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Market Hall Model

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Description: View of a model of Market Hall atop a stone Ionic column. Market Hall, an 1840 Greek Revival building by Edward B. White, originally stood in Charleston, ...
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Ulysses S. Grant and Family

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Description: Engraved carte-de-visite portrait of General Ulysses S. Grant and his family.
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Worker Transports Large Drums with International I-12 Powered Fork-Lift

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Worker Harry Straka transporting two large drums of paper with an International I-12 powered fork-lift at Oceanic Terminals wharf. The fork-lift was one of...
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Atomic Power Display

Date: 09 26 1946
Description: Display in the window of a pharmacy, explaining what happens to uranium as atomic power is produced.
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National Pharmacy Week Display

Date: 1942
Description: Display in the window of a pharmacy promoting National Pharmacy Week. National Pharmacy Week was used as a way to help educate consumers about the role pha...
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Congress and First Street Junction

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of the junction of Congress and First Streets downtown, featuring cars, pedestrians, storefronts, and railroad tracks.
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Bridge

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Description: View of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Bridge spanning the Columbia River, connecting Vancouver, Washington, with Portland, Oregon. Caption read...
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Children Working in School Garden

Date: 1913
Description: Group of children in a large school garden working on their crops.
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Children in School Garden

Date: 1913
Description: Several children standing in a school garden.
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Mount Adams

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Description: View across water toward Mount Adams, with its snow-capped peak reflected in a lake below. Caption reads: "Mount Adams."
Map or Atlas

Portland Map

Date: 1877
Description: Map of Portland in Monroe County.
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Children Working in School Garden

Date: 1913
Description: Large group of school children tending to their school garden plots.
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City Ice Company Truck

Date: 1946
Description: A man removes a bag from the back of an International truck owned by City Ice Company. The truck is parked on a street in front of a coffee shop which adve...
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IH Salesman on an I-12 Tractor

Date: 1934
Description: E.S. Marnon, I-12 salesman at the Howard-Cooper Corporation, rides a McCormick-Deering tractor. The Howard-Cooper Corporation was likely an International H...
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Longfellow Monument and Square

Date: 1920
Description: Close-up of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow monument and the surrounding cobbled square. Installed in 1888 and sculpted by Franklin Simmons, the monument f...
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Library at Saint Joseph's Academy of Maine

Date: 1920
Description: Interior of a small library at Saint Joseph's Academy of Maine, opened in 1912. Chairs are gathered around a table near bookcases. In the room are religiou...
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American Pipe and Construction Company Truck

Date: 1950
Description: Two men standing on a pipe on the bed of a International truck use a crane to unload one of the pipes. A long building, possibly a warehouse, is in the bac...
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Montgomery Electric Company Truck

Date: 1950
Description: A man drives an International L-120 motor truck owned by the Montgomery Electric Company out of a fenced parking lot. The company building is behind the tr...
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St. Joseph's Academy of Maine

Date: 1910
Description: View down aisle of the study hall at St. Joseph's Academy of Maine. Bookcases line the back walls and are decorated with bust sculptures. Framed artwork ha...
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SCEF Speakers Bureau

Date: 1971
Description: Civil rights and anti-war activists Carl Braden and Virginia Collins being interviewed during a speaking tour sponsored by the Southern Conference Educatio...

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