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Libby Prison

Date: 1864
Description: Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison.
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Libby Prison - Anaglyph

Date: 1864
Description: Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison.
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Taliesin II Living Room

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Description: Living room of Taliesin II looking towards the fireplace, built-in bench, and work storage area.
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Laplanders with their Reindeer Sled Teams

Date: 1918
Description: Two men and a young boy pose on sleds near their teams of reindeer in front of a house and its outbuildings. In the background is a large building with oni...
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Catholic Church

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Description: View up a road towards the front of the catholic church, which has a steeple and belfry. The double door entrance has an arched stained glass window, and a...
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Bird's-Eye View

Date: 1922
Description: Elevated view taken from the roof of a building. Yards and dwellings in the foreground, with a church and school in the background. There are three or four...
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Russian Firemen Extinguishing Flames

Date: 1918
Description: A group of soldiers look on as a group of Russian firefighters are attempting to extinguish a fire in a building possibly used by the Allied forces in Arch...
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Russian Firemen Extinguishing Flames

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view over fence of a group of soldiers looking on as a group of Russian firefighters are attempting to extinguish a fire in a building possibly us...
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General View

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Description: Elevated view of the railroad yards. There are numerous sheds and buildings, and piles of fuelwood and lumber. Freight cars are lined up on the tracks in f...
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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: A view of the central business district from the end of a bridge. The post office on the right with a small group of men and children in front. An automobi...
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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: A street scene with a group of people in front of the corner store. A flag in the window. A row of houses with balconies behind that. A large stack of wood...
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Winter Scene

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Description: Exterior portrait of men chopping wood on a snow covered-ground with several town structures in the background. The small building in the center was the po...
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Elevated View of a Canoe

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Description: Elevated view of a man posing standing next to a canoe on sawhorses in a yard, showing the interior of the canoe, and two paddles lying inside. A young gir...
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Canoe in a Yard

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Description: View from above, from a roof or balcony, of a canoe on sawhorses near firewood stacked in a yard near a fence. Two buildings are in the yard.
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Outdoor Group Portrait of Men and Women

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of four women and a man standing on the back steps of a building. On the right is a woman standing on a wooden walkway with a railin...
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Lucy A. Kaufmann

Date: 1905
Description: Lucy Kaufmann poses in an open, wooded area holding a hoe. She is wearing a tattered hat; her skirt and blouse are torn. There are two sheds and woodpiles ...
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"The Beautification Consultant at Work"

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Description: An Austrian soldier is getting his hair cut outdoors.
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O.K. Coal & Wood Co. Delivery Truck

Date: 08 24 1928
Description: A man is sitting in the driver's seat of a truck loaded with firewood. The signs painted on the truck read: "Gravel Sand & Heavy Haulage: and O.K. Coal & W...
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Saales in Ruins

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Description: Town of Saales in Alsace, with damaged buildings and debris lying on the ground. A ladder in front of the damaged building in the foreground reaches the ro...
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Sawing Firewood

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Description: Getting ready for winter.

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