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![[Superstructure of the Maine after her sinking, 1900]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvc3VwZXJzdHJ1Y3R1cmUtb2YtdGhlLW1haW5lLWFmdGVyLWhlci1zaW5raW5nLTE5MDAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/251/jpg "[Superstructure of the Maine after her sinking, 1900]")
![[Building at Conger in course of erection, Aug. 1881]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvYnVpbGRpbmctYXQtY29uZ2VyLWluLWNvdXJzZS1vZi1lcmVjdGlvbi1hdWctMTg4MS1kZDEwMTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Building at Conger in course of erection, Aug. 1881]")
![[Washington, D.C., Treasury Building about 1853]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjcvMDEvMDEvd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy10cmVhc3VyeS1idWlsZGluZy1hYm91dC0xODUzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/25/webp "[Washington, D.C., Treasury Building about 1853]")
![[Rural Life in the 1870s], Library of Congress narratives collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzgvMDEvMDEvcnVyYWwtbGlmZS1pbi10aGUtMTg3MHMtNS02NDAuZ2lm/40/50/webp "[Rural Life in the 1870s], Library of Congress narratives collection")
![[Rural Life in the 1870s], Library of Congress narratives collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzgvMDEvMDEvcnVyYWwtbGlmZS1pbi10aGUtMTg3MHMtOS02NDAuZ2lm/40/50/webp "[Rural Life in the 1870s], Library of Congress narratives collection")
![[Rebuilding after the Hamaguri Gate Incident of 1864, Kyoto, Japan]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDkvcmVidWlsZGluZy1hZnRlci10aGUtaGFtYWd1cmktZ2F0ZS1pbmNpZGVudC1vZi0xODY0LWt5b3RvLWphcGFuLTY2NjRjNC02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Rebuilding after the Hamaguri Gate Incident of 1864, Kyoto, Japan]")
![[Man standing on portion of seawall built after the hurricane and flood of 1900, Galveston, Texas]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTUvMTEvMjUvbWFuLXN0YW5kaW5nLW9uLXBvcnRpb24tb2Ytc2Vhd2FsbC1idWlsdC1hZnRlci10aGUtaHVycmljYW5lLWFuZC1mbG9vZC1vZi0xOTAwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "[Man standing on portion of seawall built after the hurricane and flood of 1900, Galveston, Texas]")
