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Scenery, Structures & Details Table of Contents
Introduction
This section will discuss fire hydrants, mail boxes, fire/police call boxes, parking meters. Many of these were found at street corners for best access from both angles, so there would be a cluster of details here, not spaced out down the street.- [Details
clustered on a corner in Troy, c. 1900 (photo
courtesy of the Rensselaer County Historical Society).
There is a mail box mounted on ornate post,
a fire hydrant, trash receptacle, and an advertising kiosk.
Note also how
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