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Healy's Market and Bakery Van

Date: 1941
Description: A white International Metro owned by Borck and Stevens bakery is parked in front of the market which is on a street corner. The brick building has two elec...
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Children on a Rocky Beach

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Description: View toward children playing on a beach among large rocks, with beach houses and trees in the background.
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Swan Avenue

Date: 1910
Description: A view of homes on Swan Avenue. Most prominent are the screened porches that cover the facade of the homes. Two women are walingk down the sidewalk toward ...
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Homes on Swan Avenue

Date: 1910
Description: View down unpaved road with homes along the left of Swan Avenue. Trees line the right side, and the backs of homes on another street are on the right.
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Street Scene

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Description: View from unpaved road toward houses down a side dirt road leading toward a beach in the background. A man stands on the porch of the house in the left for...
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Cottages

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Description: A street view of cottages, with a boardwalk and a fence in the foreground. Houses line both sides of the unpaved road.
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Home of Justice Louis Busker

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Description: View toward the home of Justice Louis Busker. The second floor is obscured by trees, and a horse-drawn carriage and outbuildings are on the right.
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House and Flower Bed

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Description: View of a large house with an extensive balustrade, trees and a flower bed in the foreground including irises and foxgloves.
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Oyster River Supply Store

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Description: Exterior view of Oyster River Supply Store, a small rural general store selling groceries and other items. Signage reads "Groceries, Confectionery, Soda Wa...
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Camp Meeting Grounds

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Description: View of the meeting grounds of Willimantic Camp Meeting Association, established in 1860. Two women walk toward the foreground on Prospect Avenue, a dirt r...
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Camp Meeting Grounds

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Description: View of the camp meeting grounds of the Willimantic Camp Meeting Association, established in 1860. Adults and children gather around Cartwright Avenue near...
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Camp Meeting Grounds

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Description: View of the camp meeting grounds of the Willimantic Camp Meeting Association, established in 1860. Women and a child gather near a row of homes on Wesley C...
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Camp Grounds Store

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Description: View of the campgrounds store of the Willimantic Camp Meeting Association, established in 1860. A man, woman, and child stand at the porch of the store, un...
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Lauralton Hall at Academy of Our Lady of Mercy

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Description: Exterior of Lauralton Hall, founded in 1905 by the Sisters of Mercy. The large building exhibits a porch and an ivy-covered stone shelter with arches on ea...
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Trolley Day 1908

Date: 09 01 1908
Description: View from lawn toward the street where a trolley runs, and horse-drawn vehicles parked along the curbs. People stand on the lawns and on porches, facing to...
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Vacationers on a Resort Beach

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a beach and houses that line the shore. People sit on the beach, and a woman in the foreground wades in the water.
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Vacationers on a Resort Beach

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Description: View along shoreline toward people relaxing on a beach lined with vacation houses. Groups of men and women are standing or sitting, some wearing street clo...
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Vacationers on a Resort Beach

Date: 1910
Description: View of a resort shoreline lined with vacation houses. People walk along the beach, swim, and sit on the sand or on an elevated boardwalk near the water.
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Palace House

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Description: A view across a lawn towards the Palace House, located on Sound View Avenue. Two women and a man sit in rocking chairs on the porch, while children play in...
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Sound View Avenue

Date: 1910
Description: An automobile is driving down a dirt road between two-story houses that line either side of Sound View Avenue. Two children are playing on the sidewalk to ...

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