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Avec permission. Messieurs et dames. Vous êtes avertis qu'ill est arrivée en cette ville une petite dame angloise, de la hauteur de deux pieds & demi, & si bien proportionnée, qu'un chacun qui la verra sera satisfait
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Small handbill advertising the arrival of a "petite dame angloise" or "little English lady", aged 38 years and two and a half feet tall. She is also the mother of two. The handbill states that the unnamed woman is lodging at the "Armes de la Reine" and that the price to meet her is two sols per person for the general public and according to their generosity for gentlemen and ladies of distinction. The handbill also states that she had been recently in Aix-la-Chapelle where she had been presented at the Royal Palace, and that she has also had the honor to be presented to their Majesties the Princess of Orange, Prince William the Hereditary Stadtholder, Princess Charlotte and their court. It is also noted that if groups wish to see the lady at their own home, a private visit may be arranged.
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These "portable" metal bunkhouses used at Camp 37 must be ranked as one of the less successful innovations on the Big Creek Project
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These "portable" metal bunkhouses used at Camp 37 must be ranked as one of the less successful innovations on the Big Creek Project. One can only wonder what it must have been like to try to sleep inside one of them during hot summer nights!
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Engert, Cornelius Van Hemert. 1 letter (1922) to Lady Agnes Adams, Ganeshkhind, India
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Mr. Engert has been traveling in many interesting places and is now visiting with Sir George Lloyd. Previously he visited Sir Aurel Stein at his camp in Kashmir which only can be reached by climbing on hands and knees up a cliff. He mentions when he was in Kabul, he was able to convince the Imir to allow Lowell Thomas to film his "Empire." A sprig of edelweiss is enclosed.
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The bridge
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When the old wooden bridge breaks, a young boy is delighted to be able to watch, from his front yard, the many different machines at work building the new bridge across the brook.
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Raymond Hotel, 1200 South Fair Oaks, Pasadena. 1929
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Front view of the Raymond Hotel at 1200 South Fair Oaks. Numerous chairs are set out on the front porch, though only one is occupied.
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