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  • Outside connected passenger engine. Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. Manchester N.H

    Outside connected passenger engine. Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. Manchester N.H

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    Image of an eye-level landscape view of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. factory complex along the Merrimack River in Manchester, New Hampshire, with an elevation view of the side of a passenger steam locomotive on railroad tracks in the foreground, with a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement, an engineer visible in the cab, a tender holding wood with a man standing in the tank, and a label between the driving wheels that reads "Amoskeag Mang. Co. Manchester N.H. / C.W. Baldwin Agent / 1856."

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  • Firemen's muster, Merrimack Square, Manchester, N.H. September 15th. 1859

    Firemen's muster, Merrimack Square, Manchester, N.H. September 15th. 1859

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    Image of an elevated landscape view of the town of Manchester, New Hampshire, depicting a firemen’s muster with a large crowd of spectators and firefighters with hand-pump manual fire engines gathered around the pond in Merrimack Square; a fire hose competition is visible at back left with a stream of water being shot in the air from a fire hose next to a wooden measuring pole; being shot from a fire hose at back left as part of a contest; some of the fire engines have labels including “2”, “Excelsior 3 Bangor” “Protector No. 3” “Gen Worth” “Torrent” and some the firefighters wear belts with labels including “Deluge” “Protector” “Lawrence” “[So]uth Reading” and “Alert”; the buildings visible in the background have the signs “Books” “Shirt Manufactory” “Museum” “C. Spencer & [Son Hard]ware” “B.L. Bartlett” “Eating House” and “Rowle & Co.” and the church is labeled ““Bidwell Glunn’s[?] Company at 3 [? o’clock] 15”; the scene also includes trees, American flags, dogs, women in hoop skirts, and children.

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  • Inside connected passenger engine. Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. Manchester N.H

    Inside connected passenger engine. Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. Manchester N.H

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    Image of an elevation view of the side of a steam locomotive, with a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement, tender, and sign on the smokebox that reads "Manchester N.H. / No.150. 1854."

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    Image of a poster advertising Goodrich Tires and depicting a cowboy riding a modern-styled safety bicycle while throwing a lasso, with two steers running over a green hillside in the background.

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    Image of an aerial landscape view of the town of Hinsdale, New Hampshire, nestled in the hills along the Ashuelot River; location key printed in margin.

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