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59251. Aerial ferry bridge, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905-04-05
Description:
Aerial ferry bridge with gondola over canal; concrete piers; light posts; light house on south pier
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59252. Aerial Bridge: Whaleback Leaving Duluth-Superior Harbor Loaded With Ore, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Whaleback is an unusual ship design with steel hulls (body of the vessel) and rounded decks (boat, hurricane, main -which is the lowest full-length deck in a ship's hull, and spar are all decks at different levels) which was introduced by the inventor Captain Alexander McDougall of Duluth in 1888. It was a very stable vessel. American Steel Barge Company, a New York corporation engaged in shipbuilding and transportation on the Great Lakes as well as on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, purchased all of the patents for McDougalls whaleback vessels for $25,000. The only remaining whaleback is the Meteor, which is now a museum at Barker's Island in Superior, Wisconsin.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

59253. Aerial Bridge: View of Minnesota Point, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
This photograph may have been shot from Seventh Street and about Lake Avenue. The bright narrow strip in the lower middle of the image is Lake Avenue leading to the Aerial Bridge. The rectangle and three dots parallel to the piers of the canal are the remnants of the Whitney rock crushing enterprise. The Whitney Brothers, of Superior, Wisconsin, had a sand and gravel processing business that was functioning in 1919. The concrete form that is still in the water was the dredging/crushing building. A tunnel ran from the building to the Point. There was a conveyor belt and railroad spur adjacent to the concrete building. Sand from the Apostle Islands and gravel from Grand Marais were carried to Duluth on a small vessel named Limit. The business also used a tug the William A. Whitney. The Limit was secured to the concrete building and the load of sand or gravel was unloaded into the steel hopper using a jaw-like clam shell, steam powered device. The belt conveyed the materials to shore and it dropped into a tunnel where trucks were ready. On Federal lake charts it is referred to as cribs. Telephone lines are in this photograph. In 1880, the first telephones were installed in Duluth by Walter Van Brunt for C. H. Graves and Company. In 1881, the Duluth Telephone Company was incorporated with $10,000 capital. In 1882, the first telephone directory was issued for 30 subscribers. In 1898, long distance lines between Duluth, Cloquet and Carlton were strung. In 1899, Duluth had 794 telephones. In 1900, the Zenith telephone Company (independent) started operations in competition with Duluth Telephone Company. The tower is the Central High School clock tower. The 1892 school has been the Central Administration Building for ISD 709 since the late 1970s.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59254. Aerial Bridge: U.S. Ship Canal Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Ore boat leaving Duluth. Detroit Publishing Co. was a prolific post card publisher, especially in the U.S. Their cards were published from 1898 to 1933. Using a color process called Phostint, their cards were considered to be very artistic. The hobby of collecting post cards is called deltiology. The first post card was issued by the Austrian government, America's first postcards came out in 1873. Picture postcards were introduced later. The golden age of postcards was supposed to date from 1907 through the first World War.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

59255. Aerial bridge under construction, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1904
Description:
Aerial bridge under construction; workers; view from about Minnesota slip to bridge; piers; Minnesota Point houses in background
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59256. Aerial Bridge: Structural Details, End View, Part Side Elevation, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1903?
Description:
Detailed drawing of four parts of the Aerial Bridge. The end view is a drawing of a tower; part side elevation is of half of the Aerial Bridge with the suspended car transfer. The third drawing is called Section A-A and depicts a tower without the cross structures drawn in. The last drawing is called Section B-B, which is a top down view of one of the towers resting on its footings. All of these drawings have dimensions. The part side elevation includes a very small drawing of the side of the gondola car. The end view includes the phrase "car approaches built by city." The finials are shown on three of the four drawings. Drawing H5421, Sheet 2.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Design drawings

59257. Aerial bridge streetcar wye, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1922
Description:
Streetcar wye at Lake Avenue and Morse Street, the end of track next to the Aerial Bridge, in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59258. Aerial Bridge: Strain Diagram, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1903?
Description:
This drawing identifies wind forces and their effects on the physical structure. Notes are included on this drawing for example: "Stresses in lower sections of tension diagonals equal or smaller than top sections, but same riveting to be used in detail." The drawing includes a key for live load, dead load, impact, wind at 150 pounds per linear foot, wind stress due to traveler, equivalent to live load. The drawing shows top and bottom laterals. Total weight of the carrier and car is given as 240,000 pounds. The scale is given as 20 feet equaling one inch. Drawing H5421, Sheet 3.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Design drawings

