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Michigan Bell Telephone Directory for Hillsdale-Jonesville

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This phone directory was issued to residents of Hillsdale and Jonesville, two cities in Hillsdale County, Michigan. The photograph on the front is not of a county site, but rather comes from the governor of Michigan Territory's expedition to the…

A Festive Dance

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John White served as the governor of an English colony in Roanoke Island. While living in Roanoke, White created numerous watercolors of native cultures and the natural environment. White created this untitled watercolor between 1585 and 1593. The…

Photograph Album of Emily Ada Smith

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This is a photograph album created ca. 1925 by Emily Ada Smith. Smith was approximately fourteen years old at the time. This item contains 25 photographs, all from the early 1920s. There are no captions or labels.

Photograph of Sarasota High School

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Constructed in 1927, this was the main building of Sarasota High School in Sarasota, Florida for many decades.

Journal of an Expedition against Charleston

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September 29th. Sumter seems determined to carve itself a name in future history. Our heavy batterys have been battering away at her again for the last two days trying to utterly destroy and make the fort intolerable. Sumter reminds me of my boyhoods…

Photograph of Houston

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This is a panoramic photograph of city skyline of Houston, Texas, in 1911. When compared to other photographs of Houston from earlier and later dates, this shows the change that the downtown center of the city went through over time.

Photograph of Landrum-Stork Pottery Jar

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The photograph illustrates the conservation of a Landrum-Stork Pottery Jar. Landrum-Stork company made ceramic jars and jugs during the last half of the nineteenth century in Columbia, South Carolina. Several of these ceramic pieces have been…

Tupperware: The Nicest Thing That Could Happen To Your Kitchen!

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The Nicest Thing That Could Happen To Your Kitchen!

Harold's Club

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Harold’s Club Wants Lady clerks between the ages of 21 and 35 capable of learning to deal games at Harold’s Club under expert teachers. Many of our present lady dealers who started this way are now earning $60 a Week Experience unnecessary but…

Elementary Student Essay on Hiroshima Atom Bomb

On that sixth of August I wasn’t going to school yet. At the time, I was playing in front of the public bath near home. Then Sei-chan said, “Please go to the garden and pick some flowers.” So I was on my way to get them. All of a sudden there…