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Gaylord Nelson on Horseback

Date: 1939
Description: Gaylord Nelson, later Wisconsin governor, United State senator, and a leading environmentalist of his era, on horseback at a ranch in Rosebud, Montana.
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T.C. Power Motor Car Company Truck

Date: 10 07 1925
Description: An International truck used by the T.C. Power Motor Company parked along the side of the road near the sidewalk outside the company office. There is a gaso...
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Olcott Implement Co.

Date: 1944
Description: Exterior of the Olcott Implement Company, an International Harvester dealership.
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Wagon Train

Date: 1872
Description: Elevated view of a wagon train passing through the town. There are numerous covered wagons and horses, and storefronts on both sides of the road. Caption r...
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Christmas Greeting Card

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Description: Christmas greeting card featuring a view of a mining town with smokestacks, gravel piles, houses, large buildings and distant mountains. Surrounding the ph...
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Christmas Greeting Card

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Description: Christmas greeting card or postcard with view of Main Street. Business signs read: "Hotel National," "National Bar," "McIntosh Pianos" and "Opera House." T...
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Stagecoach at Overland Mail Company

Date: 1890
Description: Men with a stagecoach in front of the Wells Fargo Mail and Express Company. In 1858, Wells Fargo helped start the Overland Mail Company, also known as the ...
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Factory

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Description: View down road toward two horses hitched to a wagon on a road in front of a factory and other buildings.
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Roadside Pond

Date: 1911
Description: A view of a roadside pond, with several buildings and trees in the background.
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Horse and Carriage at Loading Dock

Date: 1911
Description: View toward a horse and carriage near the loading dock of a building.
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View of Town from Schoolhouse

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Description: Panoramic elevated view of small town taken from the school house. The town is in flat country and has large expanses between houses. Caption reads: "Panor...
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The Hangman's House

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Description: View toward the front and left side of a clapboard house, which has a window in the middle of the facade and a door flanking each side. A sign above the wi...
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Office of the Montana Post Newspaper

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Description: Exterior of the first office of the Montana Post Newspaper, the first newspaper in Montana, built in 1863. Men stand in front of the building near a sign ...
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Going-to-the-Sun Chalets

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Description: View of Going-to-the-Sun Chalets at Glacier National Park. View features rustic chalets overlooking the river and hills. Several people stand by the river ...
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Glacier Park Hotel View Across Lake McDermott

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Description: View of the Glacier Park Hotel from across Lake McDermott. View features the hotel surrounded by forest with a mountain in the background.
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Glacier Park Hotel Entrance

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Description: View of the Glacier Park Hotel entrance. View features a large archway surrounded by two smaller archways with paths passing under each. There are two flag...
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Distant City View

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Description: Distant view of a city surrounded by agricultural fields.
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Residential Scene

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Description: View of a residential area.
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Stewart Cottage

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Description: Exterior of Stewart Cottage, a home with an attached gazebo. Published by C.H. Harrison.
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Beekeeper L.A. Smith with Stacked Hives

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Description: Beekeeper L.A. Smith standing next to hive boxes stacked on top of each other, exposing the frames. There is a swarm of bees on a hive box on the ground.

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