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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A large group of veterans eating in the dining hall at the National Military Home, which opened in 1867. Men in white hats and uniforms serve a meal to the... |
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| Description: | View of a young girl presenting a crown of flowers to a woman who will place it on the statue of Mary at Holy Family Academy, built in 1909. A pew is in th... |
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| Description: | View toward a preacher's stand at the meeting grounds of the Willimantic Camp Meeting Association, established in 1860. A large group of people sit on outd... |
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| Description: | View from balcony of Ocean Grove Auditorium, built in 1894. The vast seating provided space for the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association. A platform stands... |
| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | Close-up view of an oil lamp attached too close to the wall of the International Harvester experimental farm so that a trail of soot stains the wallpaper. |
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| Description: | View up aisle toward the altar in the chapel in Immaculate Heart Academy. Six women wearing veils kneel in pews, facing the altar. Above the altar are the ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the reading room of the First Church of Christ Scientist, built in 1903. A man and a woman are sitting at a table surrounded by chairs and wooden b... |
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| Description: | iew of a woman sitting with a nun in front of a fireplace in the Maude Adams guest house at Our Lady of the Cenacle convent. The room has low wooden ceilin... |
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| Description: | View of a biology laboratory at College Misericordia, established by the Sisters of Mercy on August 15, 1924. There are two rows of tables with lamps, and ... |
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| Description: | A view of the refectory which has a large rectangular table that has a large wooden cross, and a skull. Benches are behind smaller oblong tables that line ... |
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| Description: | View from across a road of a row of buildings of Mary Baldwin Seminary, established in 1842. A stone fence and stairs separate the lawn from the sidewalk. ... |
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| Description: | View of a room filled with portraits and relics from the Civil War. A piano is placed below a window across the room, and the walls are lined with framed p... |
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| Description: | Interior of Memorial Hall at Jefferson College, chartered in 1802. The walls are lined with framed portraits hanging from picture rails, with chairs below.... |
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| Description: | Interior of an art museum. The view includes a bench and table in the middle of the room and walls lined with paintings. Potted plants stand on either side... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Interior of a small library at Saint Joseph's Academy of Maine, opened in 1912. Chairs are gathered around a table near bookcases. In the room are religiou... |
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| Description: | Interior of Wellesley College Library, founded in 1870. The view includes long study tables, and paintings and busts are displayed throughout the room. Boo... |
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| Description: | Interior of a library reading room. A man and two women sit at tables, reading. A door leads out of the room on the left, and windows have open transoms on... |
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| Description: | Interior of the reading room at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, founded by the Sisters of Charity of New York in 1847. Bookshelves line the walls and a... |
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| Description: | Interior of the library at Amalgamated Clothing Workers' Cooperative Village, designed by the architects Springsteen & Goldhammer and completed in 1930. Ta... |
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| Description: | Interior of the library reading room at Holy Angels School, established in 1924. A piano stands against the left wall, and busts, figurines, and bookshelve... |
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