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Crazy Man's Castle

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Description: "Crazy Man's Castle" near Minneiska, Minnesota. Built of lumber salvaged from Mississippi River log and lumber rafts which occasionally lost some of their ...
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Buildings at Little Norway

Date: 1948
Description: Buildings at "Little Norway." From left to right: main lodge (formerly Haugen barn), summer kitchen, tool house, and guest house.
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Little Norway Buildings

Date: 1948
Description: Buildings at "Little Norway." From left to right: tool house, Norway house, Haugen homestead. The wagon in foreground is a kubberulle; the wheels are sec...
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Completed Dam

Date: 1906
Description: View across water of a completed dam.
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Nightingale Mills

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Description: View of Nightingale textile mill and stone dam across river Quinebaug. Caption reads: "The Nightingale Mills, Putnam, Conn."
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School on Bank of River

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Description: View from shoreline across water toward an unidentified school building with an ornate bell tower on the roof on the bank of a river or large pond. A hill ...
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First Presbyterian Church

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the First Presbyterian church and two mansions. The Mahoning river and a park is in the foreground, and other parts of the town stretch in...
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Manhattan Bridge

Date: 1968
Description: A piling of the Manhattan bridge from the foot of the bridge with a section of city skyline visible in the background and sunlight glinting of the East Riv...
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Penitentiary

Date: 1921
Description: View across river toward the exterior of the prison, with the central tower and wings. A boat sits at the dock on the far shoreline, and a large smokestack...
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Fonthill Castle at the College of Mount Saint Vincent

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Description: Elevated view of Fonthill Castle, built in 1852. The ivy-covered castle began as the convent for the College of Mount Saint Vincent, founded by the Sisters...
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Miss Mason's School for Young Ladies

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Description: Exterior of Miss Mason's School for Young Ladies, designed by A. J. Davis and completed in 1856. The stone building features a porte cochère, sheltered ent...
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Bird's-Eye View

Date: 1929
Description: Elevated view of town looking down a hill. In the foreground is a river with trees along the bank. On the other side of the river is a factory with industr...
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Fishing Near the Dam

Date: 04 1900
Description: Men standing on either side of the river, fishing near the rough and ready dam. In the background is the Octagon House, built in 1854.
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Russian Eastern Orthodox Church

Date: 1918
Description: View from frozen river of a Russian Eastern Orthodox church with three onion domes.
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Village on the Dvina River

Date: 1918
Description: View across the Dvina River towards a village on the opposite shoreline. There is a Russian Orthodox Church with onion domes directly across the river, and...
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U.S. Hospital and Army Headquarters

Date: 1918
Description: View across snowy ground towards the United States hospital and Army Headquarters for American forces deployed as a part of the Allied Intervention in Nort...
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Pinega Settlement

Date: 1918
Description: View over frozen expanse, probably the Pinega River, of the Pinega settlement in northern Russia. There are many wooden structures and dwellings along a lo...
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U.S. Army Engineer Corps Topographer

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor view of a U.S. Army Engineer topographer wearing skis while using a tripod stand to write. The engineer is standing next to a barbed wire obstacle ...
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View of George Washington's Mount Vernon

Date: 1950
Description: Front view of George Washington's Mount Vernon from the circular driveway. A line of people are waiting at the entrance. The cupola on the roof has a weath...
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Rock Ledge

Date: 1951
Description: Text on reverse reads: "'Rock Ledge' Wisconsin's most picturesque gift shop located on the historical site at the Falls of the Sheboygan River, Sheboygan F...

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