified as the second powerhouse.
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Second Powerhouse

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Description: View across snowy yard towards a river powerhouse surrounded by snow. Identified as the second powerhouse.
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Winter Scene

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Description: Exterior portrait of men chopping wood on a snow covered-ground with several town structures in the background. The small building in the center was the po...

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