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Carriages Parked Outside Depot

Date: 1900
Description: Numerous horse-drawn carriages parked outside the C.B. & Q. Depot. The Columbia Hotel is in the background. Text on top of the building reads: "W. J. Sharp...
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Main Street Shopping District

Date: 1900
Description: View of the Main Street shopping district. Storefronts, carts and pedestrians are across a small grassy area with a military monument of a cannon. Signs re...
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Monument to Mother Bickerdyke

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Description: View of a monument to Mother Bickerdyke (1817-1901), an army nurse. The memorial, erected in 1904, features Mary Ann Bickerdyke kneeling beside a soldier, ...
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Chautauqua Grounds

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Description: View of the Chautauqua Grounds, founded in 1874. Groups of people gather around tents on the grounds. Caption reads: "Chautauqua Grounds, Galesburg, ILL."
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Knox College

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Description: Exterior of Knox College, established in 1837. In front of the college building, a flagpole stands in a stone base on the lawn.
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Saint Joseph's Academy

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Description: Exterior of Saint Joseph's Academy, founded and constructed in 1879. A fence surrounds the school grounds where a staircase leads to the main entrance. Ca...

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