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| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting New York Central Lines railway and the area of New England, deemed "America's Historic Summerland" in the poster. Featurin... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting California as a summer's destination to be reached by train. The poster features a woman in a vibrant yellow dress overloo... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting Alaska, and to get there by way of the the Northern Pacific Railway. Features the artwork of Sydney Laurence, with a depic... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting the S.S. Leviathan as the "World's Largest Ship." The poster depicts an elevated view of a large number of tourists... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Emergency label for Ocean View Early June Peas printed over an unused wax beans label. The label shows a bowl of cut wax beans on one side and a view of th... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of grid-plotted farm fields with a few cows grazing. The ocean is visible in the background. |
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| Description: | View across shrubs toward a stone historical marker dedicated to Champlain, a Canadian explorer. The marker overlooks the ocean, and a sailboat is visible ... |
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| Description: | View of the beach in front of the Hotel Clarendon, featuring swimmers, benches, and shade-structures made with palm leaves. |
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| Description: | View of the Bonnet Shores Club atop a cliff overlooking the ocean. |
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| Description: | View across water toward the shore. People are rowing a boat in the foreground, and people are standing on a rock near the shore. In the background are hou... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of an oceanfront residence, featuring a modern flat-roofed structure. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of golf links featuring Squaw Island in the distance. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A view of a shoreline. Caption reads: "Part of the homestead plat and waterfront. Prudence Island." Along the left is a rock wall, and a house in the dista... |
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| Description: | View of part of an old boat frame, presumably from a shipwreck at Point Judith. A group of people are sitting and standing near the frame of the boat on th... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View along top of rocky cliff toward a home on the right overlooking the ocean, with a large building further down the curving shoreline in the distance. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of Anemone Cave and crashing waves, surrounded by coastal rock formations. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View along rocky coastline with crashing waves. Buildings are along the shoreline in the distance. Caption reads: "View from Ye Headland Inn. Trefethen, Ma... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View along top of cliff toward cottages along a rocky coast. A large building is in the distance on the right. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a fisherman's shanty along the shoreline surrounded by rocks. At the shoreline is a man and numerous boats pulled ashore. Caption reads: "... |
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