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Poster

War Bonds Advertising Poster

Date: 1949
Description: Advertising poster for International trucks promoting United States government bonds. Features a color illustration of an International K-line truck pullin...
Photograph

Sharing a Drink of Water

Date: 07 20 1987
Description: A little girl offers her place at a fountain to a large Newfoundland-mix dog who takes a drink on a hot day.
Photograph

Bomb Explodes at Haymarket Square Rally

Date: 05 04 1886
Description: A photograph of a painting depicting the bomb exploding at police as they approach the wagon to tell the crowd to disperse from Haymarket Square. Shrapnel ...
Postcard

Public Square in Stevens Point

Date: 1905
Description: Slightly elevated view of the public square in downtown Stevens Point with a crowd of people and animals in the foreground. Caption reads: "Public Square, ...
Postcard

Market Square, Stevens Point

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Market Square, crowded with animals and people. Caption reads: "Weekly Public Market Scene, Stevens Point, Wis."
Postcard

Public Square

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of the public square, looking south. Caption reads: "Public Square, Ripon, Wis., Looking South."
Photograph

Monument Square

Date: 1885
Description: View of Monument Square.
Postcard

Monument Square

Date: 1905
Description: View of Monument Square. Caption reads: "Monument Square — Racine, Wis."
Postcard

Lincoln Memorial Bridge

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Description: Elevated view of Lincoln Memorial Bridge and plaza area. Lake Michigan is in the background, railroad tracks are below the bridge. Trees and grass surround...
Photograph

Columbus Cathedral

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Description: A view of the Baroque-style Columbus Cathedral in Havana, Cuba from the plaza in front. The plaza has numerous horse-drawn carriages and the cathedral has...
Photograph

Playland

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Description: A view of Playland, an amusement center with a fountain, a plaza and a casino. Pedestrians stroll across the plaza and three flags fly above the sprawling...
Photograph

City Park Plaza

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Description: An elevated view of a city park plaza featuring a fountain, stone walkways and stairs and a central domed stone building.
Photograph

Horses and Carts in a Public Square

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Description: Elevated view of horses and carts on a public square. Business signs read: "Kyle's Furniture" "Brady & Black Hardware Co." "SHBRR" "R.L. McKnight Grocer" "...
Photograph

Jarvis Plaza

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Description: A lighted brick platform in Jarvis Plaza with Mercy Hospital in the background. Paved paths lead to the central platform and parkgoers relax on benches.
Photograph

Stark County Court House and Public Square

Date: 1910
Description: A corner view of the Courthouse and public square. Utility lines are visible. Baers Stationers.
Photograph

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....
Photograph

Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial

Date: 1913
Description: Elevated view of shoreline, waterfront buildings, boat-dotted bay and Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial. The pink-marble, column-shaped monu...
Photograph

Queen Elizabeth 2, Hudson River

Date: 1968
Description: A small crowd mills about a cobblestone plaza near a brick building on the wharf adjacent to the Hudson River. The Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise ship is ...
Photograph

Court Square in Business District

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Description: Elevated view of a public square in a business district. Automobiles, pedestrians, and horses and carriages surround a large figural fountain which was ere...
Photograph

Juarez Plaza

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Description: View of Juarez Plaza, a fashionable park square featuring a monument and an elaborately decorated bandstand. People gather on park benches and stand near t...

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