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| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Lake Geneva, looking southwest, with insets of points of interest. |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | The magnificent Newhall House, a hotel that dwarfed the neighboring buildings, opened in 1857. Hölzlhuber completed this sketch for the Neue illustriert... |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Building housing the very first central electric light station for distribution of incandescent lighting. The sign on the building reads: "Vulcan St." |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Cutaway view of the building that housed the first electrical station created to distribute incandescent light electricity. |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | A man shows off an incandescent lamp switchboard with bamboo filiament, lamp receptacle with wooden base, current and pressure indicators and controlling d... |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Charles J. Van Schaick sitting on a stone balustrade in front of a painted background, ca. 1882–1885. The photograph was probably taken by one of his assis... |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of Annie Blowsnake Thundercloud (WaConChaSkaWinKah), posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing many neckla... |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | A view of the left side of the Elephant Hotel, constructed in the shape of an elephant with small windows punctuating the side and a covered open-air obser... |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | This pictorial bird's-eye-view map shows buildings, streets, and railroads. Included are illustrations and an index to points of interest. The bottom of th... |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Charles Lewis Alverson, a banker and businessman. He was head of the State Bank of Medford (1892-1916)... |
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