59259. Aerial Bridge: Steamer Huronic Entering Duluth-Superior Harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915?
Description:
In 1893, James J. Hill's Northern Steamship Company built 385-foot ocean style passenger steamers. In 1911, the peak year, 80,000 passengers traveled to Lake Superior. After 1920, the number of passenger cruise ships diminished with the advent of "motor-cars." Very few cruise ships were still in service after World War II. The Canadian steel steamer Huronic was constructed in Collingwood, Ontario, in 1902. She ran on the Northern Navigation Division of the Canadian Steamship Company, on cruise trips from Detroit to Duluth. In 1940, the Huronic was dismantled and made into a package freighter.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

59260. Aerial Bridge: Meet Us in Duluth July 22, 23, 24, 1911 Reception Committee

Date Created:
1911?
Description:
This card features an organization and its upcoming event in Duluth. The Scandinavian Grand Lodge of Minnesota held a convention in Duluth in 1911.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

59261. Aerial Bridge: Marshall-Wells Hardware Company Duluth

Date Created:
1906?
Description:
The information on this post card says Crowd leaving bridge; The Aerial Bridge; Miniature Train, White City. Joyland White City was the name of the amusement park at the end of Minnesota Point at Oatka Park. It was named White City based upon the buildings constructed at the recently experienced World's Fair where buildings were constructed using "white" building materials. There were rides and a pavilion for performances, dances and music. White City was short lived, about 1905-1911. The pavilion remained and the location reverted to the prior name of Oatka Park. The small train was moved to the Duluth zoo when the last features of the amusement park were dismantled in the 1950s. This post card was mailed in July 1907.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

59262. Aerial Bridge: Entrance To Duluth-Superior Harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915?
Description:
The caption of this post card says The Aerial Bridge, Span 393 feet 9 inches, 135 feet high from water line. Cost $100,000. Entrance to Duluth-Superior Harbor. The white building at the left is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Building constructed in 1906.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

59263. Aerial Bridge: Entrance To Duluth-Superior Harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906?
Description:
The post card caption says The Aerial Bridge, Span 393 feet 9 inches, 135 feet high from water line. Cost $100,000. This post card illustration is of a view from the Duluth harbor with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Building at the left and the South Breakwater Inner Light Tower at the right. Houses on Minnesota Point are at the far right. Engineer C.A.P. Turner, of the Gillette-Herzog Manufacturing Company of Minneapolis, designed the Ferry Bridge with Suspended Car Transfer in February 1901, meeting federal specifications. Bids were opened March 25, 1901, but only one was received. The Duluth Canal Bridge Company was awarded the contract but abandoned the work. In February, 1904, the Modern Steel Structural Company of Waukesha, Wisconsin was issued a contract. Work began July 20, 1904. The aerial bridge transporter or gondola or transfer car roadway was 17 feet by 50 feet with sidewalks seven feet by 50 feet; the cabins were 30 feet long.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

59264. Aerial Bridge Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905?
Description:
This post card was mailed in 1906, but the image is from an earlier year. In the 1890s commercial fishing on Lake Superior was feeding Duluth and the entire Midwest with major operators: A. Booth and Sons (whose sign is visible at the left), Lake Superior Fish Company, H. Christiansen and Sons.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

59265. Aerial Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
The caption says The Aerial Bridge Span 393 feet 9 inches, 135 feet high from water line, cost $100,000 Duluth, Minn. A few more details that are not on this card are that the Aerial Bridge was completed in February, 1905. The Aerial Bridge transporter or gondola or transfer car roadway was 17 feet by 50 feet with sidewalks seven feet by 50 feet and the cabins were 30 feet long. This original bridge was modified with the lift span in 1929 and first operated March 19, 1930.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

59266. Aerial Bridge Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906?
Description:
The post card caption says The Aerial Bridge, Span 393 feet 9 inches, 135 feet high from water line. Cost $100,000. This post card illustration is of a view from the waterfront. At the right is the South Breakwater Inner Light Tower. Houses on Minnesota Point are at the far right. Engineer C.A.P. Turner, of the Gillette-Herzog Manufacturing Company of Minneapolis, designed the Ferry Bridge with Suspended Car Transfer in February 1901, meeting federal specifications. Bids were opened March 25, 1901, but only one was received. The Duluth Canal Bridge Company was awarded the contract but abandoned the work. In February, 1904, the Modern Steel Structural Company of Waukesha, Wisconsin was issued a contract. Work began July 20, 1904.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

