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... substantial wharves of the Seaboard road ; tied to the latter were a number of schooners and the palatial bay steamer Virginia , keeping time , with a gentle up - and - down motion , to the ceaseless movement of the restless tide . To ...
... substantial wharves of the Seaboard road ; tied to the latter were a number of schooners and the palatial bay steamer Virginia , keeping time , with a gentle up - and - down motion , to the ceaseless movement of the restless tide . To ...
Page 12
... substantial - looking wharves , fringed with the tall masts of stately ships and the smoke - stacks of fleet steamers ; further back the solid walls of the warehouses and stores that line her water - front ; and above them all a grand ...
... substantial - looking wharves , fringed with the tall masts of stately ships and the smoke - stacks of fleet steamers ; further back the solid walls of the warehouses and stores that line her water - front ; and above them all a grand ...
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... substantial and well - designed commercial palaces : The stuccoed front and mansard elevation of the Ames & Stevens furniture building ; next , the Lowenburg block of fine stores , well built of brick , trimmed with marble , the upper ...
... substantial and well - designed commercial palaces : The stuccoed front and mansard elevation of the Ames & Stevens furniture building ; next , the Lowenburg block of fine stores , well built of brick , trimmed with marble , the upper ...
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... substantial and business - looking fronts upon Market Square . Next in line I found the solid - looking creation of the MECHANICS ASSOCIATION , which not only indicates by a giant arm clutching a hammer , and appropriately placed in a ...
... substantial and business - looking fronts upon Market Square . Next in line I found the solid - looking creation of the MECHANICS ASSOCIATION , which not only indicates by a giant arm clutching a hammer , and appropriately placed in a ...
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... substantially built of brick , with the various kinds of stone facings . All look comfortable , many give evi- dence of wealth , culture and refinement ; but none so remarkably differ in design or detail as to call for special ...
... substantially built of brick , with the various kinds of stone facings . All look comfortable , many give evi- dence of wealth , culture and refinement ; but none so remarkably differ in design or detail as to call for special ...
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