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Seated Couple at Home

Date: 1899
Description: Portrait of an elderly couple seated in their home. The woman is holding a bouquet of flowers. The man is seated slightly behind her, with his right arm o...
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Studio Wedding Portrait

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Description: A married couple stands, holding hands, for a wedding portrait in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing flowers in the lapel of his suit jacket, and s...
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Married Couple Posing for Portrait

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Description: A bride and groom stand, holding hands, for a studio wedding portrait in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing flowers in his lapel, and she is wearin...
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Studio Portrait of a Married Couple

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Description: A bride and groom pose for a studio wedding portrait in front of a painted backdrop. The groom sits in a chair with flowers in his lapel, as the bride in h...
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Portrait of a Man

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of a man posing standing and resting his right arm on a curved-back chair. He is wearing a suit and tie, and has a flower in ...
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Giese Combination Smokehouse and Milkhouse

Date: 2004
Description: This combination smokehouse and milkhouse are still standing on the Giese property.
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Captain William Hogbin

Date: 1915
Description: Captain William Hogbin sits on a chair next to the headstone of his late wife, Mary Catherine (Tiffany Knott) Hogbin, in Forest Hill Cemetery. A woman, lik...
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Flower Arrangement Around Studio Portrait

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Description: Studio portrait of a flower arrangement surrounding a studio portrait of a man with a beard and wearing a suit.
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Man and Woman Seated on a Hillside

Date: 1898
Description: Man and woman seated on an overgrown hillside. The woman has ferns on her lap and is holding an umbrella. Inscribed on reverse of original mount: "B.D.L. a...
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Lotos Club Dinner to William Howard Taft Menu

Date: 11 16 1912
Description: Autographed one-page oversize menu for a dinner to President William Howard Taft, given by the Lotos Club. Includes an oval quarter-length portrait of Taft...
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Unidentified Man Posing with Chair

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American man with a moustache posed standing with his right arm resting on the bac...
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Studio Portrait of European American Couple

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Description: Studio portrait of an unidentified European American man posing sitting on the left, and an unidentified European American woman posing standing on the rig...
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Composite Floral Funeral Portrait

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Description: Photographic postcard of a composite studio portrait of funeral floral arrangements and a man in front of a painted backdrop. A head and shoulders portrait...
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Studio Portrait of European American Couple

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Mr. and Mrs John Breirg, posing standing near a prop fence and gate. The man is standing on the left wear...
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Studio Portrait of European American Couple

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man posing sitting on the left and a woman next to him posing standing on the right. The wo...
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Studio Portrait of Unidentified European American Couple

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man and woman posing sitting. They are both wearing corsages.
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Studio Portrait of Unidentified European American Couple

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man and woman posing standing together. The man has his hand on a cloth draped chair. The w...
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Studio Portrait of Unidentified European American Couple

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a middle-aged wedding couple, bride and groom. The man is posing sitting on the left, and a t...
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Studio Portrait of Unidentified European American Couple

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a middle-aged wedding couple posing in front of a painted backdrop. The man is posing standing on the left, and the woman is...
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Albert and Elsa Seipp Madlener

Date: 07 06 1939
Description: Albert and Elsa Seipp Madlener pose for their portrait on the day of their son Otto's wedding to Virginia Wetmore at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. ...

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