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| Description: | The Gesell family in costume with broom, sword, and other props for a humorous picture. Family members identified as follows: Gerhard Jr. (drinking from pi... |
| Date: | 06 1887 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Protz, an unidentified woman (likely Julia Protz), and Clara Tester posing with "schuetzen-rifles." ... |
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| Description: | A woman dressed to play golf smiles as a bucket of golf balls is spilled at her feet. This is one of several demonstrations of strobe light functions at F... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a studio group portrait of (left to right) " Elizabeth "Lizzie" Schoepp, Anton Joseph Dahmen, and Eva Dahmen Bowar. Eva holds a to... |
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| Description: | Group of children at the Cherry Street branch of the Evansville Public Library using steropticons to view stereograph images. Bookshelves line the back wal... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | William Middleton, left, plays chess against an unidentified opponent. Williams' son, Forest, with chin in hands, watches with an unidentified man and wom... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | A woman in a uniform places a lei of orchids around Margaret McGuire's neck as she accepts the role of Centennial Queen on a stage at the Wisconsin Centenn... |
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| Description: | Children’s class of the Milwaukee Turners, gathered outside in a park. George Brosius appears on the platform and several people are wearing band uniforms.... |
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| Description: | Cabinet card studio portrait of a young girl, posed with a doll in a baby carriage and her dog. The background is a painted backdrop of the Wisconsin State... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite of a studio portrait of two girls posed in a small "boat" in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing fancy dresses, and one girl hold... |
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| Description: | Cabinet card of an African American man, wearing a formal suit, standing next to a young girl mounted side saddle on a pony. She is reading a book and has ... |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young child in a dress with puffed sleeves, holding a wagon with a stuffed bear. |
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| Description: | Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. The images are of young men and women posing near a shoreline or on boa... |
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| Description: | Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. Young men and women are posing in boats near a shoreline. Two images ar... |
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| Description: | Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. Three are of puppies, one is of a small boy, and another is of a group ... |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a group portrait of five people, including three men, two women, and an infant, posing on the grass in a wooded area. In the background, on ... |
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