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Borden's Truck

Date: 1950
Description: Juan B. Marquez, driver of an International L-150 truck for Borden's Fine Dairy Products, delivers a crate of dairy products to El Aguila Groceries. The bu...
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Jarvis Plaza

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Description: A lighted brick platform in Jarvis Plaza with Mercy Hospital in the background. Paved paths lead to the central platform and parkgoers relax on benches.
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City Park

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Description: Elevated view down hill toward old mill with a small bridge in the foreground, and another arched bridge over a steep-sided stream in City Park. Paths and ...
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International Great Northern Railroad

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Description: The passenger depot of the International Great Northern Railroad formed on September 30, 1873, by the consolidation of the International Railroad Company a...
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Catholic Church

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Description: View across road toward the brick church with a fence along the sidewalk. There are men and women standing in the front yard. A picket fence runs around th...
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Mercy Hospital

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Description: Elevated view of Mercy Hospital, founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1894. An automobile turns the corner onto a street where cars are parked. Individuals c...
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Windmill In Center of Small Town

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Description: Elevated view of a small town area with a windmill in the main square lined with store fronts including a drug/book store and a hardware/lumber store. A sm...
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Downtown Street Scene

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Description: View down center of a downtown street that is crowded with automobiles and pedestrians.
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Downtown Street Scene

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Description: View down street crowded with automobiles and pedestrians. Smoke is billowing from the top of a building on the right.
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Bridge and Business Section

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Description: View along right curb of sidewalk toward automobiles driving across a bridge. The business section of the city is in the distance.
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Commercial Street Scene

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Description: Elevated view of a commercial street with skyscrapers. Below are pedestrians, automobiles, and cable cars.
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Busy Commercial Street Scene

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Description: View of a busy commercial street featuring automobiles, storefronts, and pedestrians.
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Busy Commercial Center

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Description: View down a busy commercial downtown street featuring automobiles, cable cars, pedestrians, a restaurant, and the Hippodrome Theater which opened in 1914.
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Juarez Plaza

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Description: View of Juarez Plaza, a fashionable park square featuring a monument and an elaborately decorated bandstand. People gather on park benches and stand near t...
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Downtown Street Scene

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Description: View of downtown looking toward Hotel de Francia. The city hall, built in 1884, is at right.
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Narrow Town Street Scene

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Description: View down a narrow town street lined with buildings, and on the street automobiles and a horse-drawn wagon. A man walks near a clothing store on the left.

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