59267. Aerial Bridge Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1904
Description:
The caption of this post card says Clear span, 400 feet; clear height, 136 feet; total height above water, 186 feet. This view shows the waterfront when it was warehouses and wharves, docks, railroad freight sheds and slips. This view is probably from Skyline boulevard which, at this time, would have been called Rogers' Boulevard. William Rogers was the first parks department commissioner. In December 1959 the Duluth City Council and Mayor E. Clifford Bork changed the name of Rogers parkway and Skyline Boulevard to Skyline Parkway.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

59268. Aerial Bridge: Classroom blackboard at Bryant School, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
A Bryant elementary third grade classroom of boys and girls with their teacher. The children are seated at their desks, the unidentified woman teacher is standing at the rear of the room. Blinds are drawn, but sunlight is peeking in below the one near the teacher. The classroom is full of interesting items, but the drawing of the Aerial Bridge on the large blackboard is delightful. The day's schedule is on the back corner blackboard. Drawing is a twenty-minute slot after lunch and before geography. Jane, Rose, Edith, Grace and Irene are named Busy Workers and have stars by their names on the blackboard.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59269. Aerial Bridge: Bird's Eye View of Duluth, Minnesota From Boulevard Drive

Date Created:
1910
Description:
A photograph turned into a printed post card that was mailed rolled.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Panoramas

59270. Aerial Bridge: Aerial Bridge Over Duluth-Superior Ship Canal, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915?
Description:
The suspended car transfer was replaced in 1929 with the Aerial Lift Bridge span. The building at the left is the wholesale grocer Gowan Lenning Twohy.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

59271. Aerial Bridge: Aerial Bridge over Duluth-Superior ship canal, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915?
Description:
A passenger vessel in the Duluth harbor near the bridge with Canal Park at the left and Minnesota Point at the right.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

59272. Aerial Bridge: Aerial Bridge by night Duluth Superior harbor, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Vessel arriving in Duluth.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

59273. Aelph Zedik Aelph gathering, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1929
Description:
Established in 1924, AZA (Aelph Zedik Aelph) is the fraternity component of BBYO (B'nai Brith Youth Organization) for high school aged Jewish boys. The acronym stands for Ahavah (fraternal love), Tzedakah (benevolence), and Ahdoot (harmony). Photograph taken at the Lowry Hotel in St. Paul.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59274. A. Ellingson's order, P. M. Mark Medicine Company, Fosston, Minnesota

Date Created:
1933-08-10
Description:
Receipt for an order taken on August 10, 1933 by an employee of the P. M. Mark Medicine Company of Fosston, Minnesota, for A. Elingson [i.e. Ellingson] of High Landing [i.e. Highlanding], Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
East Polk Heritage Center
Type:
Text
Format:
Invoices

59275. A.E. Evans peeling potatoes, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota

Description:
A.E. Evans peeling potatoes at the club.
Contributing Institution:
Macalester College
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59276. A.E. Evans, Macalester College student, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1897
Description:
A.E. Evans, Macalester College Class of 1897, standing holding a guitar in his room. Contributed by Richard Uriah Jones, Macalester College Class of 1901, and Macalester Head of Chemistry Department 1903-1941, and Dean of the College, 1917-1936.
Contributing Institution:
Macalester College
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59277. A. E. Clark Store, Villard, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909
Description:
Exterior view of the A. E. Clark Store in Villard.
Contributing Institution:
Pope County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

59278. Advertising streetcar, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 -1945
Description:
A streetcar completely covered in safety slogans.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59279. Advertising streetcar, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1953
Description:
A streetcar covered with ads for a movie stands outside East Side Station on 1st Avenue NE.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59280. Advertising card for Mark's Original Extract of Cider with a handwritten liniment recipe on the back from P. M. Mark Medicine Company, Fosston, Minnesota

Description:
Advertising card for Mark's Original Extract of Cider, from the P. M. Mark Medicine Company of Fosston, Minnesota promises "big profits for you." On the back is a handwritten recipe for liniment with ingredients and quantities.
Contributing Institution:
East Polk Heritage Center
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

