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Richmond McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Dealership

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view from across street of men posing with farm and lawn equipment along the storefront of a McCormick Harvesting Machine Company dealership. Thre...
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Fairway 12 Tractor

Date: 1937
Description: Man uses a McCormick-Deering Fairway 12 tractor and mowing attachment to care for lawns (and golf course?) at a country club. Sun bathers are in the backgr...
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Jefferson Davis Mansion

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Description: View across street toward the Jefferson Davis mansion. Caption reads: "Jefferson Davis Mansion, now Confederate Museum."
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Libby Prison

Date: 1864
Description: Exterior view of Libby Prison, a Confederate Prison. The view includes tents and three tenement (loft style) buildings. A group of men stand in the foregro...
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Libby Prison

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Description: Woodcut of "Libby Prison, Richmond, Va.--Place of Confinement for U.S. Soldiers Captured by the Rebels.--From a Photograph." This view includes tents and t...
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Libby Prison

Date: 1863
Description: A heavily retouched photographic view of Libby Prison. This view shows tents and three tenement (loft style) buildings.
Photograph

Libby Prison

Date: 1864
Description: Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison.
Photograph

Castle Thunder Confederate Prison

Date: 1864
Description: A stereograph of the Confederate prison Castle Thunder.
Photograph

St. Johns' Church

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Description: View from cemetery toward the church. The main entrance at the front is below the belfry. A path runs in front of the property. Caption reads: "St. John's ...
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St. John's Church

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Description: An elevated view of the interior, overlooking the seating area, with the altar at the right. The pulpit, clergy seating, and baptismal font are bordered by...
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Libby Prison - Anaglyph

Date: 1864
Description: Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison.
Photograph

Henry Clay Monument

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Description: View of the Henry Clay Monument with a statue of Clay inside. In front stand two young girls wearing dresses. Each girl is holding a pet rabbit. On the rig...

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