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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of tables, chairs, and umbrellas arranged on a hotel lawn near a boat dock. People mill about on the dock, and two women are sitting beneath ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View toward bathing beach and seashore, with people sunbathing near umbrellas and wading in the water. Summer homes are in the background on the cliffs alo... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View along rocky shoreline towards adults and children on the seashore, nde wading in the water. In the distance are cottages and other buildings, possibly... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View along beach toward sunbathers sitting and walking along the seashore. A line of automobiles are parked alongside the beach, separated from the sand by... |
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| Description: | A view of a row of wooden vacation homes bordering a wooded area. In the foreground a woman sits on her front porch and looks toward the camera. Others peo... |
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| Description: | A view of the inn, casino, and other structures at The Oakbirch Inn and Casino taken from a tree-lined road. A man sits in the passenger side of a car park... |
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| Description: | View across yard toward a three-story home surrounded by trees. The pillars of the two-story porch and the corners of the structure resemble Corinthian col... |
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| Description: | Uniformed men play billiards and relax in the Central Park Officers House. The room includes two billiard tables, chandeliers, and other interior decoratio... |
| Date: | 2006 |
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| Description: | Father and two children stopped at an intersection while on a bike ride. |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms and Bert Rogers sit on a lawn with three children. Some of them are eating popsicles. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Friends of Lewis Arms enjoy beer at a party at Brittingham Park. Seated on the ground from left to right are: Elinora (mother of Lewis Arms, Jr.), Hattie, ... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Five people sitting on a sidewalk outside of a building. A woman stands on a stoop in the doorway. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Nellie Arms relaxes with a cold Schlitz beer at Lewis Arms' home on Williamson Street. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Group of twelve people, including Nina Dousman, gathered around a table outdoors, with a fountain spouting water in the background. Four people play cards ... |
| Date: | 08 1931 |
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| Description: | Mrs. L.A. Hawkins sitting on a couch while reading "The Farmer's Wife" magazine in the living room of her home. A fireplace is on the opposite wall, and ch... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Miss Lielle Geddis sitting in a rocking chair while reading an issue of "Country Gentleman" magazine in the living room of her home. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Six men and women and two dogs sitting in the shade at the park. A carved bench is in the foreground, and in the background are houses or cabins. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Row of cabins in Effinger Park. Each has a screened back porch. Picnic tables, sling-back chairs, and a parked car are under the trees on the lawn. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View of two-seat lawn swings amid trees on a lawn. Cabins are along a hill in the background. There is an information center on the far left. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | People rest beneath the shade of trees on benches alongside a path through a park. |
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