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Manchester's, Inc., Window #7 Photo Studio Window

Date: 09 13 1945
Description: Manchester's, Inc., window #7, "Were you a September baby?" 14 photographic portraits on display for Photo Studio, Second Floor.
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Caroline Keyser Preus's Funeral Wreath

Date: 1880
Description: Funeral wreath of Caroline Keyser Preus, the wife of Lutheran minister Herman Amberg Preus.
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Memorial Wreath with Woman's Portrait

Date: 1891
Description: Studio portrait of a memorial flower wreath. In the middle is a full-length portrait of a woman in a dress.
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Double Anchor Memorial

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Description: Studio portrait of memorial wreaths in the shape of anchors. The memorial includes a photographic portrait of a man, most likely John Best who died in 1890...
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W.T. Price Memorial Display

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of memorial wreath grouping surrounding a draped portrait of W.T. Price. The wreaths have text which read: "...
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Fred Hoffman with Photographs of Sons

Date: 06 14 1945
Description: Fred M. Hoffman standing by a piano with photographs of seven of his sons, and a U.S. Air Corps banner. Five are still in the military service, two receive...
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Children Posing with Nun

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Description: Studio portrait of three children with flower bouquets in front of a painted backdrop. One boy is seated and two girls are standing. All of the children ar...
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Wedding Portrait

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a bride and groom on the occasion of their wedding. The groom, Matt Koch (son of Henry Koch), is sitting ...
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Two Men Pose with Flowers and Photograph

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Description: Two men sit in a photography studio and pose with a photograph of a standing man which is displayed between two vases of flowers on a table in front of a p...
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Mr. & Mrs. Louis Buechner

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Mr. & Mrs. Louis Buechner on their wedding day. She wears a traditional weddin...
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Jennie Rooney

Date: 1930
Description: Jennie Rooney, performer and aerialist with the Ringling Brothers Circus, poses in a sequined costume and tights with a net butterfly in her hair.
Postcard

Young Men and Women Posing with Nun

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of a nun, one young man and five young women in front of a painted backdrop. The children are all ho...
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Interior View of Dining Room with Piano

Date: 1935
Description: Interior view of a room with a dining set of table and chairs. On the wall on the left is what appears to be a Victrola cabinet. On the right is a piano, r...
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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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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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Child's Casket

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Description: Indoor view of a small, light-colored casket resting on a table covered with a drape. The coffin is surrounded by flowers and flower arrangements on tables...
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Photograph of Deceased Woman and Funeral Floral Arrangements

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Description: Funeral floral arrangements with a photograph of the deceased placed in the center of one of the tall arrangement in the center.
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Eleanor Holt in the Hospital

Date: 01 27 1919
Description: Eleanor Holt is lying in her hospital bed at Henrotin Memorial Hospital. Her left leg, under the bed sheet, appears to be elevated. There are several frame...

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