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Poster

For Liberty and Peace on Earth - Buy War Bonds

Date: 1944
Description: Treasury Design No. 51, "Liberty Bell." The poster features the Liberty Bell ringing against a backdrop of holly and other Christmas decorations. On the ri...
Poster

Pennsylvania Railroad Patriotic Poster No. 1

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph promoting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as "home of the Pennsylvania Railroad." The poster features the artist N.C. Wyeth, and depicts...
Photograph

Boyd Sibley Performing Onstage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: View from stage of Boyd Sibley, keyboardist for the band HOPE, performing onstage at the Sound Storm music festival. There is a cowbell on top of the Hammo...
Photograph

Korean War Veteran Ringing the Freedom Bell on United Nations Day

Date: 10 24 1950
Description: Corporal Albert Griffin, a soldier from Milwaukee wounded in the Korean War, standing with Governor Rennebohm at the freedom bell during ceremonies at the ...
Photograph

Switzler Bell Tower

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Description: Close-up view of the University of Missouri's bell tower in Switzler Hall. Another large building with a domed tower is in the background.
Photograph

Stockholm Village School

Date: 1905
Description: Students and teachers standing outside two-story brick Public School building.
Photograph

Crabtree Ledge Lighthouse

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Description: View across water toward the Crabtree Ledge cast iron lighthouse, established in 1890 and discontinued in 1933.
Photograph

Prudence Island Lighthouse

Date: 1908
Description: A view of the Prudence Island granite lighthouse, established in 1852 and automated in 1972, more commonly known locally as the Sandy Point Lighthouse. The...
Photograph

Morris-Jumel Mansion Stairway

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Description: Interior view of the Morris-Jumel Mansion which served, at different times, as headquarters to both forces during the Revolutionary war. This view of the ...
Photograph

Dunham School

Date: 1946
Description: Hand-colored photograph of Dunham School, standing in a grove of trees, surrounded by a fence. The building is built of brick and has a bell tower, with a ...
Photograph

Boy Scouts Ring Replica of Liberty Bell

Date: 02 12 1952
Description: Boy Scouts ring a replica of the Liberty Bell to launch the three year progam of Wisconsin Boy Scouts. The bell stands in the Wisconsin State Historical So...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Wagons Outside Church at Vyatka, Russia

Date: 07 11 1917
Description: Horse-drawn wagons outside a large church with belfry in a town along the Trans-Siberian Railway. The original caption reads: "tower of 300 year old church...
Photograph

Christmas Card with Scene of Fort Ruins

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Description: A Christmas Card with two views. The on on the left is featuring an image of a girl sledding while wearing winter gear, and on the right is a photograph of...
Painting

Farm Painting

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Description: Farm painting of the Pierson Young residence.
Photograph

Presbyterian Church

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Description: View across lawn toward the front and right side of the church which has a field stone foundation and half timber sides. The roof has several gables, and t...
Photograph

Bell House

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Description: View of Bell House, the first female seminary, erected in 1745. A brick path leads to the entrance. On the roof is a bell tower and weather vane.
Photograph

Pleasant View Schoolhouse

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior shot of Pleasant View schoolhouse. There is a bell tower on the roof.
Photograph

Hathorn Hall at Bates College

Date: 1920
Description: View of Hathorn Hall at Bates College. Completed in 1857, the hall is a small brick building featuring a bell tower. A man is seen walking on the sidewalk ...
Photograph

Pleasant View School

Date: 02 1919
Description: View from a distance of a group of children and adults standing in a line next to a flag pole in front of Pleasant View School.
Photograph

Paul Revere Bell

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Description: View of the Paul Revere Bell, made in 1822 by the Paul Revere Foundry. The bell was erected at Fifth Meeting House, designed by Charles Bulfinch and compl...

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