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Storefronts on Road
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View from dirt road, with buildings grouped on the left, with mailboxes, trees and a fence lining the road on the right. Horse-drawn carts are on the road, and men sitting near the storefronts. The closest building has a sign for Pabst Beer.
1910
Taylor, J. Robert
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