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Man at Desk

Date: 1895
Description: A man, possibly John Forbes, working at a roll-top desk in his office over the old Fire Hall. A dog is sitting on a chair in the lower left. Books on the s...
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Workmen Installing Telephone Poles

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Description: Workmen erecting a telephone pole with a horse team.
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Group of Young Children

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Description: Group portrait of ten young children. Some of the children are posing standing on and around a staircase, and the others are sitting and standing on a sofa...
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Men in Office

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Description: Man posing sitting and a man posing standing in a office behind a counter with a wire window for customers. Equipment in the office includes an adding mach...
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Tom Roddy and Boy

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Description: Indoor portrait of a European American man posing sitting on a sofa on the left, next to a European American child posing standing in the center. The room ...
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Switchboard Operators at the Telephone Exchange Office

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Description: Indoor group portrait of an office space. with two women posing sitting at a telephone switchboard, and another woman posing standing. The woman standing i...
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Group Posing in front of the Post Office

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of two men displaying two teams of two horses which are hitched to buggies in front of a post office building. A group of people are...

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