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Performing Dog Jumping through Hoop

Date: 1903
Description: A performing dog jumping through a hoop held by a man while a small group of children and adults watch.
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Men With Umbrellas In Parade

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Description: Men walking on a brick-paved street in a parade walking with umbrellas and flags while women and children watch from the sidewalk.
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Woman Standing over Bound Man

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Description: A woman standing over a man who has been tied up and laid across boards resting on two sawhorses. In the background is a telephone on a half wall, and a ta...
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Children Posing in Studio

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Description: Four young boys, with Syl being the youngest, posing in Harry Dankoler's photography studio in front of a backdrop. One of the boys is holding a feather du...
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Group Posed with Rifles and Pistols

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Description: A group of men, women and children posed in Harry Dankoler's photography studio holding rifles and pistols as if they were surrounded.
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Men Pointing Pistols at Man Riding Sawhorse

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Description: Two men are posing in front of a backdrop pointing pistols at a man who is riding a sawhorse as if it were a real horse and holding up his hand in surrende...
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Staged Scene

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Description: A scene staged in front of a backdrop. A man on his knees is leaning over the seat of a chair that has been turned sideways. Syl hangs on his back while th...
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Two Men Posing in front of Backdrop

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Description: Two men standing in front of a backdrop pose for a photograph staged at Harry Dankoler's photography studio.
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Men Posed with Desk

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Description: Two men posed in front of a backdrop on either side of a desk at Harry Dankoler's photography studio.
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Large Group Seated in Photography Studio

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Description: A large group of people posed in chairs at Harry Dankoler's photography studio. Syl is the youngest child on the front row near the center aisle on the rig...
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Group Posed in Photography Studio

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Description: A posed photograph in front of a backdrop with two men standing to the left near a board resting on a book in the foreground. A woman and three other men a...
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Woman with Bread in Clay Oven

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Description: A woman adjusting bread made in a clay oven built into a stone wall. In the background is a roof of a house or shed, and a woman is looking over the stone ...
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Elderly Woman Sitting in Chair

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Description: An elderly woman, most likely Dankoler's mother, sitting in a chair before a fireplace wearing a shawl. She is holding a cane in her right hand.
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Syl and Friend with Dog

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Description: Syl, on the right, with another boy on the left holding a dog, sit on a deck outside the exterior of a building. There is a wooded yard behind them.
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Aunt Helen Sitting with Syl

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Description: Aunt Helen sitting indoors next to a window with Syl on her lap.
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Syl with Aunt Helen near Door

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Description: Aunt Helen and Syl stand bundled up against the cold just outside a door to a house with a snow-covered yard behind them.
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Syl with Christmas Tree,

Date: 12 25
Description: Syl standing with a rifle next to a Christmas tree surrounded by presents, including numerous books and an "Iron Clad" wagon.
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Syl with Two Children and St. Bernard Dog

Date: 08 02
Description: Syl, aged two, with a St. Bernard dog in the backyard of the home of the Esau's, with Earl and Walter Esau.
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Syl with Christmas Tree

Date: 12 24
Description: A young Syl wearing a hat, or headress, and is sitting next to a Christmas tree holding a toy in his lap. It's presumably Christmas Eve since there are no ...
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Woman with Two Men

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Description: A woman who appears to be Aunt Helen shakes hands with a man in a room while another man looks on. The room appears to be a studio as it has a large painte...

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