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Studio Family Portrait

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of elderly couple with their grown children.
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Church Choir

Date: 1898
Description: A woman plays the organ, while two women, wearing hats, and three men, gather behind her, holding song books. They are enclosed by a low, circular railing;...
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High School Graduation in Opera House

Date: 1897
Description: Two young men and ten young women in white dresses sitting in a semi circle on the stage of the Black River Falls Opera House. The stage is decorated with ...
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Large Memorial Wreaths

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait of various bouquet wreaths in several shapes, including a cross and anchor, in front of a painted backdrop.
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Double Image of Family and Two Boys

Date: 1898
Description: Two exposures of interior portraits. Left is a seated woman holding on to smaller boy both looking left, with seated man and standing older boy facing forw...
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick with Son Shirley

Date: 1898
Description: Studio portrait of a man, woman, and child sitting in a rowboat in front of a painted backdrop. Probably Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick and their son, Sh...
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Portrait of Eight Women and One Man

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of eight women, three of whom are sitting, and one seated man.
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Portrait of Young People

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait of three men and a woman standing, and four women sitting in front of a painted backdrop. Young man standing on the extreme right is probab...
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Group Posing by Organ

Date: 1899
Description: Group of people posing around an organ. A young woman in a white dress is sitting at the organ, facing left, with an older man behind her on the right. On ...
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Portrait of the Petersons

Date: 1899
Description: Indoor view of an elderly man posing sitting in a chair, and an elderly woman standing. They are probably in a bedroom. Perhaps the Peterson family.
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Furniture Store Interior

Date: 1895
Description: Interior of a furniture store, with two men posed among the rows of furniture. A group of chairs hangs from the ceiling.
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Back River Falls High School Class of 1894

Date: 1894
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of six men posed standing, two men and four women posed sitting. Probably the Black River Falls High School ...
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Studio Portrait of Black River High School Class of 1895

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait of two men and three women posing sitting, in front of three men and six women posing standing in front of a painted backdrop in a photogra...
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Studio Group Portrait of Unidentified European American Family

Date: 1898
Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a family group, which includes three men, three women, two boys, and two girls.
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School Class of 1897

Date: 1897
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men and ten women. Identified as a class of 1897. Back row: Ella Steihl, Carl Ogden, Myrta Crosly, Nor...

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