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Box 1

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Contains 18 Results:

Tubby Sisson's Fish Wagon

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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1 Copy photo of Tubby Sisson driving his horse-drawn fish waggon down an Alexandria street.

Dates: 1910-2005

Blizzard of 1899, 1899

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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2 Copy photo of people standing in the snow at the 400 block of King Street, in front of Arnold Bros.
3 Copy photo of a man running across the snow-covered roads at King and Fairfax Streets near the Ramsay House.
4 Copy photo of a train engine parked in the snow on North Fayette Street.


Dates: 1899

Aerial Views

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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5 Aerial photo of the Masonic temple and surrounding neighborhood.
6 Aerial photo of "Station C" on the Potomac River, which is now NRG's Potomac River Generating Station. The corner of Bashford and Royal Streets can be seen on the left.

Dates: 1910-2005

Bands

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents Photos in folder:7 Copy photo of the Alexandria Light Infantry Drum and Bugle Corps. "Mr. Mansfield" is in front row, holding a drum. Photo taken in front of Armory Hall on S. Royal Street. 8 Copy photo of the Alexandria Light Infantry Drum and Bugle Corps. "Mr. Mansfield" is in front row, holding a drum. Photo taken in front of Armory Hall on S. Royal Street. 9 Copy photo of the Alexandria Light Infantry Drum and Bugle Corps with "Mr....
Dates: 1910-2005

Civil War

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
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11 Copy photo soldiers in front of the slave pen of Price, Birch, and Co. at 1315 Duke Street around 1863.
12 Copy photo of soldiers on horses in front of the Mansion House on the 100 block of N. Fairfax Street around 1863.

Dates: 1910-2005

Express Spark Plug Factory

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
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13 Copy photo of people working in the Express Spark Plug Factory. The glass negative has been digitized and lives at the Library of Congress.
14 Copy photo of people working in the Express Spark Plug Factory. The glass negative has been digitized and lives at the Library of Congress.
15 Copy photo of people working in the Express Spark Plug Factory. The glass negative has been digitized and lives at the Library of Congress.


Dates: 1910-2005

Jones Point Lighthouse, 1905-1915

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
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16 Photo of the Jones Point Lighthouse.

Dates: 1905-1915

King Street Flood, 1915

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
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17 Photo of flooding on King Street in Alexandria.

Dates: 1915

Mount Vernon Group Photo

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
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18 Photo of an unknown group of people in front of Washington's Mount Vernon.

Dates: 1910-2005

Parade-Fire Equipment

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
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19 Photo of a fire pump going by in a parade.
20 Photo of a fire pump going by in a parade.
21 Fire fighters, including Billy Bontz and Sid Douglas, manning the Alexandria Fire Department Co. No. 5 steamer, as it pumps at the corner of King and Union Streets during the Smoot Fire of 1912.


Dates: 1910-2005