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Boathouse and Docks

Date: 1910
Description: Waterside view toward a couple canoeing by a boathouse and docks on the Ohio Canal, with a steel bridge in the left background. Smoke streams across the sk...
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Syl and Aunt Helen under Willow Tree

Date: 1901
Description: Syl and aunt Helen stand underneath a willow tree. Octagon Cottage is in the background to the right and wildflowers are in the foreground. The edge of the...
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Covered Bridge

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Description: A view of a covered wooden bridge over the Juniata River with smokestacks in the background.
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Completed Dam

Date: 1906
Description: View across water of a completed dam.
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Exterior of Octagon Cottage

Date: 1902
Description: An exterior view of Octagon Cottage. The edge of the roof has crenelations along it, and a brick chimney is in the middle the roof.
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Court House

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Description: View of the court house and parking lot.
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Ruins of a Government Building

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Description: The ruins of an old stone government post building. Caption reads: "Old Government Post Building, Fort Smith, Ark. 'On the Frisco'."
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Old Trading Post

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Description: An old trading post, built in 1843.
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Homestead of Walt Whitman

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Description: A view of the homestead poet Walt Whitman. Text below the image reads "Walt Whitman's homestead, Walt Whitman born at West Hills May 31, 1819. Died at Camd...
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Amoskeag Mills

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Description: Distant elevated view of Amoskeag textile mills and the Merrimack River. Caption reads: "Manchester, N.H. - View from Amosheag."
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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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Willimantic River

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Description: Elevated view of the Willimantic River from a foot bridge with waterfront buildings in the distance. Caption reads: "View from Foot Bridge, Willimantic Con...
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Factory and Town

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Description: Elevated view of a factory building and surrounding town.
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Cold Stone Mill

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Description: Waterside view of mill buildings including diverted water stream.
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Pepperell Manufacturing Company

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Description: Elevated view of Pepperell Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of sheets, including company town and surrounding countryside. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye V...
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Cayahoga River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of small falls on the Cayahoga River in a gorge with waterfront buildings.
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The Windsor Hotel

Date: 1915
Description: Street side view of High Street, The Windsor Hotel and small shops, including horse-drawn carriages.
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Slabsides

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Description: 'Slabsides,' the Adirondack-style, rustic cabin and studio of naturalist John Burroughs, constructed by Burroughs and his son, Julian, near his nine acre R...
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Overlooking Marblehead

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Description: Elevated view looking down on the town with the bay and opposite shoreline in distance.
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Town Streets

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Description: Unpaved town streets with large wooden houses, horse-drawn carriages and a electric street light hanging above the streets.

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