Browse Items (176 total)

  • Collection: Chicopee Public Library Historic Photographs Collection

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Monument at the Holy Mother of the Rosary Cemetery showing the monument and the surroundin g landscaping.

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Team photo, 15 players with coaches, "Mascot"/ball boy and game ball

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Snapshot of crowd and aircraft at Westover Air Force Base.

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Snapshot of crowd and aircraft at Westover Air Force Base.

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Market Square Hotel in the Kendall Block after fire on June 3, 1976

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Market Square Hotel roof after fire on June 3, 1976, mill buildings on the Chicopee River in the background

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Market Square Hotel-the Kendall Block after fire on June 3, 1976

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Market Square Hotel-the Kendall Block after fire on June 3, 1976

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Market Square Hotel-the Kendall Block after fire on June 3, 1976

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Wagner's (exterior) in the Kendall Block after the fire in the Market Square Hotel on June 3, 1976

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Market Square Hotel roof after fire on June 3, 1976, mill buildings on the Chicopee River in the background

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Market Square Hotel roof after fire on June 3, 1976, mill buildings on the Chicopee River in the background

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Interior hallway in Market Square Hotel after fire on June 3, 1976 showing charring of walls, floor and ceiling.

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Interior room in Market Square Hotel after fire on June 3, 1976 showing extensive charring of walls, door and floor

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Interior room (top floor?) in Market Square Hotel after fire on June 3, 1976 showing extensive destruction of walls, ceiling, floor and furnishings

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Interior hallway door in Market Square Hotel after fire on June 3, 1976 showing charring of door and wall

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Interior staircase in Market Square Hotel after fire on June 3, 1976 showing charring of walls, staircase and door

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Cabinet card of a young woman and a young man (marriage photo?)

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Cabinet card of a group (wedding party?): a woman and man to the right, with two men and two women in attendance, each wearing floral arrangments

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Cabinet card of two men before a rustic villa backdrop

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Cabinet card of a family group: a man and a woman each holding the hand of a boy

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Cabinet card of a family group: a man seated holding infant, a woman stands to left with her hand on the back of scrolled wicker chair

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Cabinet card of a man seated holding a violin and bow

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Cabinet card of a man standing among drapery

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A man and a woman seated at a holiday party table - library stacks in the background

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Two men in conversation with a man and a man and woman in the background

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A man with a bowtie and a woman in a fur coat - two others to the side

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Four women in conversation

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Mrs. Dulude, Assistant Children's Librarian, working at her desk

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Al Page, Library janitor, leaning on the stacks in the Children's section

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Al Page, Library janitor, standing behind the stacks in the Children's section

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A man (Library staff) standing in front of periodical stacks

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Three women standing behind Library desk

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Seven men on the review stand in front of City Hall, including Congressman Charles Clason and Mayor Edward Bourbeau, and one man in uniform (Air Force?)

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Pat and her husband-to-be Armond on East Main Street, Chicopee Falls, with a motorcycle and sidecar

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Pat and her husband-to-be Armond on East Main Street, Chicopee Falls, with a motorcycle and sidecar

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Pat and her husband-to-be Armond on East Main Street, Chicopee Falls, with a motorcycle and sidecar

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Pat and her husband-to-be Armond on East Main Street, Chicopee Falls, with a motorcycle and sidecar

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Pat and her husband-to-be Armond on East Main Street, Chicopee Falls, with a motorcycle and sidecar

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Pat and her husband-to-be Armond on East Main Street, Chicopee Falls, with a motorcycle and sidecar

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Cabinet card of a woman (Victoria Kendra?), dressed in dark silk dress with a brooch at her neck, leaning on scrolled wicker chair

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Flag Football team: Gaudette Homes and Meyer's 66, 21 players and 2 coaches (with negative)

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Flag football team: VFW 625, 26 players and 1 coach (negative only)

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Flag Football Team: KC (Knights of Columbus?), 25 players and 1 coach (negative only)

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Flag Football Team photograph: The Fairview Falcons, coached by David Litwin, top right. Also named is Kevin Fleury, third from the left in the middle row. (negative only)

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Flag Football Team: F.B.C., 28 players and 3 coaches (negative only)

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Flag Football Team: AJAC, 22 players and 2 coaches (with negative)

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Flag Football Team: DARA, 24 players and 2 coaches (with negative)

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Flag Football Team: St. Patrick's C.Y.O., 14 players and 2 coaches (negative only)

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Contact sheet - 20 photos of Chicopee High School Prom (?), women at home, and Library and staff

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Contact sheet - 20 photos of Chicopee High School performances (?), Chicopee High School Prom (?), Library Staff, and women at home

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Chapin Mausoleum Chicopee Street Burying Ground - exterior

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Chapin Mausoleum Chicopee Street Burying Ground - interior, looking out

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Chapin Mausoleum Chicopee Street Burying Ground - interior, stained glass window

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Sarah, Maria, Becca and Laura on the covered porch - at Easter?

