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Portrait of photographer Edmund Eisenscher

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Description: Edmund Eisenscher (1909-1995), posing with his dog.
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Portrait of a Couple, Baby Girl, and Dog

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Description: A studio portrait of a standing man and woman, and a small girl and dog sitting on a prop stone wall in front of a painted backdrop. The woman and girl are...
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Cornerstone Ceremony

Date: 10 01 1939
Description: A group poses at the laying of the cornerstone for August Derleth's new house, the Place of Hawks. Attendees include, back row, left to right, E.B. Trimpey...
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Family Group

Date: 1905
Description: A group portrait of two women, a man, a boy and a girl posing in a parlor; two other rooms are visible through doorways. The girl is seated in front of a p...
Postcard

Two Men Playing Cards with Donkey

Date: 1930
Description: In a studio "gag" portrait, two men sit at a table playing cards in front of a painted backdrop. Both are showing their hands and smoking cigars. Each man ...
Postcard

Santa and Girl in Sleigh

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Description: Photographic postcard of Santa and a young girl, Mary Jane Turner, in his sleigh. Her head is next to his and her arm is around his shoulders. Reindeer can...
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Meal on Porch

Date: 1924
Description: A group poses on the rustic porch of the Hotz family cottage on Europe Lake. There are dishes and food on the tables. The photographer's wife, Clothilde, w...
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Concert for Fleet Admiral C.W. Nimitz and Staff

Date: 05 1945
Description: An outdoor concert for Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff at CinCPac/CinCPOA Advanced Headquarters on Guam. Admiral Nimitz is 3rd from the right...
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Couple with Dog

Date: 2012
Description: A young wandering couple, dressed warmly, sits on the sidewalk with their dog in front of a Kwik Trip store on Lang Drive. Their backpacks are resting besi...
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Dog and Owner in Car

Date: 2013
Description: Bob Monk sits behind the wheel of his car, holding his fluffy dog in his lap, in the Kwik Trip parking lot. The dog has its paws on the edge of the car doo...
Print

Place Card

Date: 1944
Description: Printed place card created for the fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration of Clara Seipp and Henry Bartholomay Jr. which features head and shoulders phot...
Photograph

Game Farm Laboratory

Date: 10 1935
Description: A man wearing a white surgical gown and gloves is standing at a surgical table. He is performing a necropsy on a small animal. There is a double basin stan...
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Man with Macaw

Date: 03 1913
Description: A man is standing in front of a store holding a macaw on his outstretched right arm. The man is holding a thin cigar in his left hand. A sign on the storef...
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Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cheney

Date: 1910
Description: James Cheney and his wife Mary posing outdoors near the side of a house which has a porch. There is a fence and granary in the background, and a tree limb ...
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Will Koeppe's Horse

Date: 1905
Description: A horse with saddle and bridle is standing near a woman and two men. The woman is dressed in a fancy blouse and dress; the men are wearing bib overalls and...
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Stebbins House

Date: 1904
Description: A group is posing in front of a two-story wood frame house with a lower wing at left. Mae von der Sump is standing near a column at the left of steps leadi...
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Barn Raising

Date: 1905
Description: A crowd of men, women and children are posing on the beams and floor of a new barn on the Frank von der Sump farm. The barn has a stone foundation. A porti...
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Group on Porch

Date: 1905
Description: An older man and woman are sitting on chairs in front of a low porch. Behind them, on the porch, two men and three women are standing. The two women at rig...
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James Kearns Family

Date: 1905
Description: Members of the James Kearns family are photographed through the open gate of a woven wire fence. They are posing on and in front of the porch of a large tw...
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Hernkind House and Family

Date: 09 08 1904
Description: August Hernkind, center, and his wife Kate are posing with their seven children in front of their one and one-half story wood frame farm house. Their daugh...

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