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Kleinstueber Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F...
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Children's Home

Date: 1910
Description: A view of children piled in a horse-drawn wagon in front of a children's home. The wagon reads, "Springfield Creamery Co." Women wait on the front steps of...
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William Irvine and Child in Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 1900
Description: Winter scene with William Irvine (1851-1927) seated in his sleigh next to his daughter Ruth (1891-1987) wearing a hat and wrapped in furs, Chippewa Falls, ...
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State Street, Erie, Pennsylvania

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Description: View down State Street featuring cable cars, horse-drawn carriages, and bicycles. Pedestrians pass by shops and the Marine National Bank on the right, kno...
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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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Street Scene

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Description: View down a street lined with small shops and restaurants.
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Business District

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Description: Pedestrians pass by stores and small businesses in a central business district.
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North Adams Railroad Station

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Description: Exterior of North Adams Railroad Station, built in 1871. A horse-drawn coach can be seen beside the tracks.
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Street Scene

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Description: View down street with three or four commercial buildings. On the right is a sign for a telephone pay station on a two-story clapboard building, and behind ...
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Main Street Looking South

Date: 1911
Description: View down center of Main Street. On the left is a storefront with large display windows and a barrel near the entrance. In front is a horse and buggy hitch...
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Monroe Street

Date: 1912
Description: View from intersection of businesses along the left side of Monroe Street. A group of men are standing at the door of the drugstore on the corner, which ha...
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Street Scene

Date: 1915
Description: View down street in the central business district. Automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles are parked along the curbs. Businesses line the street on both side...
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Fountain Spring House Menu

Date: 08 01 1889
Description: Exterior and interior menu listing of the Fountain Spring House, with visitors strolling the grounds of a tree-filled park with the hotel in the background...
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Convoy

Date: 1918
Description: View down snowy street towards a group of people gathered outdoors. Horses with sleighs are parked in front of some of the buildings, which are of log cons...
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Street Scene with Carriages

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide of an elevated view of a street scene which includes an assortment of carriages. In her journal of Ceylon, Carrie Chapman Catt r...
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Excelsior Shoe & Slipper Co.

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Description: Exterior view across lawn toward a group of people standing on the front walkway of the building. A horse and buggy are parked near the back of the buildin...
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Engelbright Hotel

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Engelbright Hotel, Ripon, Wis." The Hotel stands on an unpaved street with a sidewalk in front. A horse and buggy are on the right. T...
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Main Street Looking East

Date: 10 04 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street Looking East, Stoughton, Wis." A busy street lined with sidewalks and businesses. Horse-drawn vehicles are pulled to the...

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