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Meat Market with Steer Painted on Wall

Date: 08 28 1966
Description: Kuebler Grocery Company, a meat market with a steer painted on its outside brick wall, on Main Street.
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North Hearing Room Mural

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: The mural depicts a party of Indians on horseback, on an upland, striking the trail (adapted from a photograph, by permission, made in the National Park). ...
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North Hearing Room Mural

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: The mural depicts a trading station on the borders of a lake, the Whites and Indians are bargaining for furs, and the canoe is the means of transportation....
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Colonial Period Travel by State Coach

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: Colonial period travel by stagecoach which is halted at an inn and the horses are being changed, some of the passengers are getting off, one of four murals...
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North Hearing Room Mural

Date: 02 04 1945
Description: The mural depicts a 1915 harbor scene with a steamship, railway train, automobile, and airplane. One of four murals by Charles Yardley Turner, representing...
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North Reading Room Mural

Date: 10 03 1934
Description: Mural depicting a party of Indians on horseback, on an upland, striking the trail (adapted from a photograph, by permission, made in the National Park). On...
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Heick Transfer Company Booth at ESBMA Fall Festival

Date: 09 11 1929
Description: Detlev C. Heick Transfer Company, booth at ESBMA fall festival. The booth is featuring a Heick toy truck and other toy vehicles.
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Arnold Gesell with Tricycle

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Arnold Gesell with a large tricycle.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick with Son Shirley

Date: 1898
Description: Studio portrait of a man, woman, and child sitting in a rowboat in front of a painted backdrop. Probably Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick and their son, Sh...
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Two Men in Boat

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Description: Tintype (ferrotype), studio portrait of two men in a boat in front of a painted backdrop.
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Mifflin Street Community Co-op

Date: 1974
Description: 32 North Bassett Street at Mifflin Street, showing a mural on the west facade of the Mifflin Street Community Co-op. The building has been continuously uti...
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Three Children with Tricycle

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Description: Studio portrait of three children posing in front of a painted backdrop. Two children are standing, and one holds an umbrella and the other a doll. The oth...
Postcard

Young Boy with Tricycle

Date: 1908
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young boy with a tricycle.
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Maynard Meyer Office Building

Date: 1958
Description: Designed by Maynard Meyer, architect. The one-story building has a mural near the entrance, and a pierced wall on the other. To the right is a restaurant, ...
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Mifflin Street Co-op Mural

Date: 1987
Description: Mifflin Street Co-op mural.
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Mifflin Street Co-op Mural

Date: 1987
Description: People working on the Mifflin Street Co-op mural.
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Portrait of a Dog

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Description: An American Water Spaniel, poses in the Van Schaick photography studio in front of a painted backdrop. There is a sign for "C.J. Van Schaick Photographer."...
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Portrait of Man and Infant

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Description: A studio portrait of a man standing and holding a bicycle with an infant in a basket near the handlebars in front of a painted backdrop. The man is wearing...
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Portrait of Couple and Infant in Painted Rowboat

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Description: A studio portrait of a couple and an infant sit behind a board painted with a decorative rowboat in front of a painted backdrop. The man and woman are both...
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Two Women in Painted Rowboat

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Description: Two women in hats sit behind a board painted with a decorative rowboat for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop.

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