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![[Fig. 1 Grand promenade in Elysian Fields, Paris; fig. 2 Festival (religious) at St. Petersburg; fig. 3 Public meeting in England]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTEvMDEvMDEvZmlnLTEtZ3JhbmQtcHJvbWVuYWRlLWluLWVseXNpYW4tZmllbGRzLXBhcmlzLWZpZy0yLWZlc3RpdmFsLXJlbGlnaW91cy1hdC1zdC02NDAuanBn/320/403/jpg "[Fig. 1 Grand promenade in Elysian Fields, Paris; fig. 2 Festival (religious) at St. Petersburg; fig. 3 Public meeting in England]")
![New York City - The Orange Riot of July 12th - view on Eighth Avenue looking from Twenty-Fifth Street [...]ard the Grand Opera House - dispersal of the mob by the Ninth, Eighty-Fourth and other regiments](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS10aGUtb3JhbmdlLXJpb3Qtb2YtanVseS0xMnRoLXZpZXctb24tZWlnaHRoLWF2ZW51ZS1sb29raW5nLWZyb20tOWUxMzMxLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "New York City - The Orange Riot of July 12th - view on Eighth Avenue looking from Twenty-Fifth Street [...]ard the Grand Opera House - dispersal of the mob by the Ninth, Eighty-Fourth and other regiments")
![[Surrey chapel (St. Georges Fields, England) and Independent Church (Baltimore, Md.). Transverse sectional elevations]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MDMvMDEvMDEvc3VycmV5LWNoYXBlbC1zdC1nZW9yZ2VzLWZpZWxkcy1lbmdsYW5kLWFuZC1pbmRlcGVuZGVudC1jaHVyY2gtYmFsdGltb3JlLW1kLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "[Surrey chapel (St. Georges Fields, England) and Independent Church (Baltimore, Md.). Transverse sectional elevations]")
![[Peter the Great Place, St. Petersburg, Russia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjIvcGV0ZXItdGhlLWdyZWF0LXBsYWNlLXN0LXBldGVyc2J1cmctcnVzc2lhLTc3ZjJmYi02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "[Peter the Great Place, St. Petersburg, Russia]")
![[Britannia Pier and parade (i.e., promenade), Yarmouth, England]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvYnJpdGFubmlhLXBpZXItYW5kLXBhcmFkZS1pZS1wcm9tZW5hZGUteWFybW91dGgtZW5nbGFuZC02OGQ5ODUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[Britannia Pier and parade (i.e., promenade), Yarmouth, England]")
![The Great [railroad] Strike [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1877]: Burning of the Round-house at Pittsburgh; A funeral among the ruins... [2 scenes (single page)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzcvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWdyZWF0LXJhaWxyb2FkLXN0cmlrZS1waXR0c2J1cmdoLXBhLTE4NzctYnVybmluZy1vZi10aGUtcm91bmQtaG91c2UtYXQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/58/webp "The Great [railroad] Strike [Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1877]: Burning of the Round-house at Pittsburgh; A funeral among the ruins... [2 scenes (single page)]")
![[Entrance to the British exhibit, Palace of Diverse Industries, Paris Exposition, 1889]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTEvZW50cmFuY2UtdG8tdGhlLWJyaXRpc2gtZXhoaWJpdC1wYWxhY2Utb2YtZGl2ZXJzZS1pbmR1c3RyaWVzLXBhcmlzLWV4cG9zaXRpb24tZWFhYWY3LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "[Entrance to the British exhibit, Palace of Diverse Industries, Paris Exposition, 1889]")
![[Alexander II's chapel, St. Petersburg, Russia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvYWxleGFuZGVyLWlpcy1jaGFwZWwtc3QtcGV0ZXJzYnVyZy1ydXNzaWEtNDRkNWI0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "[Alexander II's chapel, St. Petersburg, Russia]")