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(on the couch) Becca, Laura, Sarah, (on the floor) Maria, Kelly - at Easter?

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Sarah, Kelly, Grampa and Becca on the couch

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(on the couch) unidentified girl, Kelly, unidentified girl, Maria(?), unidentified girl,(on the floor) unidentified boy, Laura (?), Becca, Sarah holding a dog

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(on the couch) Becca, Maria (?), Laura, Kelly, and Sarah holding a dog

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"Belcher School Chicopee Falls, Mass"

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Desk and chair used by Edward Bellamy in the Bellamy Home, donated by Joseph Morrow 3/29/79

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Cabinet card of "Hiram Downing, Caretaker Fairview Cemetary [sic.] 1873-74"- "1 col tonight Spfld Union Merrill, Caretaker at Fairview Cemetary [sic.], Hiram Downing of Chicopee 1873-74, NorthamptonHolyoke & Chicopee directory"

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Holy Mother of the Rosary Church - Bell St., Chicopee MA

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A Chicopee Cotton Mill - spinning floor - 3 men, 12 women on the production floor - "woman on right is Agnes Meyer, B 1882-D 1943

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Chicopee Public Library at Springfield St. and Center St.

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Chicopee Public Library interior view of stacks and circulation desk

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Chicopee Public Library - 4 boys consult materials at the Reading table

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Chicopee Public Library interior view of reading room

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"Holy Mother of the Rosary Cemetary [sic.], Chicopee, Ma. - Donated by J. Morrow - 12/29/77"

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Rear Admiral Frances T. Shea, "Biogrpahy.Shea, Admiral Frances T., #3 Color photo of Rear Admiral Frances T. Shea"

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"Rear Admiral Frances T. Shea, Sworn in at the Pentagon by Secretary of the Navy, W. Graham Clayton, jr., on June 29, 1979 as Director of Naval Nurse Corps. Photo donated by John E. Shea" "Biography, Shea, Admiral Frances T. Shea #5 Photo of Admiral

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The Ames Mansion - corner of Front St. and Grape St.

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3 photos: top and bottom image - Assumption Drum Corps, Chicopee Mass

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The Chicopee Centennial Celebration - Blue Ribbon Committee Parade Banner - crowds line the parade route

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The Chicopee Centennial Celebration - Ames Sword Co. Float - Civil War/Union soldiers theme

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The Chicopee Centennial Celebration - 5 women and 4 children in traditional polish dance attire carry an image of the Holy Mother

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The Chicopee Centennial Celebration Parade - balloons - crowds line the parade route

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4 photos: Abbey Reservoir (Hogan's Pond) - Willimansett Reservoir - Dana Reservoir - Settling Pond (Fuller Road)

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3 ship's officers, 7 men and 6 women, lean against the rails of a cruise ship

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Davitt Memorial Bridge - Springfield St. looking toward Granby Rd.

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Flooding along Granby Rd., looking over the Chicopee River at Mill Buildings

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Flooding across the Ferry Lane Section,rear of the Chicopee Provision Co. Inc., 19 Sitarz, visible in the left foreground

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Flooding across the Ferry Lane Section, Dominican Nun Monastery in West Springfield visible in background right

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Flooding across the Ferry Lane Section, looking from the rear of the J.G. Roy Lumber Co, 861 Meadow St., railroad tracks visible in the foreground

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Flooding across the Ferry Lane Section, Dominican Nun Monastery in West Springfield visible in background right

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Flooding in the Ferry Lane Section, looking at the rear of the J.G. Roy Lumber Co., 861 Meadow St.( from Roy St.?)

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Flooding in the Ferry Lane Section, looking at the rear of the old Bobbin Factory, 84-88 Chicopee Street.( from Roy St.?) in front of a variety store, one man visible in an upstairs window

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Flooding in the Ferry Lane Section, looking at the rear of the J.G. Roy Lumber Co., 861 Meadow St.( from Roy St.?) in front of aresidence, a variety store, one man visible in an upstairs window, with 3 men in a rowboat

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the entire staff of the War Department United States Engineers Office, Westover Field Area, Providence District, and visiting dignitaries pictured in front of the building

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a member of Women's Army Corps on the tarmac at Westover ARB with a car and a Crescent Caravan transport plane in the background - "Not For Publication - Credit Line Must Read 'Official Photo U.S.A.A.F. Westover Field Mass.'"

