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Horse and Buggy on Dirt Road

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Description: A view of a dirt road with a horse-drawn buggy, bordered by a split-rail fence, and trees. Caption reads: "Going To Town, Kerhonkson, N.Y."
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Carriage On a Wooded Lane

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Description: A horse-drawn carriage on a wooded lane. Caption reads: "Lake Minnewaska."
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New York Street Scene

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Description: A street scene of early New York City, featuring a building-lined street, with people walking, riding horses, and riding in carriages. Also pictured are nu...
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Union Park

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Description: Civil War memorial statue and fountain in a town park with a cannon in the background. Parkgoers relax on the surrounding benches in the shade of trees.
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Small Boy and Horses

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Description: A view of a small boy feeding two horses pulling a wagon full of hay. Caption reads: "A Little Farmer, Miller's Place, L.I."
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Horse-Drawn Chaise

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Description: A man wearing a top-hat and a long coat is standing on the lawn of a house holding the reins of a horse pulling a three-wheeled chaise. In the background i...
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Walnut Street

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Description: View across lawn toward the houses on tree-lined Walnut Street. A horse-drawn carriage is coming up the dirt street. A woman and children are on a sidewalk...
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Traffic in Cabbage

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Description: A view of three men and a boy with two horse-drawn wagons full of cabbage, on a street in front of buildings. Caption reads: "Traffic in Cabbage. Hamburg, ...
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Opening Paved Main Street

Date: 08 15 1904
Description: Men in suits and hats stand in the middle of the newly paved main street to pose for the commemorative photograph. The street is lined with brick buildings...
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Men with Wagon Outside Abbey Hotel

Date: 1915
Description: Man seated atop a horse-drawn wagon in the snow outside the "Abbey Hotel." Another man stands on the left near the wagon.
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Methodist Episcopal Home for the Aged

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Description: Front view of the addition to the Methodist Episcopal Home for the Aged, founded on May 10, 1883. Pedestrians are crossing the street near an automobile an...
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No. 2296 of the War Views Series

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Description: Stereograph of Union infantry standing in front of a slave dealer's shop.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Description: Elevated view of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, founded in 1870. The building, completed in 1880, features neoclassical architecture. In front of the muse...
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Hayride at Camp Sherwood

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a hayride at Camp Sherwood. Children and adults are sitting on hay in horse-drawn vehicles. A field and hills are in the backgrou...
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Laurel House

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Description: Men and women stand outside the Laurel House as horse-drawn carriages drive past the building along a dirt road. The structure was built in 1852 by Peter S...
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Mailman Delivering Mail To Rural Boarding House

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Description: A mailman in a horse-drawn vehicle delivers mail to the mailbox of a rural boarding house.
Print

Little Falls

Date: 1853
Description: Engraved image of a boat being towed through a canal at Little Falls by a team of horses. A small town is in the background.
Historical Object

74th Regiment Armory

Date: 1901
Description: Souvenir playing card out of a full deck from the Pan-American Exposition. The Three of Clubs displays a drawing of the "74th Regiment Armory," a large cas...

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