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Mary MacLaren

Date: 1916
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Mary MacLaren young star of "Bluebird Photoplays."
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Assembly Presbyterian Church

Date: 1917
Description: Interior of the Assembly Presbyterian Church on the 50th anniversary of Dr. T.S. Johnson as pastor.
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Residential Neighborhood near Mountain

Date: 01 06 1919
Description: Residential neighborhood. Caption reads: "Building Site East". Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers employed in t...
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Flooded Rural Road in Alabama

Date: 03 05 1915
Description: Three men are driving on a flooded rural road. Original caption reads: "In going from Fairhope, Ala. to Point Clear, Ala. the road in many places was found...
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Flooded Road in Rural Alabama

Date: 02 13 1915
Description: Two men traveling in a horse-drawn wagon on a flooded rural road. Original caption reads: "Example of road building in Lamar County on the Vernon-Columbus ...
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Clara Bewick Colby and Group

Date: 06 1913
Description: Clara Bewick Colby posing with a large group of women in Vienna.
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Dairy Department

Date: 1915
Description: Max Ballard at the separator and Harvie Connell churning in the dairy department of the Pickens County High School.
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Boy with Tin Cans

Date: 1915
Description: A boy is standing behind a box of tin cans waiting to be carted to the dump. The boy is holding tin cans hanging from string in his hand.
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P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist and Track over Body of Water

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist and track running over a body of water presumably to load a boat with lumber from a lumber yard. There is a ma...
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P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist Handling Lumber

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with lumber handling unit on a loading dock, possibly in Pensacola, Florida. There is a man in the cab, as wel...
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P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist Loading Barge

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit, possibly in Pensacola, Florida. The monorail track extends over the dock to permi...
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Studio Portrait of Alec Lonetree

Date: 1910
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Alec (Alex) Lonetree (NaENeeKeeKah), dressed in a mix of Ho-Chunk and non-Ho-Chunk regalia. H...
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Studio Portrait of Thomas Thunder in Regalia

Date: 1910
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of Thomas Thunder (Hoonk Ha Ga Kah) (Son of [Wa Con Cha Kah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [We Hon Pe Kaw] Lucy Bea...
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Publicity Photograph of Irene Castle

Date: 1918
Description: Publicity photograph of Irene Castle in a gauzy dress sitting on top of a column.
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Pearl White and a Pig

Date: 1916
Description: Pathé silent film star Pearl White posed with a white pig. White is dressed boyishly, wearing a black cap, overalls, and striped shirt.
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Ben F. Wilson Modeling a Collie in Clay

Date: 1918
Description: Original caption: "Universal Actor as Sculptor Ben Wilson spends leisure hours at favorite pastime--the making of statuary. Here he is modeling a statuet...
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Students Making a Fly Trap

Date: 1913
Description: Two young boys on the floor of a room, probably a classroom, nailing mesh screening to the frame of their fly trap.
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Courtland Hotel Interior

Date: 1915
Description: Interior view down a hallway at the Courtland Hotel. The walls are covered with peeling wallpaper and the floor is made of patterned tile. The hotel was us...
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Pearl White in "Pearl of the Army"

Date: 1916
Description: Pearl White stands in front of a painted studio background, sword in hand, wearing the female version of a U.S. Army cavalry uniform.
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Pyramid of Canned Goods

Date: 02 15 1915
Description: A pyramid of stacked canned goods at an Alabama store. Original caption reads: "The people of Alabama are artistically inclined as evidenced by the car loa...

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