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Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
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Steamboat "Lavelle Young"

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Description: Elevated view of the steamboat "Lavelle Young" landing in Fairbanks as a crowd of people are looking on. Text on photograph reads: "Steamer 'Lavelle Young'...
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Derby Diversion Dam

Date: 1903
Description: Elevated view of Derby Diversion Dam with a crowd gathered on the rim of the dam and individuals standing along its top. A train cuts across the horizon in...
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Passengers Arriving on White Pass Steamer

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Description: View of passengers disembarking from a White Pass steamer ship in Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada. The ship is marked: "Dawson." Piled wood is on the front...
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People Around Crucifixion, Mt. Scopus in Distance #1714

Date: 1893
Description: A depiction of Jerusalem on the day of Jesus' crucifixion. A busy landscape of people, animals, and shelters. Mount Scopus is in the distance. Text at righ...
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Mount of Olives, Tower of Antonia and Temple #1703

Date: 1893
Description: A depiction of Jerusalem on the day of Jesus' crucifixion. In the foreground is a crowd of people, animals, and tents. There is also a group of solders wi...
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Old Cistern, Mts. Mizpeh and Emmans in Distance #1710

Date: 1893
Description: A depiction of Jerusalem on the day of Jesus' crucifixion. Mount Mizpeh and Emmaus are in the distance. Text at right: "Wanderings Among the Wonders and Be...
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Robert Kennedy in Hong Kong

Date: 1962
Description: Robert Kennedy, then attorney general, surrounded by young people during a visit to Hong Kong. Kennedy was traveling in Southeast Asia, and the tall white-...
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Street View of Cape Town

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated street view of Cape Town, South Africa. Wagons, cars, people, and animals can be seen in the streets, and mountains in the background.
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City Hall

Date: 1910
Description: City Hall in Cape Town, South Africa. In the background are mountains.
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Seward Welcomes the Wisconsin — Michigan Colonists

Date: 05 1935
Description: Group of people on dock to welcome the pioneers. A woman standing on the dock on the right appears to be holding a camera at her waist. One of a group of i...
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Arville Schaleben at the Matanuska 50th Anniversary

Date: 06 09 1985
Description: Arville Schaleben at the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Matanuska Valley Colony. Text on back of photograph reads: "Harry M. Campbell, Sr., Arvill...
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Matanuska Railroad Station

Date: 07 18 1935
Description: Elevated view of people on the platform at the railroad station. Caption with negative reads: "Alaska's tourist season at height — McKinley park route tour...
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Col. O.F. Ohlson and Don Irwin

Date: 05 23 1935
Description: View over heads of crowd towards two men standing above the the crowd. There are tents behind them, and mountains in the distance. Caption could be: "Same ...
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Palmer Cooperative Building — Now Ale House

Date: 06 2019
Description: Crowd of people on a patio at the Alehouse in Palmer. The building used to be the part of the cooperative. The buildings of the Matanuska Valley Farmers Co...

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