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Fireplace at the Paper House

Date: 1930
Description: Interior view of the Paper House, featuring furniture and fireplace embellishments constructed out of rolls of newspaper. The walls and windows are also de...
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Piano at The Paper House

Date: 1930
Description: Interior view of the Paper House, featuring a piano, a bench, a lamp and a chair constructed with rolls of paper.
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Young Children at the Park

Date: 1925
Description: Young children playing at the park. Original caption reads: "Beacon playground — about 800 daily attendance. Splendid arrangement of playground and athleti...
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Memorial Day Military Parade

Date: 05 30 1907
Description: Elevated view of a military parade marching through a town street. A band leads the soldiers of Company E, and spectators can be seen on either side of the...
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McCormick Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using two horses to pull a McCormick mower through a field, probably in or around Boston. Piles of what appear to be hay are in the background.
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Championship Hose Team

Date: 1905
Description: Young men on a championship hose team wear uniforms while pulling a cart along a road.
Print

"Merry Christmas"

Date: 1928
Description: Holiday card depicting a view of the front of an automobile with a couple inside driving down a snow-covered road at night. Two crystals are glued to the h...
Print

Greetings

Date: 1937
Description: Holiday card with a white star on a red background. A lantern with a lit candle and pine branches are inside the star. The word "Greetings" appears in the ...
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Children at Happy Hearts Park

Date: 1925
Description: Children are sitting on benches looking at books, and other children are playing in a sandbox at Happy Hearts Park.
Postcard

Avec Vous Place Dans Votre Coeur Pour Nous?

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday postcard of a girl seated on stones, with a boy resting his head on her lap. Burned-out buildings along a street can be seen behind them. The image...
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Children at Playground

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of adults supervising children using swings, a see-saw, a slide, and other playground equipment at Parker Street playground.
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Samuel L. Popkin

Date: 1972
Description: Political scientist Samuel L. Popkin and his wife. This photograph was taken about the time Wisconsin-born Popkin was jailed for his refusal to testify abo...
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Old North Wharf

Date: 1936
Description: View down a street with storage buildings at Old North Wharf.
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Country Road

Date: 1940
Description: View down a country road leading from the outskirts of town. On the right, a horse-drawn carriage is parked outside the Post Office and F.A. Irish Grocerie...
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IH Boston Branch House Showroom

Date: 1925
Description: McCormick-Deering tractors, plows, and other agricultural implements are arranged on display in a showroom. A sign advertising cream separators hangs on th...
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Boston Branch House

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester Company branch building. Large show windows line the first floor along the sidewalk. A large electric sign on t...
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Dock with Fishing Boat and Wharf

Date: 1936
Description: View of a fishing boat, 'Stella,' near a dock and wharf. The city's shoreline restaurants can be seen in the background.
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Basley's Good Lumber Company Truck

Date: 1937
Description: A man is loading a piece of lumber onto the back of an International D-2 truck owned by Basley's Good Lumber Company. There appears to be a church steeple ...
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Basley's Good Lumber Truck

Date: 1937
Description: An International D-2 truck owned by Basley's Good Lumber Company parked in front of the company storefront. The text on the truck reads, "Use Weyerhaeuser ...
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Weston Fuel and Supply Company Truck

Date: 02 02 1938
Description: Two men use an International coal dump truck owned by B.L. Ogilvie & Sons Incorporated to transfer fuel from the bed of the truck down a chute to a residen...

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