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Photographers at the Strobo Research Lab

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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...
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H.H. Bennett and Camera Near Steamboat Rock

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Description: H.H. Bennett with camera near Steamboat Rock. There is a man on shore reading, and a woman in a canoe at the edge of the river.
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Shooting a Refrigerator Advertisement

Date: 07 31 1950
Description: A woman wearing an apron posing with a refrigerator in a photography studio while a photographer takes a picture for advertising.
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Chapelle and FLN Rebels

Date: 1957
Description: Dickey Chapelle sits and drinks coffee with the FLN Scorpion Battalion Rebels in the Atlas Mountains in Algeria.
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Uncle Herman's Farm

Date: 08 02 1903
Description: Group of well-dressed people posing outdoors at Uncle Herman's farm. Harry Dankoler is the man in the middle holding the shutter release mechanism. On the ...
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Dairy Day at the Wisconsin State Fair

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Description: Elevated view of Alice in Dairyland and four Dairy Princesses preparing for Dairy Day parade at the Wisconsin State Fair park.
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Family with Windmill and House

Date: 1870
Description: Family and baby carriage next to wooden tower windmill with house behind them. A.L. Dahl, landscape photographer, wagon, left.
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Andreas Dahl's Wagon

Date: 1871
Description: Andrew Dahl's wagon is on the side of a two-story log house in Blue Mounds. On one side of the wagon cover is "A.L. Dahl Landscape Photographer." On the ba...
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick with Son Shirley

Date: 1898
Description: Studio portrait of a man, woman, and child sitting in a rowboat in front of a painted backdrop. Probably Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick and their son, Sh...
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Daisy Bates and L.C. Bates

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Description: Daisy Bates and L.C. Bates, apparently wearing press badges, standing outdoors talking with an unidentified man. L.C. Bates, who is wearing a camera, is ap...
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Chapelle with Soldiers and Woman

Date: 1958
Description: Dickey Chapelle posing in Cuba with Major Antonio Lusson, and a group of male and female soldiers.
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Dickey Chapelle with Special Forces Group

Date: 06 1963
Description: Dickey Chapelle receives a last minute pre-jump inspection from the 5th Special Forces Group.
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Al Gore at Dinner

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Description: Al Gore talking to two women at a dinner.
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Three International Harvester Tractors in Photography Studio

Date: 1975
Description: Elevated view of three International Harvester tractors in a photo studio. Groups of three people surround each tractor talking; the lights used for the ph...
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Photographer at Cotton Harvest

Date: 1921
Description: A cameraman films a man stooping to pick cotton while other people are looking on from the background.
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Marion Palfi and Dan Paul at Highlander

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Description: CIO School at Highlander Folk School, featuring Marion Palfi holding a camera, and Dan Paul, the Southern PAC Director, center. An unidentified woman is on...
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Man and Woman on Swing

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Description: A man and woman, possibly Mr. and Mrs. Andrew and Clara Larson (?) of Hoffman Creek sit on a tree swing. The shadow of the photographer is visible on the g...
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Alma and J. Robert Taylor

Date: 1905
Description: A studio portrait of Alma and J. Robert Taylor. Alma is sitting in a chair holding a sock to be darned, while putting her hand over J. Robert's mouth. He i...
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J. Robert Taylor and Wife

Date: 1905
Description: J. Robert Taylor and his wife, Alma Reinhardt Taylor, sit for a portrait on a park bench.
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Portrait of J. Robert Taylor and Niece

Date: 1944
Description: J. Robert Taylor, his niece Fern Stauff Peters, and a dog are sitting on rocks near a river. Taylor is holding what appears to be a camera.

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