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| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of The Cumberland Hotel. The hotel opened in March of 1891 and was demolished in 1965. |
| Date: | 10 10 1949 |
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| Description: | Workers repair an electrical pole that was partially blown over during a wind storm. The photograph was taken at the intersection of Regent Street and West... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Ward Hotel from road. Sign painted on roof of turret says, "Hotel Ward." A large group of men, two women, and a dog, are posing on the sidewalk... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Exterior of Central Hotel on corner lot from street. There is a dog lying on the porch on the left, and a man relaxing in a chair with his feet on a post o... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A copy of an old photograph of the W. McAuley Halfway House, an inn between Prairie du Chien and Viroqua. Mr. McAuley sits on a chair while a granddaughter... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A large, two-story wood building with nine over six windows identified as an inn; at the time of the photograph it served as the Butte des Morts Post Offic... |
| Date: | 08 20 1935 |
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| Description: | Two men stand beside an International C-1 station wagon ("woody") owned by Hotel Marblehead. Men and women passengers sit inside the vehicle along with the... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View across street of several commercial buildings in a downtown area. The stone building in the foreground is nearly covered by vines and is identified as... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View from road of a two-story brick structure identified as the Melchior Hotel. See also image 67069. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Men stand on the street level porch and women on the second floor wrap-around balcony of the Alba House. A sign on the railing advertises a harness shop. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Men with horses and buggies pose in front of a three-story wooden building identified as the Angier House by a sign painted on the clapboards. Women look o... |
| Date: | 06 26 1950 |
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| Description: | Six sorority alumnae who were hostesses for the marionette party at the Edgewater Hotel pose for a portrait around a banquet table. Left to right are: Mrs.... |
| Date: | 08 04 1925 |
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| Description: | View from across street of three-story, classical revival, Bay State House. There is a side wing and a two-story porch across the front. An automobile is p... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | This old hotel was known variously as the Park, Brick, or Circus hotel and dates from the 1870s. The large brick structure has a front gable with fancy shi... |
| Date: | 07 1925 |
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| Description: | This substantial wooden hotel in the classical revival style has a large wing in the rear and another on the right. A wrap-around porch unifies the buildin... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The brick, Italianate style Fox House hotel in Columbus. There are brackets under the overhang and a large belvidere. A sign on the building advertises Coc... |
| Date: | 08 05 1925 |
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| Description: | The Melchior Hotel on the Mississippi River, with the "brewery at near end." There is a prominent stone portion at right center with several wings or addit... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A three-story wooden structure with front porch identified as the Ward Hotel by a large sign on the front of the building. Several automobiles are parked d... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | A copy of an older illustration of the Sauganash Tavern, located on Lake Street in Chicago near Market. It was "built in 1831 by Mark Beaubien, who claimed... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A reproduction of an early print of a long, two-story wooden building with a front porch identified as the Tyler House. A man drives a horse-drawn wagon in... |
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