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Industrial Buildings

Date: 09 29 1963
Description: View across water of a railroad bridge along the side of a strip of industrial buildings. Railroad cars are stopped in front of the buildings.
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Gotham Theater and Street Scene

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Description: A view of Gotham Theater and a surrounding street scene, featuring trolleys, horse-drawn vehicles, pedestrians, and an elevated railway.
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Underpass of Elevated Railway

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Description: View of street beneath an elevated railway at a market on 60th Street, featuring pedestrians, storefronts, and cars.
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Marent Trestle

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Description: View looking up at the Marent trestle, part of the Northern Pacific Railroad. A train carrying passenger cars passes over the 228 foot high trestle, and a ...
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Jacob's Ladder

Date: 1900
Description: View of a railroad engine with passengers before it ascends Mount Washington Railroad's 'Jacob's Ladder,' built around 1868 with a grade of 37.41%.
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Island Heights Railroad Station

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Description: A crowd of children and adults gathers on an elevated boardwalk outside Island Heights Railroad Station, built around 1883.
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Lumber Wagon

Date: 05 1902
Description: View across yard towards six oxen pulling a lumber wagon along a road near a sawmill. A man is standing beside the oxen holding a long whip over his should...
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Town of Longview

Date: 05 12 1902
Description: View across railroad tracks that lead to the main town, where the Longview Lime Works, sawmill, post office, general store, and telegraph station are locat...

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