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![Engine House, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, 1884, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-2831]. Engine House, Pottsville, Pennsylvania](https://ids.si.edu/ids/iiif/SIA-MAH-2831-000002/full/125,/0/default.jpg)
- Creator:
- Bretz, George M. 1842-1895
- Title:
- Engine House, Pottsville, Pennsylvania
- Date:
- 1884
- Physical Description:
- 8 x 10;
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![A Mule Trip at Long Valley Mine, Barclay, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, 1884, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-2842]. A Mule Trip at Long Valley Mine, Barclay, Bradford County, Pennsylvania](https://ids.si.edu/ids/iiif/SIA-MAH-2842-000002/full/125,/0/default.jpg)
- Title:
- A Mule Trip at Long Valley Mine, Barclay, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
- Date:
- 1884
- Physical Description:
- 8 x 10;
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![Ellangowan Colliery, Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1884, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-2843]. Ellangowan Colliery, Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania](https://ids.si.edu/ids/iiif/SIA-MAH-2843-000002/full/125,/0/default.jpg)
- Title:
- Ellangowan Colliery, Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
- Date:
- 1884
- Physical Description:
- 8 x 10;
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![Portrait of SI Regent John Maclean (1800-1886), 1880, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-2813]. Portrait of SI Regent John Maclean (1800-1886)](https://ids.si.edu/ids/iiif/SIA-MAH-2813-000002/full/125,/0/default.jpg)
- Creator:
- United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory
- Title:
- Portrait of SI Regent John Maclean (1800-1886)
- Dates:
- 1880, 1880s
- Physical Description:
- 8 x 10;
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![Portrait of SI Regent John Maclean (1800-1886), 1880, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-2815]. Portrait of SI Regent John Maclean (1800-1886)](https://ids.si.edu/ids/iiif/SIA-MAH-2815-000002/full/125,/0/default.jpg)
- Creator:
- United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory
- Title:
- Portrait of SI Regent John Maclean (1800-1886)
- Dates:
- 1880, 1880s
- Physical Description:
- 8 x 10;
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![Portrait of Inuk Guide Taqulittuq (c. 1838 - 1876), 1880, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-2816]. Portrait of Inuk Guide Taqulittuq (c. 1838 - 1876)](https://ids.si.edu/ids/iiif/SIA-MAH-2816-000002/full/125,/0/default.jpg)
- Creator:
- Smillie, T. W (Thomas William) 1843-1917
- Title:
- Portrait of Inuk Guide Taqulittuq (c. 1838 - 1876)
- Dates:
- 1880, Before 1876
- Physical Description:
- 8 x 10;
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![Profile Portrait of Inuk Guide Taqulittuq (c. 1838 - 1876), 1880, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-2817]. Profile Portrait of Inuk Guide Taqulittuq (c. 1838 - 1876)](https://ids.si.edu/ids/iiif/SIA-MAH-2817-000002/full/125,/0/default.jpg)
- Creator:
- Smillie, T. W (Thomas William) 1843-1917
- Title:
- Profile Portrait of Inuk Guide Taqulittuq (c. 1838 - 1876)
- Dates:
- 1880, Before 1876
- Physical Description:
- 8 x 10;
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![Portrait of Mary Helen Churchill Baird, 1880, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-2821]. Portrait of Mary Helen Churchill Baird](https://ids.si.edu/ids/iiif/SIA-MAH-2821-000002/full/125,/0/default.jpg)
- Creator:
- United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory
- Title:
- Portrait of Mary Helen Churchill Baird
- Dates:
- 1880, 1880s
- Physical Description:
- 8 x 10;
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![Portrait of Mary Helen Churchill Baird, 1880, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-2822]. Portrait of Mary Helen Churchill Baird](https://ids.si.edu/ids/iiif/SIA-MAH-2822-000002/full/125,/0/default.jpg)
- Creator:
- United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory
- Title:
- Portrait of Mary Helen Churchill Baird
- Dates:
- 1880, 1880s
- Physical Description:
- 8 x 10;
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![Portrait of Mary Helen Churchill Baird, 1880, Smithsonian Institution Archives, SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-2823]. Portrait of Mary Helen Churchill Baird](https://ids.si.edu/ids/iiif/SIA-MAH-2823-000002/full/125,/0/default.jpg)
- Creator:
- United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory
- Title:
- Portrait of Mary Helen Churchill Baird
- Dates:
- 1880, 1880s
- Physical Description:
- 8 x 10;
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