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Reuben Gold Thwaites Rowing the "Pilgrim"

Date: 05 09 1894
Description: Reuben Gold Thwaites rowing the skiff the "Pilgrim" on the Ohio River.
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Elevated View of Elizabeth River and Railroad

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Description: Elevated view of the city, which includes a factory, numerous buildings, railroad tracks, a bridge, Elizabeth river, and hills in the background.
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Elevated Town View

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Description: Elevated view of city, including miners' homes set in the hills, and in the foreground railroad tracks and numerous cars parked along the street in front o...
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Harper's Ferry

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Description: View of Harper's Ferry, showing the pontoon bridge and bridge (extreme left) which was destroyed in 1861.
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Residential Street

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Description: Children and adults stand in an unpaved rural street lined with homes in a company town of Consolidated Coal Company.
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Residential Street

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Description: View of an unpaved rural street in a company town of Consolidated Coal Company. In the distance, a boy leads a flock of birds down the street.
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Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street. Features storefronts and people of the town on the sidewalks. A few cars are parked at either side of the street. In the background ...
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High Street and the Public Walk

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Description: A view of High Street and the Public Walk. In the right foreground is a girl sitting on a group of large rocks while a dog stands in front of the rocks. In...
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Campbell's Mill

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Description: Elevated view of Campbell's Mill, which specialized in lumber. Situated in the midst of the forest are smokestacks, railroad tracks, and several buildings....
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Grand Lodge of A.O.U.W.

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Description: Front view from across the street of the grand lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Founded on October 27th, 1868, the Order's grand lodge exhibit...
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North Cemetery of Antietam Battlefield

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Description: A view of eight commemorative tablets at the North Cemetery of Antietam Battlefield, the site of the bloodiest one-day battle in United States history in 1...
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Entrance of Greenbrier Hotel

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Description: Elevated view toward the driveway and entrance to the Greenbrier Hotel, built in 1913. The building features a port-cochere and a set of stairs leading to ...
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VIew from B. & O. Station

Date: 1925
Description: View from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station, established in 1830. The city's dwellings and establishments can be seen on a hillside from the railroa...
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City View

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Description: Elevated city view featuring dwellings in a hilly landscape. Published by A.P. Brown & Bro.
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CIty View

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated city view featuring a neighborhood in a hilly landscape. Published by A.P. Brown & Bro.
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City View

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Description: Elevated city view featuring buildings on a hillside, including factories, dwellings, and churches.
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City View, Northfork, Virginia

Date: 1925
Description: View of a city featuring a downtown district and a neighborhood built into the hillside.
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Midland Trail

Date: 1930
Description: View down Midland Trail. Automobiles are parked on either side of the street outside an Amoco Station and other stores and dwellings.
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Street View

Date: 1925
Description: View down a street of mixed stores and residences. An automobile parks outside a furniture store at left and men stand outside a grocery store and meat ma...
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Neighborhood

Date: 1915
Description: View of a group of similarly designed houses in a residential area. There are railroad tracks on the right.

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