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Layton House
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A front view of the Layton House, which was originally an inn. Signs on the building indicate that at the time of the photograph it was the business of Carter A. Reins, furrier. Two men stand in front of the building, and a person or persons lean from a second floor window.
1925
Cole, Harry Ellsworth, 1861-1928
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