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Winding up the grandfather clock

Hudson Maxim and another man, identified as his nephew Hiram Percy Maxim, stand with their backs to the camera looking at a quarry. According to the caption on the photograph, Hudson Maxim worked there in his youth.

Grave of Artemus Ward on a raised stone pedestal next to two other family gravestones. Other gravestones and some trees fill in the scene with trees and hills visible in the background.

A large stone marked "JOSH BILLINGS" ringed with a fence surrounded by other gravestones in a cemetery. Some trees grow uphill in the background.

A view of a cemetery with numerous gravestones. Some trees grow around the cemetery, partly obscuring a view of a church in the middle ground. Other town buildings are visible in the background.

A small cemetery with some gravestones. A shrine with a statue of Mary stands in the center with some trees growing behind.

Pasture with many sheep grazing. A rustic fence separates the field from the forest. A misty mountain in looms in the background.

A boat floats under a large metal bridge. Caption on reverse reads "New York. The great bridge across the Hudson at Poughkeepsie."

Two bare-footed white girls stand near a house, each holding a pail. A staircase behind them leads towards the entrance and a large brick chimney is on the side of the house near them.

A view of numerous little falls among a rocky river with trees growing in the background.

Scan of brochure pages describing the conditions and sequence of events surrounding the flood.

Scan of brochure page of flooding, Turners Falls Dam.

A huge old sequoia with other smaller trees around it among snow-covered ground.

A white boy stands on a street with a wicker basket hooked on his elbow writing in a notepad. A cart stands near him with cloth covering vegetables.

A woman prays in front of the statue of Our Lady of Lourdes.