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Three Woman on Main Street

Date: 1895
Description: Three women (Jennie Parsons Kelly, left, and Lena Eisenback Post, center, and an unidentified woman on the right) on Main Street in front of Yep Ah Sing's ...
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Woman Wearing Hat

Date: 1891
Description: Woman in a tilted hat posing in the foreground. Across the street are stores: J.J. McGillivray Sash and Door Company and Squire's Oyster House. Probably on...
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Group in front of American Express Company

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Description: Five men, a woman, and three girls posing in front of a brick two-story building owned by Charles J. Van Schaick, which housed the American Express Company...
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Woman on Hoseback

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Description: View of a woman posing sidesaddle on a horse. Storefront on Main Street identified as J.A. Eckern Jeweler.
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Woman on Hoseback

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Description: Woman posing sidesaddle on a horse.
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Pedestrians on Main Street

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Description: Man wearing a fur coat, a woman wrapped in a blanket, and other individuals bundled for warmth on a winter day. In front of the millenary shop of Miss Finc...
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Man and Woman on Sidewalk

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Description: View from sidewalk of a horse-drawn buggy parked along the side of Main Street, looking southeast at First Street. An immigrant couple, possibly Norwegian,...
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Woman on First Street

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Description: Woman posing standing on the west side of South First Street in front of the photographic studio of Charles J. Van Schaick. There is a sign on the building...
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Group Posing in front of Storefront on Main Street

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Description: View from street towards a group of people poing in front of the storefront of the Jones and Marsh Dry Goods. John Marsh, the proprietor, is sitting on the...
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Storefronts on Main Street

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Description: Men posing in front of stores. Businesses from left to right are the A.F. Werner Drugstore and Clothiers, and the Fair Store. The former has the slogan "Ba...
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Drug Store Interior

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Description: Interior of a drugstore. Two men and one woman behind the counter. Persons identified, from left to right, Mrs. Roddy, Ben Warner, and an unidentified man.
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Drug Store Interior

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Description: Man purchasing medicine in a drugstore. Two men and one woman behind the counter, all holding up products. Individuals identified, from left to right, as p...
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Buggies in Parade through Town

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Description: Slightly elevated view of buggies following marchers in parade though town, making a right turn from Water Street to Main Street and heading west. In the b...
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Crowd on Main Street Watching Parade

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Description: Spectators watching a parade in front of Jones and Marsh Clothing on Main Street.
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Group of Women in Wagon

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Description: Patriotically decorated wagon filled with women in town.
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Stagecoach in Parade

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Description: Patriotically decorated stagecoach with a group of people in a parade in town.
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Horse-Drawn Wagon in Parade

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Description: Horse-drawn float in parade promoting A.F. Werner, a local drugstore.
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Decorated Wagon in Parade

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Description: Group in A.F. Werner Drugstore wagon riding in parade. Wagon belonged to Ben Werner, one of the five Werner brothers.
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Decorated Wagon in Parade

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Description: Group of people in A.F. Werner Drugstore wagon riding in parade.
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Parade of People on Board Sidewalk

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Description: Parade of people walking down board sidewalk in town in front of Jones & Marsh Dry Goods.

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