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Schadauer Tobacco Store

Date: 1880
Description: A man posing in the open doorway of Julius Schadauer's tobacco shop at 101 State Street. The sign above the doorway reads: "Schadauer of Cigars Fact. No 62...
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Julius Schadauer Store

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Description: View from street towards a man standing in front of the doorway to the Julius Schadauer's tobacco store on a street corner at 101 State Street. A man is on...
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The Schmitt Brothers

Date: 1916
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the six Schmitt brothers, Sherwin Gillett's brothers-in-law. In birth order they are: Charles (b. 1868), Alfred (b. 1870), Louis ...
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The Day's Catch

Date: 1904
Description: Group portrait of men and boys standing in front of two houses all holding a long stringer of fish. Three women are standing in the yard in the background....
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C.E. Mower General Store

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Description: Outdoor view of a European American boy wearing a cap who is entering the shop of C.E. Mower. Probably located on the north side of Main Street. There is a...
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The Duck Hunters

Date: 1910
Description: Five duck hunters stand in front of Mike Gavin's Buffet holding guns, paddles, and stringers of dead ducks.
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Bicycling Outing in Waucheta

Date: 09 20 1896
Description: Group of men, and a young boy, standing in the small front yard of a house at a bicycling outing. A woman stands in an open doorway at the top of the steps...
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Sid on a Fire Engine

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Description: View across street towards Sid standing on the back of a fire engine with a cigar in his mouth. A police officer wearing a uniform and a badge is standing ...
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Sid on Back of Fire Engine

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Description: View across street towards Sid standing on the back of a fire engine with a cigar in his mouth. In the background are storefronts destroyed by fire and cov...
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Sid Looking at Fire Damaged Storefronts

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Description: View of Sid standing in the street with a cigar in his mouth looking at damaged storefronts covered with icicles. Snow and ice cover the sidewalk, and a fi...
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Sid Begging

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Description: NEW: Sid is standing outside of Mel's Food, begging with his hat in his hands. Sid is wearing sunglasses and has a cigar in his mouth. The back of a passe...
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Sid Reaching for Cigar

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Description: View looking down at Sid's arm reaching through the empty bottom of a cigar box to pick a cigar off the sidewalk.
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Sid Sitting in Jail

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Description: View from sidewalk of Sid sitting in jail with a cigar in his mouth while reading a Gideon Bible. Sid is looking out of the iron gate of a stone building, ...
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Display of Sid's Art Works

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Description: Display of Sid's art works on the street at what appears to be a fair on the Capitol Square. A man, possibly Steve Boyum, is sitting in a chair behind the ...
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Coal Delivery Truck

Date: 09 03 1926
Description: View across street towards a coal delivery truck parked at the curb in front of the R.G. Dun tobacco store. The truck bed is raised.
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Daily Star Newspaper Delivery Truck

Date: 07 15 1928
Description: View across street towards a man driving a Daily Start "Your Own Home Newspaper" delivery truck near a city block.
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Truck in Neighborhood

Date: 09 17 1928
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck parked along a curb. Behind the truck is an industrial brick building. The sign pa...
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Cigars and Newspapers to be Sent to Soldiers

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Description: Collection point in Berlin for cigars and newspapers for distribution to soldiers.
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Summer Relaxation On The Capitol Grounds

Date: 07 07 1957
Description: Man wearing a brimmed hat slumped alone on a metal park bench in the shade on South Pickney Street on Capitol Square. He has a cigarette or cigar between h...

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