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McCormick-Deering 6-Can Milk Cooler

Date: 07 14 1936
Description: Two children, Charles and Lois, stand next to a McCormick-Deering 6-can milk cooler. The children are the grandchildren of Paul Myers.
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Boys Boarding Bus

Date: 02 12 1935
Description: Boys wearing winter coats and hats are lining up in the snow to board an International school bus parked in front of Hershey Industrial School. All the boy...
Poster

Pennsylvania Railroad Patriotic Poster No. 1

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph promoting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as "home of the Pennsylvania Railroad." The poster features the artist N.C. Wyeth, and depicts...
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Amish Man, Woman and Children

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Description: A view of an Amish man and woman with two children walking down the sidewalk along a street.
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Waiting For The Mail

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Description: A group of men, women and children await their mail at the local post office.
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Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon

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Description: Exterior view from street of the facade of the Saloon and Saloon Hospital.
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Thompson Street, Looking East

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Description: A view of Thompson Street, with people sitting on their porches and standing in the street. Trees line the street. Caption reads: "Thompson Street, (lookin...
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Building The New Bridge

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Description: Slightly elevated view of several people overlooking a bridge under construction. Caption reads: "Building The New Bridge, Berwick, PA."
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Ashley-Bailey Silk Mill

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Description: Four girls gather on the bank of a creek outside Ashley-Bailey Silk Mill.
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View across lawn toward the Unity House. On the left are two women reading in swings fastened to a large tree. A covered walkway behind them leads to the h...
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Worker's Unity House

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Description: View over fence and lawn toward the Unity House. Four women are sitting in the covered walkway that leads to the covered, wraparound veranda. There are tr...
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Worker's Unity House

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Description: View down driveway toward the house. Along the right is a vine-covered fence. People are standing in the driveway, and women are sitting in chairs on the c...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: Women, men and children pose on the front porch of the main house. Men and women occupy the rocking chairs that are lined up on the left along the porch ra...
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Bethany Orphans' Home

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Description: A view from Machinery Hall, looking east, of Bethany Orphans' Home. Children observing and playing with a group of cows through the fence, with some child...
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Bethany Orphans' Home

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Description: A view of a group of children getting ready for morning chores at Bethany Orphans' Home. Some boys hold lawn mowers and other yard tools, and the home can ...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: View across lawn toward the side of the Cottage and its corner tower. Part of the covered walkway is on the right. Women, men, and children are walking the...
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Workers' Unity House

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Description: A view of the facade of Cottage T. Women and children sit on the porch. The covered walkway is on both sides of the cottage. In front of the building is a...
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Trees Lining Suburban Neighborhood

Date: 1924
Description: View down a wide, tree-lined neighborhood street. Well-maintained lawns and houses can be seen on the left. A man with a reel mower is working in a yard, a...
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Young Children in Littered Backyard

Date: 1924
Description: Three young children standing in a backyard in very poor condition, including the lack of a lawn, exposed trash piles, and other litter.
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Blessed Sacrament Church Rectory

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Description: View of Blessed Sacrament Church Rectory. Two rows of children walk on the sidewalk beside telephone poles.

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