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Traveling Medicine Wagon

Date: 1902
Description: A traveling medicine wagon with saleswomen and vendor selling Westmore's Hair Tonic.
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Peter Lagacy Family

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Description: The family of French-Canadian immigrant Peter Lagacy, posing with produce, including a large cabbage, potatoes, and carrots, in front of their log farm hom...
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Guide Dogs and Trainers from International Guiding Eyes, Inc.

Date: 1965
Description: Erich Renner, breeder for International Guiding Eyes putting seeing eye guide dogs through their paces. A blind woman works with one dog while three German...
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"Germania" Steamboat

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Description: View down hill of the "Germania" steamboat along the shoreline in the foreground, across the river from bridge and Munger's Mill, which are in the backgrou...
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Steamboat "Alexander Mitchell" and Passengers

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Description: Steamboat Alexander Mitchell with passengers posed standing. Chairs are piled on shore at right. Edge of steamboat Dell Queen at left. Bridge...
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Musicians on "New Dell Queen" Steamboat

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Description: Harpist and violinist posed on the steamboat "New Dell Queen."
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Caning Chairs

Date: 10 17 1968
Description: An elderly man and woman make new cane seats for chairs at the Cedar Lake Home for the Aged.
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Auto Safety Lane

Date: 08 04 1930
Description: Men inspecting automobiles in the "Safety Lane" on Wisconsin Avenue, sponsored by American Automobile Association (AAA).
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Beer Drinkers

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Description: A group of men near the Koss railroad depot, the majority of whom are seated on the ground. One of the men is sitting on a piano stool. To the right of the...
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Railroad Handcar

Date: 1908
Description: An early gasoline-powered handcar being used on the Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault Ste. Marie line for an inspection tour. The employees are (left to right...
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G. Gullockson Farmstead

Date: 1876
Description: View, from above, of what may be the G. Gullockson farmstead. A frame house is in the left foreground, with a large group of men, women and children standi...
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Family posed in front of Frame House

Date: 1875
Description: A husband and wife are posed with three sons, an infant in a baby carriage, and a Dalmatian dog, in front of a frame house with a stone foundation, shutter...
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Family at Side of House

Date: 1874
Description: A family is posing at the side of a house. A man and boy are holding rifles, and a dog is lying on the ground between the. There is a baby sitting in a hig...
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People in Carriage near Fence

Date: 1869
Description: People in carriage in front of picket fence, wagons and people behind; large frame house with parapet roof, Corinthian porch columns, brackets at roof; car...
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Family Outside of Stone House

Date: 1876
Description: Family of sixe seated in front of large stone house that has glass trim around the centrally placed door. Lightning rods are on the two chimneys. A man on ...
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Niagara Falls from Canada Side

Date: 1877
Description: Stereograph of "Two different views of the Falls from Canada side," from the series "Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge" as mentioned in Dahl's 1877 "Cata...
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Man Reading International Harvester Advertisement

Date: 06 04 1934
Description: A man sits in an armchair reading an advertisement for the International Harvester "New 1/2-Ton Truck." A free-standing ashtray is next to the chair.
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Performing Dog Jumping through Hoop

Date: 1903
Description: A performing dog jumping through a hoop held by a man while a small group of children and adults watch.
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Home of Justice Louis Busker

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Description: View toward the home of Justice Louis Busker. The second floor is obscured by trees, and a horse-drawn carriage and outbuildings are on the right.
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Ferry in the Cuyahoga River

Date: 1910
Description: View of a cable ferry in the Cuyahoga River. A man and several chairs are on the ferry. A rocky pass is further down the river.

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