59281. Advertising card for Edwin Clark with logo "Merchant Miller," Melrose, Minnesota

Description:
Advertising card for Edwin Clark's mill in Melrose, Minnesota, with a picture of his mill, buildings and Sauk River dam.
Contributing Institution:
Melrose Area Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

59282. Advertisement for the Minnesota State Institution for the Education of the Deaf & Dumb, and the Blind, Faribault, Minnesota

Date Created:
1880 - 1885
Description:
Advertisement for the Minnesota State Institution for the Education of the Deaf & Dumb, and the Blind. A picture of Mott Hall is shown. Two printed slogans read: "An education and a trade free!" and "From dependence to self-support!" A reproduction of the American fingerspelled alphabet is also printed under the title "Alphabet of the deaf and dumb."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

59283. Advertisement for Lake Harriet Pavilion, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1888-07
Description:
Card advertising 10 minute service to Lake Harriet and the Lake Harriet Pavilion.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Advertisements

59284. Advertisement for Grieger and Reiter, Lewisville, Minnesota

Description:
Photographic dvertisement for Grieger and Reiter, Harness, Hardware and Farm Implement dealers.
Contributing Institution:
Watonwan County Historical Center
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

59285. Advertisement for fruit pruning demonstration and Photograph of participants, Kanabec County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1940
Description:
Advertisement for demonstrations of fruit tree pruning by the Kanabec County Farm Bureau, with a photograph of unidentified experts attached.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Horticultural Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

59286. Advertisement for Ben and Myrtle Huntley Entertainers featuring Howard Huntley, Winona, Minnesota

Description:
Howard Huntley in little boy clothing with "I'm Growing So's Pa's Show."
Contributing Institution:
Winona County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

59287. Adults relaxing, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1915
Description:
Photo of adults sitting around relaxing. A man on the right has a violin. There are three men and two women. Images in this collection were found in the attic of an old farm house in Kandiyohi County formerly owned by George Kallevig. Whether these negatives are from the Kallevig family or not is unknown.
Contributing Institution:
Kandiyohi County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

59288. Adult Girl Scouts in uniform, Redwood Falls, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938
Description:
Adult Girl Scouts in uniform at an award ceremony. Pictured on the left Lucille "Susie" Sanderson.
Contributing Institution:
Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59289. Adult Girl Scouts at Hungry Jack Lake Camp, Camp Minnesota, Grand Marais, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923
Description:
Adult Girl Scouts at a campsite; note the kitchen fly, cooking pot frame and lashed table.
Contributing Institution:
Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59290. Adult Girl Scouts at Camp Sanderson, Spicer, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960
Description:
2 Adult Girl Scouts sitting on the steps of a tent cabin named Habstritt they donated.
Contributing Institution:
Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

59291. Adult Funeral, New Prague, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Home viewing of a deceased adult lying on a sofa.
Contributing Institution:
New Prague Area Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59292. Adult dentistry clinic at Minneapolis General Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938
Description:
Patients being examined at the outpatient dentistry clinic on the third floor of Minneapolis General Hospital's Outpatient Building.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin Medical History Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59293. Adriatic Mine, Mesaba, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909
Description:
Adriatic mine at Mesaba Minnesota; headframe; water tower
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59294. Adriatic Mine location, Mesaba, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909
Description:
Adriatic Location houses at Mesaba Minnesota
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59295. Adolph Rockey home, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
Exterior view of the Adolph Rockey home and a boy on tricycle.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59296. Adolph Mueller residence, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915
Description:
Exterior view of the house with Ethel Lockerbie Mueller (Mrs. Adolph Mueller) on the front steps.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59297. Adminstrative support staff at Mankato State Normal School, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910 - 1920
Description:
Two women in the office seated behind desks and one boy seated at a desk.
Contributing Institution:
University Archives and Southern Minnesota Historical Center, Memorial Library, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59298. Administrative Services Building, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1975 - 1979
Description:
Exterior view of the Administrative Services Building, sidewalk leading up to enterance.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59299. Administrative Services Building, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1975?
Description:
Aerial view of the St. Cloud State University campus, with a view of the Administrative Services Building.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Aerial photographs

59300. Administrative Services Building, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1975 - 1979
Description:
Exterior view of the Administrative Services Building, sidewalk leading up to enterance.
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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