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a member of Women's Army Corps and two members of the U.S. Air Force Reserve on the tarmac at Westover ARB with three cars and a Crescent Caravan transport plane in the background - "Not For Publication - Credit Line Must Read 'Official Photoโ€ฆ

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a member of Women's Army Corps and two members of the U.S. Air Force Reserve on the tarmac at Westover ARB with three cars and a Crescent Caravan transport plane in the background - "Not For Publication - Credit Line Must Read 'Official Photoโ€ฆ

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Viewing stand at Westover ARB Field, 5 officers and other dignitaries, together with communitiy members - "Official Air force Photograph, 1600th Air Transport Wing, Westover Air Force Base, Mass."

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Viewing stand at Westover ARB Field, 5 officers, another dignitary, together with communitiy members - "Official Air Force Photograph, 1600th Air Transport Wing, Westover Air Force Base, Mass."

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Westover ARB Field on community day, seen from the air - "Official Air Force Photograph, 1600th Air Transport Wing, Westover Air Force Base, Mass."

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Westover ARB Field on community day, seen from the air - "Official Air Force Photograph, 1600th Air Transport Wing, Westover Air Force Base, Mass."

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The road to Westover ARB lined with cars on community day - seen from the air - "Official Air Force Photograph, 1600th Air Transport Wing, Westover Air Force Base, Mass."

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2 command officers and 7 civic leaders listening to a speech by a command officer - "Official Air Force Photograph, 1600th Air Transport Wing, Westover Air Force Base, Mass."

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Casino on risers in Lake Erie (?) with Vaudeville and Dancing in Sandusky OH(?)

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Two men in a Winter sleigh (to the left center) pass through Cabotville section of Chicopee, past Dwight Mill Housing, two women stand on a stoop to the left, four men stand to the right.

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Looking between blocks of mill housing for the Dwight Mill in Cabotville section of Chicopee, Two men stand on opposite corners to the right.

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One of seven original albumen prints showing the inner workings of the Ames Manufacturing Company, Chicopee, Mass.

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One of seven original albumen prints showing the inner workings of the Ames Manufacturing Company, Chicopee, Mass.

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One of seven original albumen prints showing the inner workings of the Ames Manufacturing Company, Chicopee, Mass.

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One of seven original albumen prints showing the inner workings of the Ames Manufacturing Company, Chicopee, Mass.

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One of seven original albumen prints showing the inner workings of the Ames Manufacturing Company, Chicopee, Mass.

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One of seven original albumen prints showing the inner workings of the Ames Manufacturing Company, Chicopee, Mass.

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One of seven original albumen prints showing the inner workings of the Ames Manufacturing Company, Chicopee, Mass.

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A group of 5 adults and 2 children posing for a photograph in Aprox 1930; (Undated)

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A portrait of an adult in front of some trees and looking away from the camera. Approx 1930; (Undated)

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A double portrait of two women looking into the camera while standing near a sidewalk. (Undated)

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An image of a street of houses; (Undated)

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An image of a road leading down with grass, trees with no leaves, and small houses on each corner; (Undated)

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An image of a dog standing on top of a snow filled field. (Undated)

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An image showing a large building with a few cars parked in the front, (Undated)

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An image of a street showing two houses, with one partially blocked from view by a tree.

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An image showing a house in the 1930s, shown with symetrical landscaping and cut grass. (Undated)

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An image of a person dressed in a formal 6 button jacket standing in front of

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An image of a sidewalk and a church being shown wrapped in ivy. (Undated)

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An image of a house next to another house that is briefly cut off, The house in picture seems to be a 3 storied house; (Undated)

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An image of a military base filled with many planes, rescue helicopters, and people that walk among the still aircraft; (Undated)

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An image of a three storied house that faces the street and is slightly cut off by a tree in the middle.; (Undated)

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An image of the same three storied house in the 1930s House Image 4, however it is a new angle, showing the front of the house more and showing the two trees blocking it from the previous photo; (Undated)

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An image showing a 1930s military rescue Helicopter landed in a front portrait photo; (Undated)

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An image showing a 1930s miltary rescue helicopter in the air flying from a distanc; (Undated)

