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Panoramic View of Rochester and the Beaver Valley

Date: 1894
Description: Panoramic view of Rochester and the Beaver Valley. Junction of the Beaver River and the Ohio River. Settlements and multiple bridges are in the background.
Photograph

Traveling Junk Boat

Date: 05 06 1894
Description: View of a traveling junk boat near the shoreline on the Youghiogheny River. There is a bridge in the background.
Photograph

Dam at Lock No. 2

Date: 05 06 1894
Description: Monongahela River view of a dam at Lock #2.
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Edgar W. Thompson Steel Works

Date: 05 06 1894
Description: View from the Monongahela River of the Edgar W. Thompson steel works. An oar from Thwaites' boat is visible in the foreground.
Photograph

Three Boys in a Boat

Date: 05 06 1894
Description: Three boys in a crude boat on the Monongahela River.
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Ferry with Sunday Passengers

Date: 05 06 1894
Description: View on the Monongahela River of a ferry with passengers and horse-drawn carriages. There is a bridge in the background.
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Two Doves Houseboat

Date: 05 07 1894
Description: View of a houseboat named "Two Doves" on the Ohio River.
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Cultivated Hillside

Date: 05 08 1894
Description: View from the Ohio River of cultivated hillsides and houses near the shoreline.
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Man in a Boat Hauling Nitroglycerin

Date: 05 08 1894
Description: A man transports nitroglycerin in a boat which has a red danger flag at the bow (unseen against the dark background).
Map or Atlas

Detail of Map of Philadelphia

Date: 
Description: Detail of Philadelphia including an illustration of the Pennsylvania Hospital and the Schuykill River.
Poster

Pennsylvania Railroad Travel Poster: Pittsburgh in the Beginning

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph promoting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Railroad through artist N.C. Wyeth's depiction of the establishment of Fort...
Photograph

The Ohio River

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Description: Elevated view of a steamboat on the Ohio River near Georgetown, with housing visible on the opposite shore and a small dock in the foreground.
Photograph

Winona Falls Gorge and Bridge

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Description: Elevated view of Winona Falls Gorge spanned by a small wooden bridge. Someone is resting in the middle of the bridge and a dense stand of pine trees surrou...
Photograph

Wooden Bridge

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Description: View looking down toward a wooden bridge crossing a river through the woods with small rapids. There are two wooden benches on the bridge.
Photograph

Conococheaque Creek Bidge

Date: 
Description: Shore-side view of the stone Conococheaque Creek Bridge with a house in the background.
Photograph

Covered Bridge

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Description: View from shoreline of a covered bridge over the Susquehannah River, with the Bradford county courthouse and other town buildings visible on the opposite s...
Photograph

Covered Bridge

Date: 
Description: A view of a covered wooden bridge over the Juniata River with smokestacks in the background.
Photograph

Berwick-Nescopeck Bridge

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Description: The Nescopeck view down the Berwick-Nescopeck Bridge showing pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage.
Photograph

New Lincoln Highway Bridge

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Description: Elevated view of the Lincoln Highway, also known as the Juniata Bridge, or Juniata Crossing. View toward right side of bridge over a river, with tree-cover...
Photograph

Lake Shore Fast Trolley Line

Date: 1908
Description: Composite of views of a rapid transit trolley crossing a bridge as men stand by and observe. Caption reads: "Scenes on the Lake Shore Fast Trolley Line."

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