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Toledo, O : Taken from East Toledo

Description: Image of an elevated landscape view of the city of Toledo, Ohio, showing pedestrians and sheep on a hillside in the immediate foreground, with a dirt road, horse-drawn vehicles, commercial properties, a bridge, and boats on the Maumee River behind, and the cityscape across the water into the distance; the bridge has a sign at its entrance that reads, "$5.00 fine for driving faster than a walk"; with a bottom border panel containing seven vignettes of eye-level views of the front facades of the "Oliver House," "Trinity Church," Post Office," "Court House," "High School," "Sisters of Charity," and the "Oprhans Asylum," and a top border panel containing seven vignettes of the front facades of "St. Patrick's Academy," "American House," "Mr. Baker's Residence," "Peter Lenks Brewery," "Mr. Deveau's Residence," "Bethel Church," and "A. Stephan's Brewery."
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Date: ©1866

O. Vill's lager beer : Minnesota City, Minn

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Image of a king in robes and hose surrounded by various characters in ethnic costume reveling and drinking beer, including a German barmaid, a Zouave soldier, Uncle Sam, an Arabian man, a Chinese man with a long braid, a Native American, a barkeep, and three gnomes trying to keep a goat from ramming a man who has fallen to the ground with his beer stein; scrolls with text in German advertising Bavarian beer flank the center advertisement text; vignettes in the two bottom corners show the interiors of a brewing vat and a barrel room full of brewery workers.

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Edward H. Jones : master mechanic of Albany & Schenectady division of N.Y.C.R.R

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Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of Edward Jones, the master mechanic of the Albany and Schenectady Division of the New York Central Railroad, with corner vignettes of steam locomotives, a ship, and a suspension bridge incorporated into the decorative border; portrait has printed signature, "Yours Truly Edward H. Jones."

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Val. Blatz's premium export Milwaukee lager beer

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Image of a Milwaukee lager advertisement showing a top image of a German brewer in an apron holding a glass of beer aloft in one hand and a pitcher in the other while emerging from a barrel room with the word "Prosit!" engraved on the front step; with a bottom image of an elevated landscape view of Val. Blatz's brewery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with horse-drawn vehicles and beer barrels visible in the foreground of an industrial complex of buildings including an ice house, boiler house, engine room, office, and brewery building; images flanked by an elaborate border featuring Classical sculptures of women with pitchers and drinking vessels, twining ivy, and two medallion images, one from the 1876 United States Centennial Exhibition labeled "International Exhibition Philadelphia MDCCCLXXVI Awarded by the United States Centennial Commission."

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Florence north west view

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Image of an elevated landscape view of Florence, Massachusetts, showing tree stumps in the foreground and the town with mountains in the background; fourteen vignettes of the school house, church, and residences along the border.

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Huntington residence from the east

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View of the southeast corner and loggia of the Huntington residence with only a few young palms and a pine tree to the east of the building. A man in a dark suit and hat stands under the palm on the left. MS note on folder reads "HEH residence: south and west facades." MS note on verso reads "HEH residence: loggia."

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Ocean view looking south west from the residence of S. P. Pharis, Pharis District, San Mateo Co. Cal

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Image of an elevated landscape view of the residence of Sheldon Purdy Pharis (born 1828) in San Mateo County, California, showing farmers harvesting hay with horse drawn carts, and rolling hills and the Pacific Ocean in the distance; four corner vignettes of forested areas showing a lumber mill, wooded trails, a mineral spring, and view of the residence.

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Toledo, O : Taken from East Toledo

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