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View of Men Posing at Entrance to 508 State Street

Date: 1883
Description: View from street of John Hess and Froderick Schmitz and a horse on the sidewalk in front of the entrance to 508 State Street, the Hess and Schmitz Livery B...
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Plowing after Pittsburgh Snowstorm

Date: 1945
Description: International (or Farmall?) tractor with Trojan Vee-plow removing snow in Pittsburgh. Original caption reads: "In a recent big snow storm which snarled Pit...
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Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View down Main Street. On the right is a general store, and Livery/Hardware building with horse-drawn carts parked in the street in front. A group of men a...
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Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View down center of Main Street which is unpaved. A young girl wearing a bonnet is standing in the road on the right, near another child standing at the co...
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Clowns at Cheese Day

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: A line of clowns and assorted pantomime animals dressed up for Cheese Day. The animals include; a horse, a woodchuck, a bear, a giraffe and an elephant. A ...
Postcard

Hotel and Feed Barn

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Description: Photographic postcard of view across muddy road of a man wearing a suit and standing on the porch of the two-story Hotel and Feed Barn. Two signs next to h...
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Barn for the Freeman Hotel

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Description: Elevated view of a two-story wooden barn, with trees and a school building in the background. The barn is identified as the barn for the Freeman Hotel, beh...
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Residence of H.A. Bright; Formerly the United States Hotel

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Description: View along fence and driveway towards a large white two-story wooden building with a porch and balcony. Several individuals are standing at different point...
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View of Unidentified Residence and Unidentified People

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Description: View towards a two-story wooden house. Three women and a boy are standing at the fence in front. A wooden structure is on the left.
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Outdoor Group Portrait of People in front of Unidentified Residence and Stable

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Description: View across unpaved road and fence towards a group of people posing in front of a two-story wooden dwelling on the left, and a stable. on the right. A man ...
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The Fashion Boarding Stables

Date: 1902
Description: View across street towards the Fashion Boarding Stables, also called The Fashion Livery, located at 219-223 E. Washington Avenue on the corner at E. Butler...
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Farm Scene

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Description: View of a farm, with a man posing with a horse on the left in front of a fence. A woman is sitting on the porch of the farmhouse. Two horses with a buggy a...
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Empire Brewery

Date: 1883
Description: View across State Street towards two buildings, with, on the left, the Hess & Schmitz Livery Boarding and Sale Stable, and on the right the Empire Brewery....
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Brown and Nevin Livery

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Description: View across street towards people posing in front of the Brown and Nevin Livery, Boarding and Stables at 508 State Street. There are trees along the sidewa...
Postcard

Fox Lake Hotel

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Fox Lake Hotel, with several guests on the porch and balcony. Horses and buggies are in the street. The Fox Lake Livery Stable is next...
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Damage from a Cyclone

Date: 07 08 1885
Description: Stereograph of the aftermath of a cyclone. The debris may be the remains of a stable. In the foreground is a dead horse, with the remains of a buggy and a ...
Postcard

State Forestry Buildings at Rest Lake

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Description: View towards a group of buildings across a road, housing state forestry offices, stables and storage. A watchtower is on a hill. Caption reads: "State Fore...

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