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An image showing trees alongside the road and next to a house. (Undated)

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An image showing St. Josephs Church on the side of the road, and a farm in the distance behind the empty church; (Undated)

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An image showing a cemetary and many tombstones varying in shapes and sizes; (Undated)

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An image showing a church and it's large driveway; (Undated)

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An image showing a river surrounded by trees and with land being seen connecting on both sides; (Undated)

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An image showing two apartment buildings across from each other as well. With their staricases on the left apartment building being shown;(Undated)

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A wideshot photo shoing a school building with many people outside standing, walking, or running in the photo; (Undated)

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A photo of the front of the house being near a street poll; (Undated)

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A wideshot of a sidewalk, showing a local "Socony" Oil store, with a 1930 Cheverlet Coupe parked on the outside of it; (Undated)

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A wideshot of a street with a large building being covered by trees; (Undated)

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A wideshot photo showing a large plot of land, with a church and 7 more smaller building sin the distant background; (Undated)

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A portrait of an adult dressed in a coat and a US Navy hat, standing on the side of the sidewalk and behind a building staring directly at the camera; (Undated)

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A portrait of the Adult wearing the US Navy hat and coat, seated and staring at the camera with buildings in his background; (Undated)

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A wideshot of a church with a store on the left and cars parked outside of the large church building (Undated)

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An image of a house during the winter time, with a car parked right outside of it ;(Undated)

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A wideshot of a hill with a single-storied house resting at the top of it, overlooking a dip in the land; (Undated)

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A wideshot of a big industrial building with electric post lined up in front of the building.

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A street image showing two houses in between trees and facing the main road. As the shadow of a electric pole illuminates from above.

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An image showing a soldier in his uniform in a side profile photo, giving a salute while smiling and holding his hat.

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An image showing one tombstone with the name "Patnode" with a large plot of land behind the tombstone showing trees in the distance and flowers in front of the tombstone.

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An image showing a large house with four cars parked in the front of it,as well as another car parked across the house; (Undated)

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An image of a dog outside of a house looking away from the camera; (Undated)

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An image of a house and two other nearby houses all with trees in the front of them.

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A wideshot of an apartment building with two cars parked in front of it, and an electric pole and trees slightly blocking the view of the apartment (Undated)

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A wideshot of two apartments and small garage facing each other. (Undated)

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A wideshot photo showing a cemetary with a large religous statue in the center, with tombstones all over; (Undated)

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A wideshot of a street and buldings in the back being buried in snow, with a church in the background as well; (Undated)

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A wideshot of land seeming to be near a water stream that is frozen by the weather. Two houses and a farm are seen in the background; (Undated)

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A wideshot of a small water stream and trees surrounded and covered by ice and snow; (Undated)

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A wideshot of a street with two people across the street overlooking a large building with roof turrents ; (Undated)

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A photo showing a street with shops and buildings on each side of the photo facing the street, and cars parked on the outside of the buildings; (Undated)

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A photo of the same house in House Image 7, but a new angle showing more of the street, neighboring house, and the parked car; (Undated)

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A wideshot of a roadside and two buildings, a church and a house, near a hill and surrounded by land; (Undated)

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A wideshot of the same building in Land Wideshot 3, except showing the front of the industrial building more, and getting a look into the work area beyond the gate surrounding the building (Undated)

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A wideshot of a one floor house in front a dirt road, and in front of a large plot of land; (Undated)

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A wideshot of grassland and trees tilting downhill; (Undated)

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A group of 12 adults all dressed in formal wear posing for a picture, and 4 children in the far left corner of the group all seated together; (Undated)

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A road showing a large building overshadowing parked cars and making up the center of the street; (Undated)

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A photo of a woman posing behind a large crop of corn; (Undated)

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A photo of a stream of water and land surrounding it, with no houses, only trees, grass and a fence in the background; (Undated)

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A wideshot of a wilderness that is surrounded by trees in the background, and seperated by a trail that splits the land, with their also being a stacking of cut wood in the corner; (Undated)

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A photo of a one floor house behind the sidewalk and a dog sitting in the grass on the bottom left corner; (Undated)

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A wideshot of bridge being crossed by a car in a large area of land and trees; (Undated)

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A wideshot of a land with trees surrounding it with grass all over; (Undated)

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A wideshot of he bridge in Land Wideshot 11 being seen from a different angle and with wood materials all around the picture.

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A wideshot image of a military cargo plane being surrounded by tourist while on a military base; (Undated)
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