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| Description: | Photographers demonstrating strobe light functions at Frank Scherschel's Strobe Research Lab. Frank Scherschel is in the back on the righthand side, wearin... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Standing atop a special vehicle fitted with a body built to resemble a camera, Taylor found the ideal vantage point from which to cover a news event. The c... |
| Date: | 09 08 1930 |
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| Description: | Four women are playing banjos in the McVicar Photo Service Booth at the 1930 East Side Businessman's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Three storefronts on a dirt road. A man, said to be Charles Grimm, is driving a horse and buggy. The building in the center is Feiker's photo studio. Near ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the building that housed the gallery of Van Schaick and the dental offices of Edward F. Long. Over the years, the building also ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photo montage, with a sign reading "You can't saw wood with a hammer," along with a machine part, and a young man. The photograph may have been taken at In... |
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| Description: | A group of four young children sitting in a circle on the grass. Several buildings are in the background, and a few bare trees are on the right. The buildi... |
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| Description: | A photographer is setting up for a shot of a man by a river. Across the river are buildings with advertisements and signs. A large log transport is on the ... |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | Young girl standing in front of a large document of family history displayed on a board. There is a large group of people in the background. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Single line grab bucket on display at P&H booth at a trade show with three men sitting around the display. The men are wearing hats and sitting in chairs, ... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with a European American man with a beard and moustache sitting in a sleigh pulled by a single horse on snow-covered ground in front of the C.... |
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| Description: | Several men and children pose next to George Houghton's portable photograph tent. There is a wagon parked next to it which bears a sign that reads "Houghto... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Showroom of the Long Beach branch house featuring International trucks and parts on the showroom floor. There is an enlarged photograph or mural displayed ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Forest Middleton, left, prepares a pool shot while his opponent looks on. They are playing on a portable pool table in Forest's room. Photographs, cigar ad... |
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| Description: | Madison magician Ben Bergor standing in front of the Leota Theatre. Bergor was born Ben Goldenberger, and first performed in vaudeville as Bennie Golden Be... |
| Date: | 06 1967 |
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| Description: | Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 300 block of State Street. Businesses include: Montgomery Ward (on North Henry Street), Colonial Shoppe E... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | A man stands on a ladder while installing what appears to be a backdrop in the studio on International Harvester's Hickory Hill farm. Several free-standing... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | A man adjusts a view camera as he prepares to photograph signage at International Harvester's Hickory Hill farm. The farm was located 75 miles southwest of... |
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| Description: | Jesse Jackson stands beneath an ACORN banner as he is photographed by a crowd of people. |
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| Description: | Jackson County Bank and the Norse Handel Grocery Store on the corner of First and Main Streets. A young boy is standing on the sidewalk in front of the gro... |
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