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Ringling Brothers Circus Winter Quarters

Date: 1915
Description: View of the Ringling Brothers Circus winter quarters, including the print shop and the wardrobe building.
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Water Street

Date: 1915
Description: View of Water Street, the winter home of the Ringling Brothers Circus. The whole street was circus property.
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Main Street Bridge

Date: 1915
Description: View across water towards the Main Street Bridge over the Rock River.
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Panama-Pacific Exposition

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of crowd on Palm Avenue at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Fransisco, California, 1915. Several ornate buildings can be seen near the cr...
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View Down Road

Date: 1915
Description: View looking down a road. Buildings are along the left, with trees and a sidewalk. A body of water is on the right.
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International Model F Truck Operated by Wells Fargo

Date: 1915
Description: International Model F (or 31) truck operated by Wells Fargo and Company Express services.
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Milwaukee River Dam

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of dam on river. A bridge is in the background. Houses are on top of the hill on the right side. Caption reads: "The Dam, Milwaukee River."
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Fisherman's Shanty

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of a fisherman's shanty along the shoreline surrounded by rocks. At the shoreline is a man and numerous boats pulled ashore. Caption reads: "...
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Men Seated in International Model E Truck

Date: 1915
Description: Group of men seated in an International Model E motor truck parked outside large stone building. One man stands inside truck near its side steps. The truck...
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Children's Park

Date: 1915
Description: View taken from across railroad tracks of a children's park. Crowds of children and adults stand behind a fence along the park. Behind them are large brick...
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Coast Guard Station

Date: 1915
Description: Six Coastguardsmen pose with an officer on the shore at the Coast Guard Station at Baileys Harbor. The men are identified as (left to right) Reinhart Hicke...
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Baileys Harbor

Date: 1915
Description: The Baileys Harbor Coast Guard Life Saving Station viewed from between a fishing boat and a pier warehouse. The station's pier extends into the harbor and ...
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Baileys Harbor Coast Guard Station

Date: 1915
Description: Winter view of the Coast Guard Life Saving Station at Baileys Harbor. Snow has drifted on the shore, where a small boat rests.
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Rear View of Bus on Rails

Date: 1915
Description: Three-quarter view from rear of the right side of a bus with bench seating operating on metal tracks. The flaps of the bus are rolled up against the roof, ...
Postcard

Michigan Street Scene

Date: 1915
Description: Color postcard depicting residents, automobiles and streetcars. Caption reads: "Lapeer St. & Genesee Ave. Saginaw, Mich."
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Family Group

Date: 1915
Description: Unidentified posed group of an elderly man, and three women, with the one in the center holding an infant in her arms. The group is standing outdoors in fr...
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Ox-Drawn Wagons

Date: 1915
Description: View down road towards people with two ox-drawn wagons. There are large buildings and a windmill in the background.
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Soldiers Walking Next to Destroyed Buildings

Date: 1915
Description: Three Austrian soldiers walking past a damaged building in Valjevo, Serbia.
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Destroyed Customs House in Sabac, Serbia

Date: 1915
Description: Soldiers and officers are posing in front of the destroyed Customs House in Sabac, Serbia.
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Essential Work in Enemy Territory

Date: 1915
Description: A soldier is doing repair work on a telephone pole in Serbia during World War I.

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