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Elevated View of Industrial District

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Description: Elevated view of industrial section of town showing railroad tracks, brick warehouses, smokestacks and the mountains on the outskirts of town in the backgr...
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The Old Powder House

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Description: The Old Powder House, the original site from 1770. A stone building was erected in 1920 in honor of the Pilgrims' descendants and their fight for American ...
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Bancroft Tower

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Description: A view of Bancroft Tower, a Romanesque style stone building in open country, from the front drive.
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Yacht Club

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Description: View along shoreline toward the Falmouth Yacht Club. Boats are pulled ashore in the grass in the foreground.
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Golf Links

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Description: Elevated view of golf links featuring Squaw Island in the distance.
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National Monument to the Forefathers

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Description: A view of the National Monument to the Forefathers, formerly the Pilgrims monument. The stone structure has three pedestals at the base with seated statues...
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Castle Rock

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Description: Elevated view of Castle Rock, located on the coast, with numerous people looking out over the water. Caption reads: "Castle Rock, Marblehead, Mass."
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Myles Standish Statue

Date: 1892
Description: Close-up of a statue of Captain Myles Standish, a military leader of the Plymouth Colony. Begun in 1892, the statue depicts Standish grasping his sword in...
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The Newsboy Statue and Fountain

Date: 1895
Description: View of a statue and fountain in a grassy park depicting a boy selling a newspaper. Installed in 1895 and funded by Colonel William L. Brown, the statue c...
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Farmington and Hampshire Canal

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Description: View of the Farmington and Hampshire canal lined with factories and a road. The American Writing Paper Company is on the left.
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Old Burial Hill

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Description: A view of Old Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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Harbor and Town

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Description: Elevated view of a harbor and town.
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Harbor in Cape Cod

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Description: A view of harbor from the road.
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Elevated View of Harbor

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Description: Elevated view from hill of a harbor with docks and shacks along the shoreline.
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Pigeon Bay Harbor

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Description: Elevated view of Pigeon Cove Harbor with fishing boats, Sandy Bay and Rockport coastline beyond.
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Shore of Pigeon Cove

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Description: Elevated view of shoreline of the town with fishing boats and homes.
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Stockbridge Town Hall

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Description: Front of town hall built in classical style with two-story columns. In front of the building is a large lawn with two rows of trees. In the background, m...
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Oil Painting

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Description: An oil painting of a wealthy, smiling gentleman wearing a suit. Text in lower left corner reads "(copyright) R.S. Burbank, Plymouth, Mass."
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Reverend John Alden

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Description: A painting of Reverend John Alden (1599 – 9/12/1687), the first person from the The Mayflower to set foot on Plymouth Rock in 1620, and the seventh signer ...
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Shops in the former Universalist Church

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Description: A view of the Universalist Church (1792) converted into a dry goods and grain store. Other buildings are behind the church. Caption reads: "Universalist Ch...

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