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Speech at Alexandria, Va., July 4, 1863
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Stationary steam railway locomotive in railway yard in Alexandria, Virginia. The locomotive has an engine with the name Col. A. Beckwith displayed on it and one open cargo (coal-tender) car. The cargo car is carrying cords of wood and has "UNITED STATES MILITARY RL. RDS. printed on its side. The cabin has one man and Philadelphia is printed on the piston housing. This image similar to photCL 301 (2). Title on mount: Alexandria, Va.
photCL 301 (41)
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Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs, and other material consists of 57,893 black-and-white negatives, color transparencies, black-and-white prints, and color prints; 39 presentation albums; and 17 boxes of office records, 1930-1974. Created primarily by Maynard Parker, the archive documents the residential and non-residential work of architects, interior designers, landscape architects, artists, builders, real estate developers, and clients associated with these fields, foremost among them the magazine House Beautiful. Also included in the collection are photographs taken by other individuals, such as architect Cliff May and Parker's assistant, Charles Yerkes.
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Image of an aerial view of the rest station and "lodge for invalid soldiers" operated by the U.S. Sanitary Commission in Alexandria, Virginia, during the American Civil War; military camp with soldiers arriving by train; camp bordered by cityscape; locomotive roundhouse in background at left.
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Docked steamer at Alexandria, Virginia, with HUDSON NEW YORK printed on the boat's stern. Two women stand above the words and one man is at middle position on deck. A harnessed horse stands with wagon on the pier left-hand side of photo. Title on mount: U. S. steamer Hudson at Alexandria Va. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 35.
photCL 301 (43)
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Government hay barns, Alexandria, Virginia. This photo shows railroad tracks to the left of a group of wooden barns filled with hay, wagons, horses, boys, and men. There is a Union solider sitting with his rifle on a bale of hay in the foreground. Title on mount: Hay sheds Alex Va. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 19.
photCL 301 (80)
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Government bakery, Stoneman's Station, Aquia Creek & Fredericksburgh Railroad. Photograph shows overhead view of the Government Bakery, Alexandria, Virginia, with the Alexandria skyline in the background. Steam rises from the buildings' chimneys and there are horse-drawn wagons and people in the street below. A large flagpole in the foreground dissects the frame. Title on mount: U.S. Bakery, Alexandria, Va. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 20.
photCL 301 (85)