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"Hearthstone"

Date: 1974
Description: "Hearthstone," a house built in 1880-1882 by paper mill owner Henry J. Rogers, was the first residence electrified from a centrally located hydroelectric p...
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P&H Concrete Breaker

Date: 04 15 1916
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger concrete breaker on a residential street with a operator in the cab. Men are working in the street, and trees and power lines are l...
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Row of Homes

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Description: Children standing in the rear of a row of homes.
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Row of Homes

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Description: Several people sit on the porches of a row of homes in a company town of Consolidated Coal Company.
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Street of Newly Built Homes

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Description: View of a street with largely identical newly built houses in a company town of Pepperell Manufacturing Company. The street and yards are dirt, and trees h...
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Methodist Evangelical Church

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Description: Exterior view from across road of the Methodist Evangelical Church. The building has arched windows and a bell tower. Above the entrance is a round window...
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View of Madison

Date: 1905
Description: View of Madison in the far distance taken from the third floor of a home at 216 Campbell Street, in University Heights. There is a power line suspended in ...
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Residence Scenery

Date: 1907
Description: Text on the front reads: "Residence Scenery, Seymour, Wis." Handwritten on the back: "Residence of Dr. Hittner, about the turn of the century, 1900-1910." ...

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