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  • Collection: The Tom Riester Postcard Collection

1912 Flood - Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England

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This image shows the flood on May 30, 1912, at Westgate, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. This is the sister city to Mansfield, Ohio.

Aultman & Taylor Machine Co., Mansfield, Ohio

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Six men, four women, and a young girl sit around what appears to be the company's portable sawmill. A 1908 advertisement in The Threshermen's Review (Jan 1908, pg. 3) called it "the handiest portable mill on the market" and said it was capable of…

B and O Depot, Mansfield, O

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Image of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot, 283 North Mulberry. Photo shows a steam train in front of the station, under a water pipe used for replenishing the boiler reservoir. A small t-shaped station with a bay window on the street side of…

Birds Eye View of Mansfield, O.

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A drawing of a typical midwestern town at the start of the 20th century. The card depicts Main street with various shops.

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Chicago Limited leaving Union Depot, Mansfield, O.

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A view of the Chicago Limited leaving at the Union Depot at the junction of the Erie and Pennsylvania railroads.

East 5th St. Flood - 1913

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The image is misidentified as East 6th St. This is actually looking east down East 5th, C. D. Appleman's scrap iron wholesale shop, located at 57 E. 5th, is the only name visible in the image, A streetcar is also further up the street and the rear…

Fourth of July, Mansfield, Ohio 1907

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Image of the Fourth of July parade in 1907. A band is marching down the street and a BPOE sign hangs in the background. The image is possible looking west down Third street at the corner of West Third and North Walnut.

Interurban Depot, Mansfield, Ohio

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This image looks northeast across the intersection of North Diamond Street and Third. A handsome two-story brick building sits on the corner, a steel porch covering the sidewalk on the Diamond Street side. The Cleveland-Southwestern Interurban…

Interurban Depot. Mansfield, Ohio

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A handsome two-story brick building sits on the corner, a steel porch covering the sidewalk on the Diamond Street side. The Cleveland-Southwestern Interurban station opened in 1914. A green Interurban car sits beside the station.

Mansfield, Ohio - Pennsylvania Yards

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Image of the railroad yards for the Pennsylvania Railroad in Mansfield, Ohio.