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![Metropolitan fair, in aid of the U. S. sanitary commission ... The Curiosity shop ... [New York, 1864].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvbWV0cm9wb2xpdGFuLWZhaXItaW4tYWlkLW9mLXRoZS11LXMtc2FuaXRhcnktY29tbWlzc2lvbi10aGUtY3VyaW9zaXR5LXNob3AtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/413/jpg "Metropolitan fair, in aid of the U. S. sanitary commission ... The Curiosity shop ... [New York, 1864].")
![[Arms] State of Connecticut. By His Excellency Marcus H. Holcomb Governor A proclamation ... I designate Friday the seventh day of May next, as arbor and bird day ... Given under my hand ... this fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord, one](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvYXJtcy1zdGF0ZS1vZi1jb25uZWN0aWN1dC1ieS1oaXMtZXhjZWxsZW5jeS1tYXJjdXMtaC1ob2xjb21iLWdvdmVybm9yLWEtcHJvY2xhbWF0aW9uLTYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/60/webp "[Arms] State of Connecticut. By His Excellency Marcus H. Holcomb Governor A proclamation ... I designate Friday the seventh day of May next, as arbor and bird day ... Given under my hand ... this fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord, one")
![Celebration of the evacuation of the city of New York by the British. Address. To the citizens of New-York ... [New York 1883].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvY2VsZWJyYXRpb24tb2YtdGhlLWV2YWN1YXRpb24tb2YtdGhlLWNpdHktb2YtbmV3LXlvcmstYnktdGhlLWJyaXRpc2gtYWRkcmVzcy1lNDg3MmItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/54/webp "Celebration of the evacuation of the city of New York by the British. Address. To the citizens of New-York ... [New York 1883].")
![[New York City sanitation dept. employee sweeping street, ca. 1910]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS1zYW5pdGF0aW9uLWRlcHQtZW1wbG95ZWUtc3dlZXBpbmctc3RyZWV0LWNhLTE5MTAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[New York City sanitation dept. employee sweeping street, ca. 1910]")
