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Group Posing Outdoors

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Description: Large group of ten women posing with one man. Possibly identified in the back row, from left to right as Bessie Richards, Julia Ormsby, ? Stiell, Alta Hami...
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Self-Binders in a Field

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Description: Two teams of horses pull two self-binders through a field. The self-binder came into use after the reaper, both of which were superceded by the combine.
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Medical Students Playing with Skeleton

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Description: Three medical students, right to left: Roy Van Schaick, Price Arnold, and Clyde Harmer play with medical equipment and a skeleton. Reportedly, the name of ...
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Portrait and Flowers at a Funeral

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Description: Painted portrait of a woman with the name "Lessie" among funeral wreaths.
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Two Women with Letter

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Description: Two young women, one sitting and one standing, pose with a letter for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. Both of the women are well-dressed ...
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Portrait of William Tennant

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Description: A studio portrait of William Tennant, sitting in a chair wearing a suit jacket and trousers. He is holding a cane and a book in front of a painted backdrop...
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Portrait of Man on Crutches

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Description: A man stands for a portrait in front of a painted backdrop on crutches. He is wearing a long coat over a vest with a watch fob, and holds a hat in his righ...
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Winnebago Indian Family Portrait

Date: 1913
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) family, including two women sitting and one man standing.
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Five Men Outside a Log House

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Description: Group of men standing in the snow in front of a log house. One man is armed with a shotgun, facing a man standing in the open doorway of a log house.
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Outdoor Portrait of European American Child

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Description: Outdoor portrait of an unidentified girl posing sitting on the wooden steps of a house near a climbing vine on a porch. She is wearing a dress and is holdi...
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Family Group in Front of an Unidentified House

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a family group, and a man posing standing displaying a horse and buggy, in front of a two-story wooden house.
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Two Boys in Hats

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Description: Outdoor portrait of two European American boys wearing hats. The boy on the left is holding a stick, and the boy and the right is holding a string. They ar...
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Man Displaying Horse

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Description: Outdoor view of a man displaying a single horse in front of several wooden buildings in town.
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Collapsed Bridge

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Description: View towards section of a collapsed bridge along a riverbank. There is another bridge spanning the river in the background.

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