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Female Worker at Osborne Works Twine Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Female worker posing in protective apron and sleeves in front of a painted backdrop at International Harvester's Osborne Twine Mill. The Osborne Works was ...
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Portrait of Two Women in Hats and Gloves

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two women posing standing. They are wearing dark dresses and hats. One woman is wearing glove...
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Portrait of Man with Top Hat and Cane

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man holding a cane in his left hand, standing beside a tall stump with a hat resting on top...
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Chief Little Black Hawk

Date: 1895
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of George Blackhawk (WonkShiekChoNeeKah), sitting, and an unidentified man who is standing and w...
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Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Olson

Date: 1898
Description: Studio portrait of a man posing sitting on the arm of a chair and holding an umbrella, and a woman posing standing. They are in front of a painted backdrop...
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Harvester Farm Display

Date: 1946
Description: A worker tending to a replica field in the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. The scene includes a Farmall tractor and a barn.
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Irene Castle and her pet dog

Date: 1914
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Irene Castle in a black Persian lamb coat and hat holding one of her small Brussels Griffon d...
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Night Hunters

Date: 1890
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two hunters, Jacob Gross, sitting and holding a lantern, and Henry Herold, standing and holding a rifle a...
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Daisy Bates Accepts a Gift

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Description: The Honorable John D. Brown, Director of Public Celebrations for the City of Boston, presents Daisy Bates with a replica of the famed "Paul Revere Bowl" at...
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Civics Club Suffragists

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Description: Five Civics Club members pose in a cardboard automobile in front of a painted backdrop as suffragists. They're wearing period costumes and holding "Vote" s...
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Studio Portrait of Woman and Chair

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman posed standing next to a stuffed chair. She is wearing a dress and a hat.
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Studio Portrait of a Young Girl

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young girl sitting next to a prop stump.
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Studio Portrait of Henry Rice Hill

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Native American man posed sitting. Henry Rice Hill, wearing native dress, and holding a steel head toma...
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Studio Portrait of Native American Man

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Native American man posed standing next to a stuffed chair.
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Paul Seifert

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young Paul A. Seifert. He is posing standing and holding a rifle, and a small dog is sitting at his fee...
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Mrs. Merlin Hull

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman posing standing. She is wearing a dark-colored, tight, button-down winter coat and a hat. The wom...
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P.H. Jones

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Description: Studio portrait of man with a moustache posing standing and leaning with his left arm on a stump and holding a glove, and wearing a dark-colored overcoat, ...
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Studio Portrait of Two Men

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men posing with a prop fence and gate. The man with a moustache on the right is posing sitting with h...
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Studio Group Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Al Whitting; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Long

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two European American men and two European American women. Identified, from left to right, as: Fran...
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Studio Portrait of Unidentified European American Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man posing standing near an upholstered chair. He is wearing a long fur coat and hat.

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