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Grand Avenue

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Description: Elevated view of Grand Avenue. A number of horse-drawn carriages are lined up near a bridge.
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Silverstone, My Tailor

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Description: A boy on a Milwaukee street is driving a goat cart with an advertisement for Silverstone the tailor. Several on-lookers are watching from the left hand sid...
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Looking up Grand Avenue

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Description: Elevated view over bridge and river looking up Grand Avenue. Pedestrians, horse-drawn vehicles and a street car are in the foreground.
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Landscape View with River and Riverboat

Date: 1858
Description: Lithograph view of river with a riverboat on the river, and a family on a hill above the river. There is a wagon or cart on the road below the hill.
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Cassville Brewery

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the brewery dwarfed by the overhead bluffs. The brewery was built by William Schmitz. George Scheibl ran the brewery from 1899 until his d...
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Billboards on Water Street

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Description: Billboards with advertising for the "Georgia Up-To-Date Minstrels" at the Opera House on Saturday, April 7. Bridge visible to the left. The J.J. McGillivra...
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Horse and Wagon on Plank Bridge

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Description: Horses and wagons passing over a plank bridge. Woman driving the lead wagon pulled by a single horse, and a man and another obscured person in the second w...
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Joys Building and Surrounding Construction

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Description: Elevated view of west side of N. Water Street between E. Buffalo and E. Chicago Streets, featuring the Joys Building, with a contruction area in foreground...
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Carriage on Bridge

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Description: A woman driving a carriage pulled by a horse crosses a bridge.
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Horse-Drawn Vehicle on Bridge

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Description: A woman poses in a carriage that is pulled by a one horse team while crossing a bridge.
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Buggy Crossing Bridge

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Description: A woman poses sitting in a buggy pulled by a team of two horses on a bridge, possibly the old Irving Bridge.
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Carriages Crossing Bridge

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Description: Several families in carriages cross a bridge with a high railing, possibly the Levi Creek Bridge.
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Spring Street Bridge

Date: 1854
Description: A horse-drawn carriage is crossing the bridge. Right of center is the S. Ball's Candy Store.
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Men Talking at Bridge

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Description: Two men standing on a wooden bridge holding rifles, with a horse-drawn carriage in the background.
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Horse-Drawn Carriage on Bridge

Date: 1899
Description: A woman drives a horse-drawn carriage over a rustic, wooden bridge.
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Berwick-Nescopeck Bridge

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Description: The Nescopeck view down the Berwick-Nescopeck Bridge showing pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage.
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Mississippi Riverboat Landing

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Description: View from shoreline towards a docked Mississippi riverboat. Passengers are disembarking from the ship, and a large crowd is gathered on shore, with some pe...
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High Street and the Public Walk

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Description: A view of High Street and the Public Walk. In the right foreground is a girl sitting on a group of large rocks while a dog stands in front of the rocks. In...
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Campbell's Mill and Water Street Bridge

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Description: A view of Campbell's Mill and the Water Street Bridge in the background on the right. There is a railroad car and several men driving horse-drawn wagons on...
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Threshing

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Description: A threshing scene during harvest time. In the background, the separater tender stands on the thresher overseeing the whole operation. He has a weighing dev...

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