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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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W.T. Price Memorial Display

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of memorial wreath grouping surrounding a draped portrait of W.T. Price. The wreaths have text which read: "...
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Jennie Rooney

Date: 1930
Description: A young woman poses seated in front of a painted forest backdrop. She wears wings and is wrapped in a diaphanous material. On the left on the ground is a s...
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Woman with Basket

Date: 1930
Description: A young woman poses with a basket of flowers over one arm. She wears an old-fashioned costume and stands in front of a painted backdrop which mimics a ston...
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Angel in the Woods

Date: 1930
Description: A model posed as an angel sits on the ground in front of a sylvan backdrop, warming her hands over a fire. She wears wings and a dress of diaphanous materi...
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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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Woman in White

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of draperies and a painted backdrop of a young woman wearing a full-length white dress with a lacy bodice and a pastel...
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Portrait of John Gilbert

Date: 1918
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of actor John Gilbert wearing a tuxedo.
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Studio Portrait of Two Men and Fence

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men posed standing in the gate of a wooden fence.
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Studio Portrait of Man and Chair

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man posed standing and leaning on a stuffed chair.
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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.
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Studio Portrait of Woman with Hand Fan

Date: 1890
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman posing standing, holding a hand fan, and wearing a corsage.
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Mrs. Charles J. Van Schaick

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a woman posed standing sideways with her back to the camera and her head in profile. She is wearing a long black dress. Poss...
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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 Two Women 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 and holding a hand fan, and a woman sitting on...
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Studio Portrait of Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman posed standing. She is wearing a dress with lace at the collar, and two pearl-like pi...
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Studio Portrait of Two Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two women posed standing. The woman on the right is probably Flora LeClaire.
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Studio Portrait of Seven Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three women posed standing, and four women posed sitting. The woman sitting on the floor on t...
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Studio Portrait of Large Group

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man, woman, boy and girl posed sitting and surrounded by two men, three women, two boys and a girl.
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Studio Portrait of Group of People

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an elderly man and woman posed sitting, surrounded by two seated women and three standing men.

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