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44515.

Antietam Colossal Granite Statue. Sculptured at Batterson’s Quarry, Westerly, R.I. Weight, 30 tons. Height, 21 1/2 feet. James W. Pollett, Sculptor, at top of ladder.

44516.

Diver.

44517.

Hiram W. Phillips, Submarine Diver. Hiram was born in Braintree, Massachusetts in 1850 and died in 1924 in a diving accident. His diving career covered 55 years during which time he engaged in salvage, underwater construction of sea walls and foundations, and in his later years the laying of underwater sewer pipe. He was responsible for a number of improvements to diving apparatus and underwater construction methods, some of which were patented and some of which were given to the industry without patents. He had three daughters, was a member of the Quincy City Council and the Lodge of Masons, gave lectures to the public about his diving career, and wrote poetry.

44518.

Early hard-hat diving suit.

44519.

Hat Salesman.

44519.

Destruction of the North Wing of the Crystal Palace.

44520.

Fire King Engine, Providence, R.I.

44520.

Destruction of the North Wing of the Crystal Palace.

44521.

Destruction of the North Wing of the Crystal Palace.

44521.

Bookstore/Police Office.

44522.

Destruction of the North Wing of the Crystal Palace.

44522.

Out West. Charlie Johnson in the Door.

44523.

Destruction of the North Wing of the Crystal Palace.

44523.

Charles C. Maltzberger, 639 Penn St., Reading, PA. Tobacconist.

44524.

Destruction of the North Wing of the Crystal Palace.

44524.

Henry S. Kraus.. Iron & Steel.

44525.

L. Barnes, Painting and Graining, Glazeing and Whitening, Webster, Mass.

44525.

44526.

Oscar F. Rawson, Cigar Manufactory, Worcester, Mass.

44526.

44527.

Fiske & Beem’s Gents’ Furnishing and Merchant Tailoring Establishment, Ottawa, Illinois. Exterior of Building.

44528.

Fiske & Beem’s Gents’ Furnishing and Merchant Tailoring Establishment, Ottawa, Illinois. West View in Gents’ Furnishing Goods.

44529.

Fiske & Beem’s Gents’ Furnishing and Merchant Tailoring Establishment, Ottawa, Illinois. Ready-Made Clothing and Staircase Landing to Second Story.

44530.

Fiske & Beem’s Gents’ Furnishing and Merchant Tailoring Establishment, Ottawa, Illinois. Merchant Tailoring Department, showing Interior of Store.

44531.

Fiske & Beem’s Gents’ Furnishing and Merchant Tailoring Establishment, Ottawa, Illinois. East View in Hat, Cap, Trunk and Valise Department.

44532.

Fiske & Beem’s Gents’ Furnishing and Merchant Tailoring Establishment, Ottawa, Illinois.

44532.

The Sacking of the Jew’s House.

44533.

Fiske & Beem’s Gents’ Furnishing and Merchant Tailoring Establishment, Ottawa, Illinois. From Hat and Cap Department looking down into Merchant Tailoring Department.

44533.

The Sacking of the Jew’s House.

44534.

Fiske & Beem’s Gents’ Furnishing and Merchant Tailoring Establishment, Ottawa, Illinois. East View in Gents’ Furnishing Goods.

44534.

Ransacking the Jew House.

44535.

Ordnance Survey of Sinai. 1869. The Non-commissioned officers of the Royal Engineers, on the Sinai Expedition, with cook, servant, and Arab guide, at Wady Feiran.

44535.

Pattern Makers, Aurora, Ill.

44536.

Ordnance Survey of Sinai. 1869. Bedawin Encampment, Wady Feiran.

44536.

G.C. Rider, Maker of Violins and Repairer of all kinds of String Instruments, 345 First Street, Portland, Oregon.

44537.

Soda Fountain, unknown location.

44538.

Drugstore, Soda Fountain, Tailor.

44539.

Draftsman.

44540.

Carpenters.

44541.

Workshop Interior. Young boy laborers at counter at right.

44541.

The Basin, White Mountains, N.H.

44542.

Looks like a bank interior.

44542.

Fairmount Water Works, Philadelphia.

44543.

Unknown interior. Howe Sewing Machine poster on wall.

44543.

General View of Niagara Falls, from the American Side.

44544.

William Corliss’ Patent Burglar Proof Safe, Manufactured by the Corliss Safe Company, Providence, R.I.

44545.

William Corliss’ Patent Burglar Proof Safe, Manufactured by the Corliss Safe Company, Providence, R.I.

44546.

William Corliss’ Patent Burglar Proof Safe, Manufactured by the Corliss Safe Company, Providence, R.I.

44547.

Warren Bros. Calculating Engine.

44548.

Philadelphia, June, 1864. No. 9. Union Vase.