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Filter: Year of 1900-1999
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a cat, with head bandaged and foreleg in a sling, sitting in a rocking chair, as Tootsie the dog, dressed as a nurse, is standing... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A seated portrait of Aaron Middleton, who is holding a book. Middleton was the father of William Middleton and father-in-law of Clara Middleton. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | William Elwell Middleton stands beside the giant candy cane which he won on Christmas Day, 1909. There is a bookcase in the background. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A seated portrait of William Elwell Middleton, wearing a suit. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Clara Middleton, well-dressed and wearing a large hat, holding her pet fox terrier's chin as the two share a gaze. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of Forest Middleton reading while lying on his bed with the family dog, Tootsie, beside him. There is a full bookcase behind the bed,... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of Forest Middleton, with a pensive expression with hand on his chin, sits with his dog in his lap. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Black and white postcard view of Cedar Island Lodge, located on the Brule River, owned by Henry Clay Pierce, businessman and financier. It was dubbed the S... |
| Date: | 03 1912 |
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| Description: | Olivia Monona wearing a costume worn as a chorus member of the Chicago Opera. The image is a photographic postcard she sent to Oscar Hanke, a violinist wit... |
| Date: | 10 31 1912 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of two sisters posed with a guitar and a mandolin in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing dresses, and one sister has a lace... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of a man posing in front of a painted backdrop. He has one hand on his hip and is wearing striped overalls and a hat. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of two men, seated at a small table drinking. They are dressed in suits and each man is smoking a cigar. The man on the right is wearing a ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man standing with his hands behind his back. He is wearing work ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio "gag" portrait of two men in front of a painted backdrop. The man on the right, James Gorman, is wearing work clothes, boots and hat and... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | John Virnig, Sr., harness maker, grips the handle of a two wheeled hand cart as he poses on the sidewalk in a neighborhood. He is wearing a hat, shirt and ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men seated at a table looking at each other. They are both wearing suits. The man on the left is smok... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Man sitting on a box, leaning back against a wall, with his legs crossed. He is dressed in bib overalls and is smoking a pipe. He may be sitting in a kitch... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A woman poses on the lawn in front of a house with a porch. She is wearing a dress, apron, shawl, hat and shoes. In one hand she has a cane and in the othe... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A man stands next to a headstone in a cemetery. He is wearing a suit and hat. The name on the headstone is "LOKKE." |
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