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Pleasant Plains Memorial

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Description: The Pleasant Plains Memorial statue honoring the soldiers from the fifth ward who fought in World War II. The bronze statue of a woman holding a palm and ...
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Notre Dame Convent

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Description: Slightly elevated interior view from the back of a classroom in Notre Dame Convent. There are rows of desks, windows along the left wall, a lamp hanging fr...
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Children's Nativity Scene

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Description: Children acting in a living nativity scene at St. Michael's Home. The three children represent an angel, Joseph, and Mary, and are gathered around a manger...
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Children's Nativity Scene

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Description: Children acting in a live nativity scene at St. Michael's Home. The five children represent the three wise men, and Joseph, and Mary. They are gathered aro...
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Midland Beach Park Drug Co.

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Description: Interior view of the Midland Beach Park Drug Co. soda shop. A woman stands behind the counter near a soda fountain, while a man and a young boy lounge at t...
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Art Room

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Description: Interior of an art room. Female students are sitting at tables and easels, painting or doing craft projects. Large windows open to a garden outside.
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Midland Beach

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of people walking along Midland Beach and boardwalk. Several buildings stand alongside the boardwalk and a Ferris wheel is in the background.
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Camp Woodland

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Description: Two women converse on a dirt path between wood and canvas cabins at Camp Woodland. Some of the structures have potted plants in front of them.
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Bar and Grill

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Description: Interior of a bar and grill. Customers sit at the counter and at tables, and waiters and a waitress stand near the bar.
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The Flying Cromwells

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Description: View of an acrobatic team on a trapeze. The act, performed on a boardwalk at Midland Beach by the Flying Cromwells, is observed by a large gathering of peo...
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Boxing Match between Two Dwarfs

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Description: Spectators watch as two dwarfs box in a ring at Midland Beach. A raised pavilion stands in the background.
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Dougan Hills Fire Department

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Description: Several uniformed fire fighters stand outside the Dougan Hills Fire Department in a driveway near two fire engines. The two-story fire station is covered ...

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