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Girl Washing Doll Clothes

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop showing Bertha Gesell washing and hanging doll clothes.
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Girl in White Dress

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of a young girl in a white dress, standing in front of a painted backdrop.
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Chess Game

Date: 1910
Description: William Middleton, left, plays chess against an unidentified opponent. Williams' son, Forest, with chin in hands, watches with an unidentified man and wom...
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Albert and Ernst Goetsch

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Description: Copy from tintype by Alexander Krueger. Full-length portrait of Albert and Ernst Goetsch standing near a chair with decorative fringe.
Postcard

Portrait of a Mother and her Two Daughters

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Description: The woman, Mary Zehnpfennig Bachmayer, is seated in this studio portrait. Her daughters Lucy and Kunigunda Helene stand next to her.
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Children with Musical Instruments

Date: 1930
Description: A full-length studio portrait of four children holding musical instruments, a violin, two clarinets and a trumpet. The youngest is seated in a chair. The t...
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Young Man and Girl

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Elizabeth and Clemens Hellebrand in front of a painted backdrop. He is sitting in a chair, and she is standing and resting h...
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Boy Standing on a Chair

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a young boy, standing on the seat of an ornately carved chair. He is wearing a checkered outfit with stockings and shoes. Hi...
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Studio Portrait of Girl

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a girl, seated in a chair with fringe, in front of a painted backdrop. She has her left hand resting on her chin and is wear...
Postcard

Girl Standing on Chair

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a young girl standing on an ornate wicker chair in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a light-colored dress with a ...
Photograph

Woman with Cane and Two Girls — Double Negative

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Description: On left: Woman posed sitting in a chair and holding a cane in the yard of a house, probably Mrs. Hassel Phillips. On right: Studio portrait of two young gi...
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Laurie, Muriel and James Peterson Outdoors

Date: 1913
Description: Laurie Peterson, standing, and Muriel Peterson, kneeling, pose as if taking photographs of James seated on the ground. They each hold a camera. James is tu...

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