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Bear Town Mountain

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Description: Bear Town Mountain from Cherry Hill. A man and a horse-drawn wagon are posing near homes that are scattered through the valley setting.
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Elevated View of a Settled Valley

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Description: Elevated view of homes in a valley. In the foreground is a mining-car bridge, numerous buildings, and factory smokestacks. Caption reads: "Cambria, WYO."
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Elevated View of a Small Town

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Description: Elevated view of the small town in a rocky and hilly area including houses, roads and the surrounding empty landscape. Caption reads: "Lyons, Colo. A Beaut...
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Elevated View of Mining Community

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of a mining community, including numerous houses, mining structures, and large mounds of gravel material.
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Christmas Greeting Card

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Description: Christmas greeting card featuring a view of a mining town with smokestacks, gravel piles, houses, large buildings and distant mountains. Surrounding the ph...
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Elevated View of Greenback Mining Company

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Description: Elevated view of Greenback Mining Company, located in a valley and surrounded by pine trees. There are mining buildings, a large house, and a man driving a...
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Copper Mining Camp

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Description: Elevated view of a copper mining camp with desert hills in the background. Caption reads: "Greatest Copper Camp in the World, Ely, Nevada."
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Lumbering Town

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Description: Distant elevated view of a lumbering town including a river and surrounding forest. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View of Raymond, Wash."
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Building and Mountains

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Description: View from dirt road of a large brick building in Provo with mountains in the background.
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Cemetery

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Description: A view of a cemetery with wooden crosses and bedsteads used as fences.
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Hotel Claremont

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view from a nearby rooftop of Hotel Claremont and Tremont Square with hills in the background. Caption reads: "Hotel Claremont and Tremont Square....
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Street Scene

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Description: View of a street lined with storefronts and utility lines. An automobile is being driven down the street. Business signs read: "Farmers & Merchants Bank," ...
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Aultman Street

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Description: View of Aultman Street, the main thoroughfare. Mountains are in background. Business signs read: "Shoemaker," "Ely Post Office," "Campton Commercial Co.," ...
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Large Residence in Valley

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Description: View of a large residence surrounded by trees. The mansion sits on a large piece of property with a pond, and a mountainous countryside is in the distance.
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Perrine's Ranch

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Description: View of Perrine's Ranch, located in the vicinity of Twin Falls. A man is crossing a stream filled with large rock boulders. The ranch is on the left side o...
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Native American Tipis

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Description: A view of four Native American tepees. Caption reads: "Indian Tepees, Elko, Nevada."
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Relaxing in the Adirondacks

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Description: A man and woman relaxing in the Adirondack Mountains in New York State. The woman is holding a cat, and a dog is curled up near her feet.
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Pack Animals Loaded for the Mountains

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Description: Donkeys loaded for packing in the Rocky Mountain area. Caption at top reads: "When shall we three meet again?" Caption at bottom reads: "Pack Animals Loade...
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Teams of Horses

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Description: Many teams of horses placing machinery on Palmer Mountain, climbing to 4,291 feet above sea level. Caption reads: "Placing Machinery on Palmer Mountain, Lo...
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Loading a U.S. Ship

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Description: Women loading cargo onto a U.S. ship at St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands by way of baskets balanced on the tops of their heads.

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