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Office and Company Store

Date: 01 13 1919
Description: Office and company store. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers of the Wisconsin Steel Company. Wisconsin Steel wa...
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Steele's Tavern, Virginia

Date: 1900
Description: Run-down building with a stone chimney in a rural landscape. The photograph is identified as "Steele's Tavern." Cyrus McCormick successfully demonstrated h...
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Madero Lumber Co.

Date: 1912
Description: A distant view of Madero Lumber Company. There are houses and other residential buildings in the foreground, and the lumber works in the background. In the...
Poster

Northern Pacific Railway Travel Poster: Rainier National Park

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph promoting "The New Yakima Gateway to Rainier National Park," and to get there by way of the Northern Pacific Railway. The poster fea...
Poster

British Railways Travel Poster: Sussex

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph promoting the British Railways through an artist's depiction of the countryside of Sussex, featuring a small church surrounded by a ...
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Shelter on Rock Overhang

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Description: A small shelter built on overhanging rock in the mountains.
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Eaton's Dude Ranch

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Description: Elevated view from hill of Eaton's Dude Ranch in a fertile valley near Sundance. The ranch has many buildings, and fencing with horses inside.
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Japanese Scene

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Description: Stereograph of a view in Japan including a garden, traditional buildings and mountains in the background.
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Whiteface Mountain Highway Toll Station

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Description: View of the Whiteface Mountain Highway Toll Station, and three cars parked nearby.
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Elevated View of Seattle

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Description: Elevated view of the city from Capital Hill, with the Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains in the background.
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Christmas Greeting Card

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Description: Christmas greeting card featuring a view of a mining town with smokestacks, gravel piles, houses, large buildings and distant mountains. Surrounding the ph...
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Building and Mountains

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Description: View from dirt road of a large brick building in Provo with mountains in the background.
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Cemetery

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Description: A view of a cemetery with wooden crosses and bedsteads used as fences.
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Mountain Home

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Description: Group portrait of a man, a woman and seven children standing in front of a log cabin. The caption reads: "A Typical Mountain Home in Kentucky."
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High Street and the Public Walk

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Description: A view of High Street and the Public Walk. In the right foreground is a girl sitting on a group of large rocks while a dog stands in front of the rocks. In...
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Shenandoah Valley Town

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Description: Elevated view of a densely settled town in the Shenandoah valley. In the background are the foothills of the Appalachian mountains. Caption reads, "Bird's-...
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City Steeples

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Description: Elevated view of a densely settled residential area with the steeples of five churches vaulting high above the rooftops. In the background is a formation o...
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Pulp Mill

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Description: Elevated view of the Parsons Pulp Mill, operated from 1902 to 1927, when it was permanently shut down.
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Campbell's Mill

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Description: Elevated view of Campbell's Mill, which specialized in lumber. Situated in the midst of the forest are smokestacks, railroad tracks, and several buildings....
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Sheldon House Hotel

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Description: A view of the open-air pavilion at Sheldon House Hotel. The pavilion stands in a wooded area with mountains visible in the distance. A set of wooden stairs...

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