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| Description: | The Trinity M.E. Church Dining Hall set in a tent in a field near other tents. Two banners advertise the dining hall, and a chalkboard on the right lists t... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Mary Brandel and Edward (E.W.) Brandel wearing bathing suits relax on a beach during a vacation. Chairs and umbrellas are behind them, and in the backgroun... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | National Housing Agency Design No. 3, "Woman and Two Children." Shows a troubled mother sitting with her arm around her young daughter and her son standing... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | War Food Administration Design No. 5, "Victory Garden." The poster features a soldier with an arm around a destitute child on the left in muted colors, and... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Treasury Design No. 24, "Happy Family." The poster features two contrasting scenes. On the left is a naval battle commencing on stormy waters in shades of ... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Office of Civilian Defense Design No. 5, "Home Canning." The poster features a woman in a checkered apron pouring something from a cooking pan into a jar. ... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Office of Civilian Defense Design No. 4, "Victory Gardens." The poster features a soldier with an arm around a destitute child on the left and a happy youn... |
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| Description: | Panoramic street view, with small groups of people scattered about, and standing on the sidewalks near buildings lining the unpaved street. On the sides of... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms strums a guitar, with one foot resting on the bumper of a car at 629 Milton Street. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of people in a park along the shoreline waiting for the White Bass run. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Children and two women, possibly a school group, work with hand tools in an urban garden. An elevated railroad is in the background, along with the Acme St... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View from above of spectators watching men play doubles tennis at a downtown tennis court. There is a water tower in the background. |
| Date: | 06 1967 |
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| Description: | Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 300 block of State Street. Businesses include: Montgomery Ward (on North Henry Street), Colonial Shoppe E... |
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| Description: | View across road of the exterior of a Red Crown Gasoline station and repair shop. A worker poses while holding a push lawn mower. There is a tire display a... |
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| Description: | View across road of a man with his horse outside the Bar Room. There is a large circus advertisement with elephants and lions painted on the wall of the bu... |
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| Description: | A group of young women sit on the grass at a park. There is a monument in the park. A man stands near the Cottage Grove train depot in the background. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | International KR-11 truck with semi-trailer (semi-truck) parked on a rural road. The truck was owned and operated by West Motor Freight of Boyertown, Penns... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk towards a sign that says "... and Lodging England's" for a boarding house is on the extreme left. Next to the sign is a building with a ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View across street of commercial buildings, with a tree-lined hill in the far background. A group of men and women are standing on the porch of the brick b... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the front of the Hotel Ogden located at 149 East Wilson Street. Three men wearing suits are relaxing on the porch, with two men sitting on... |
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