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Iowa Odd Fellows Orphans' Home

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Description: A composite photograph showing two images of Iowa Odd Fellows Orphans' Home. The upper right photograph is a view of the children and adults at the dining ...
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Connecticut Hall of Yale University

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Description: Engraving of Connecticut Hall, Yale's first permanent building, completed in 1752. The engraving shows a front view of the original Yale building, and a fe...
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Girls' Friendly Society Holiday House

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Description: A group of girls and women sit on the porch of the Holiday House of the Girls' Friendly Society while others sit inside an automobile at right to pose for ...
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Christmas Greetings

Date: 1926
Description: Holiday card with two parts. The main card is red paper with gold foliage printed on the outside. "Christmas Greetings" is printed on the bottom in black u...
Postcard

People with Flags Posing in front of House

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Description: Photographic postcard of group of people posing in front of a two-story wooden home with a large porch on which American Flags are displayed. A windmill st...
Postcard

People Posing in front of Lake House

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Description: Photographic postcard view of a group of men, children and a dog posing in front of Lake House. Another man with two children are sitting on the porch step...
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Black Out Curtains

Date: 1942
Description: Publicity photograph of a woman hanging blackout curtains, with the assistance of her young daughter. The photograph was taken to provide illustration for ...
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Main Street

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Description: A posed group of townspeople stand outside storefronts on Main Street.
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Street Scene

Date: 1905
Description: View down a street filled with pedestrians who walk by stores and small businesses.
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Street Scene

Date: 1905
Description: View down a street filled with pedestrians passing stores and small businesses.
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Sullivan County Courthouse

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Description: View of the Sullivan County Courthouse, built in 1909. Three young boys read a newspaper on a park bench in front of the building while a man drinks from a...
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Residential Street Scene

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Description: View down a residential street with 'Cape Cod' architecture. The Pilgrim Monument, built between 1907 and 1910, looms in the background.
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Residential District

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Description: View of homes built closely together along a street in the residential district.
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Mason Street

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Description: View down Mason Street featuring Trinity Methodist Church at the Cedar Street intersection. The Gothic structure was built in 1898. Published by Parish &...
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Narrow Residential Lane

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Description: View of four men and a boy walking down a narrow lane lined with homes and a picket fence.
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street, lined with residences.
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Christmas Address

Date: 1920
Description: Men and children gather around a man giving a Christmas address. Coweta County Courthouse can be seen beyond the crowd, a Neoclassical Revival building des...
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Number Nine Public School

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Description: View of children playing at the Zabriskie Playground outside Number Nine Public School. The playground is found at the intersection of Mercer and Wayne St...
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Public School Number Six

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Description: Children stand on the sidewalk outside Public School Number Six, a tall brick building on a city block.
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Central Ward School

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Description: Exterior of Central Ward School, a brick building featuring a central colonnaded tower. Children can be seen near the playground outside the school.

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