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Capital Times Newspaper Carrriers

Date: 06 16 1933
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Capital Times newspaper carriers.
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Big Horn Ditch Head Gate

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Description: The head gate at the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming. Men are working with cranes near a tent with a chimney spewing out smoke.
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Taliesin

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Description: Exterior view of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's residence and studio. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin. Caption reads: "'Fran...
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Railroad Shops Under Construction

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Description: Shops under construction for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha railroad lines. Men are working with a horse-drawn wagon in the right foreground...
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High Water in Camp at Power Dam

Date: 10 12 1911
Description: High water has scattered timber pilings through the construction camp. The office is on the right; the smokestacks of the temporary power plant are behind ...
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Garland at West Salem Family Home

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Description: Informal portrait of writer Hamlin Garland at his family home in West Salem. The woman with him has been tentatively identified as his daughter, Mary Isabe...
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Fish Stocking Car

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Description: Exterior view of a fish stocking railroad car. Two men are standing at an open doorway of the car, and another man is standing on the ground on the right.
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MEC&MC Gantry Crane with Auxiliary Hoist

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company gantry crane unloading railroad cars at the Fisher Body Co. There is a sign that reads "The Milwaukee Cran...
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Bureau of Sewers Dump Truck

Date: 12 01 1937
Description: A man parking an International D-30 dump truck used by the Bureau of Sewers near a river or harbor. On the opposite shore in the background are buildings, ...
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Tree Surgeon Truck

Date: 1939
Description: An International D-300 truck owned by P. Hansling & Son Hartford Forestry Company Tree Surgeons is parked in the drive of a home with a large chimney. A ma...
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Three Men

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Description: Close-up portrait of three men standing outdoors near a house. From left to right: Walter White Drew, Frank O. King, and Bill Gannon. Walter White Drew was...
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Homestead of Walt Whitman

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Description: A view of the homestead poet Walt Whitman. Text below the image reads "Walt Whitman's homestead, Walt Whitman born at West Hills May 31, 1819. Died at Camd...
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Plymouth in 1622

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Description: Men work outside dwellings along a shoreline in a reproduction of a painting by W.L. Williams. Copyright by A.S. Burbank, 1891.
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Home of Governor Bradford

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Description: Reproduction of a painting by W.L. Williams of the home of Governor Bradford in 1621. Exterior view features logs, a thatched roof, a chimney, and a surro...
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VIew from B. & O. Station

Date: 1925
Description: View from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station, established in 1830. The city's dwellings and establishments can be seen on a hillside from the railroa...
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General Town View

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Description: Elevated view of the town and surrounding area. The brick building at the photograph's bottom center is labeled "Geren, Rish Art Studio" and was built in ...
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World War Monument and County Clerk's Office

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Description: View of a World War I Monument outside of the County Clerk's Office. To the left of the colonnaded Clerk's Office, the Old Courthouse, built in 1895, can ...
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Post Office, Jefferson, Massachusetts

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Description: View of the post office, a small shingled house exterior.
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Solomon Juneau House

Date: 11 1987
Description: "A workman was photographed as final touches were being completed on the reshingled roof of the Solomon Juneau Home."
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Office of W.J. Young & Co. Steam Gang Saw Mill

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Description: Albumen print of the office of the W.J. Young & Co. Steam Gang Saw Mill. Several people are standing on the porch and a nearby wooden structure. A horse-dr...

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