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Painting

A View of Harper's Ferry

Date: 1857
Description: Business with Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper took Hölzlhuber to New York, and from there he also visited Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washingt...
Book or Pamphlet

Woman's Path From Servitutde to Freedom

Date: 1896
Description: Illustration from the Freethinkers Pictorial Text Book of a woman climbing a steep, rocky slope to a sign that reads "Come Up Higher / The Free Thou...
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 ...
Photograph

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-...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Town on Hillside

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Description: Elevated view of a town on a hillside.
Photograph

City Panorama With Mount Tom in the Distance

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Description: Elevated view of Holyoke buildings with Mount Tom in the distance.
Photograph

View of Town From Bancroft Tower

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Description: Elevated view of town buildings as seen from Bancroft Tower. A body of water and what appears to be an industrial plant are in the foreground.
Photograph

View from Mount Equinox

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Description: Elevated view of the city from Mount Equinox. Located in the center of the city is First Congregational Church, established in 1784. Caption reads: "East f...
Photograph

Mount Equinox

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Description: View down a dirt road leading to Mount Equinox in the background. A church is in the valley near the road, and a cemetery is located on the other side of...
Photograph

City View

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Description: Elevated city view from an overlooking mountain. A church and cemetery stand among dwellings.
Photograph

Village and Mountain View

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Description: Church steeples and village dwellings are visible amidst trees, backed by the Wachusett Mountain. Published by E.P. Bartlett.
Photograph

City View

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Description: View of waterfront and city buildings from across the harbor. Rock Church stands near the shore.
Map or Atlas

Connecticut, from the Best Authorities

Date: 1795
Description: Map of Connecticut showing counties, townships, cities, roads, islands, swamps, hills, mountains, lakes, rivers, reefs, and numerous other geographical and...
Map or Atlas

A New and Accurate Map of North Carolina in North America

Date: 1779
Description: Map of North Carolina showing counties, cities, towns, chapels, courthouses, Quaker meeting houses, forts, mountains, swamps, inlets, lakes, and rivers. A ...
Photograph

Medical Unit

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Description: German medical unit column passing through a village. Snow-covered mountains are in the background.
Photograph

Ettal Abbey

Date: 1932
Description: A view of the Benedictine monastery at Ettal, with the Bavarian Alps in the background. There is a fence in the foreground. Signs on a post at left identif...
Drawing

Pyramide de Cholula

Date: 1816
Description: The four-stepped, low-rising Pyramid of Cholula, covered in sparse vegetation, stands in a flat valley, surrounded by distant mountains. A stairway leads u...

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