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- A man sits in a covered buggy hitched to two horses on a commercial street
- Behind the buggy is a storefront advertising 3-B beer and furnished rooms.
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- A man sits with two dogs in simple, early automobile, Larrabee Avenue at 19th street
- Back caption: "Photo published in B'ham Herald (April 14, 1906) Fred Offerman (Red Cross Drug - 214 W. Holly; Res: 106 Sylvan) 4 H.P. Orient Surrey built by Waltham Manufacturing Co. Claim: "It will climb all grades and carry four people wherever they wish to go." Also: "Orient Buck Board...4 Horse Power...on Larrabee Ave. at 19th St. looking east" (toward Happy Valley, south of Bellingham, WA)
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- A man stands at base of tree in grove of tall evergreens
- There is little or no undergrowth.
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- A man stands atop a large log resting on railroad trucks
- Written on the end of the log: "Scale 10000 ft. Length 70."
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- A massive freight vessel the "Neva" and tug boat move through Lake Union
- Vessel is leaving Lake Union on its way to South America. See page v.8 in "Recollections of Galen Biery" co-authored with E.R. Ellis van Miert.
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- A motorized covered wagon with a sign on its side saying "Bellingham Centennial - Jaycee's Beard Patrol"
- Next to the wagon is a man in gallows being shaved by four men in top hats and a woman.
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- A number of early-model cars are parked outside large "Washington Egg & Poultry Association" barn
- Back caption: "Wash. Co-op Egg & Poultry Assn. Oct 29 1925." The barn was located at the corner of Roeder and Central Avenues, beginning in 1922.
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- A number of small sailboats on Bellingham Bay, WA
- Signature reads "J.H. Bratt Photo."
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- A page of "The Evening Herald - Fairhaven, Washington" shows article about Pacific Packing and Navigation Company of Portland
- The Pacific Packing and Navigation Company was a precursor to Pacific American Fisheries.
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- A path leading to the Nelson School large four-story building with campanile
- Back caption: "Nelson School. Anacortes, Wash. Harriet A. Biery taught here in 1907. Married to T.O. Biery June 3, 1908 in Vancouver, B.C." Note: this caption may be incorrect. The building is most likely the Columbian School in Anacortes, WA.
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- A pen and ink drawing of"Reynaud's Optical Theater," showing a man manipulating two circular drums on a flat surface with optical equipment projecting a skit on a screen with an audience seated on the other side
- Emile Reynaud (1844-1918) invented the praxinoscope that enabled the projection of images on a screen, creating the illusion of movement - an early form of animation. His optical theater, invented in 1889, was a big praxinoscope, a true precursor to film.
