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![[Bird's eye view of Wheeling, West Virginia.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDYvYmlyZHMtZXllLXZpZXctb2Ytd2hlZWxpbmctdy12YS1jY2FmNmQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/47/jpg "[Bird's eye view of Wheeling, West Virginia.]")
![[St. Goar, the Rhine, Germany] view, photochrome print postcard.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvc3QtZ29hci10aGUtcmhpbmUtZ2VybWFueS00MDYyMmYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[St. Goar, the Rhine, Germany] view, photochrome print postcard.")
![[Rosengarten, general view, Tyrol, Austro-Hungary]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvcm9zZW5nYXJ0ZW4tZ2VuZXJhbC12aWV3LXR5cm9sLWF1c3Ryby1odW5nYXJ5LTc3ZDFhYy02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "[Rosengarten, general view, Tyrol, Austro-Hungary]")
![[Bad Schandau, Saxony, Germany] view, photochrome print postcard.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDMvYmFkLXNjaGFuZGF1LXNheG9ueS1nZXJtYW55LWE4ZTZlOS02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Bad Schandau, Saxony, Germany] view, photochrome print postcard.")
![[Triglav, Rothweinklamm (i.e., Rotwein Klamm), Carniola, Austro-Hungary]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvdHJpZ2xhdi1yb3Rod2VpbmtsYW1tLWllLXJvdHdlaW4ta2xhbW0tY2FybmlvbGEtYXVzdHJvLWh1bmdhcnktNDdjZjliLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "[Triglav, Rothweinklamm (i.e., Rotwein Klamm), Carniola, Austro-Hungary]")
![[Kyffhauser and monument and restaurant, Thuringia, Germany]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDYva3lmZmhhdXNlci1hbmQtbW9udW1lbnQtYW5kLXJlc3RhdXJhbnQtdGh1cmluZ2lhLWdlcm1hbnktZGQ0MTJjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "[Kyffhauser and monument and restaurant, Thuringia, Germany]")
![[West Virginia, up the Elk from the Horn]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTAvMDEvMDEvd2VzdC12aXJnaW5pYS11cC10aGUtZWxrLWZyb20tdGhlLWhvcm4tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[West Virginia, up the Elk from the Horn]")
![[View of Richmond, Virginia] - 19th century Virginia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvdmlldy1vZi1yaWNobW9uZC12aXJnaW5pYS1kY2UzMzQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/20/webp "[View of Richmond, Virginia] - 19th century Virginia.")
![Carol M. Highsmith - [House, Wheeling, West Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvaG91c2Utd2hlZWxpbmctd2VzdC12aXJnaW5pYS1kM2YwNDUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/41/webp "Carol M. Highsmith - [House, Wheeling, West Virginia]")
![[Bird's eye view, Roanoke, Virginia], Panoramic Photograph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMzAvYmlyZHMtZXllLXZpZXctcm9hbm9rZS12YS1hYmM5MjEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/12/webp "[Bird's eye view, Roanoke, Virginia], Panoramic Photograph")
![[Bird's-eye view of the White House from the west]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTUvYmlyZHMtZXllLXZpZXctb2YtdGhlLXdoaXRlLWhvdXNlLWZyb20tdGhlLXdlc3QtNzMxZjM0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Bird's-eye view of the White House from the west]")
