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World War I Soldier and Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a woman seated in a chair, and a soldier dressed in a First World War uniform sitting on the arm of the chair. They are posi...
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Fathers and Sons Drinking

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Description: Studio portrait of two fathers and their sons holding drinks in front of a painted backdrop. In the front row, from left to right, are Jacob Birrenkott of ...
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Portrait of Two Men

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two well-dressed men, Karl Faust, who is sitting, and Mike Endres, standing. They are wearing suits and h...
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Studio Portrait of Men Drinking Beer

Date: 1915
Description: Studio portrait of three men smoking pipes and cigars and holding beer bottles in front of a painted backdrop. From left to right, Jacob Bowar, Herman Kals...
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Studio Portrait of a Woman and Boy

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a woman sitting on the left and a boy standing on the right in front of a painted backdrop. The woman is wearing a knitted h...
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Studio Portrait of a Young Family

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Description: A studio portrait of a young family posing in front of a painted backdrop. A woman is standing on the right in the back, wearing a skirt, ruffled blouse, a...
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Able to Sit Up

Date: 1909
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...
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Portrait of Two Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of two women in front of a painted backdrop. One woman is seated and one is standing. One of the women is Annie Karls Dohm.
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Woman Seated in a Chair

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a woman seated in an ornate wicker chair in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a light-colored dress, pearls and a ...
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Portrait of Two Men

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of an unidentified man (left) and R. Melchior Endre in front of a painted backdrop. One man is sitting in a chair with his hand...
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Two Men Perched on a Chair

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Mike Endres (right) and Carl Faust (left) in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing suits and hats and are casually p...
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Young Man Seated at Table

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Hugo Faust sitting at a table in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit and cap and has one hand on the chair arm...
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Two Men Playing Cards with Donkey

Date: 1930
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 ...
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Portrait of Three Men

Date: 1930
Description: Full-length studio portrait of three men in front of a painted backdrop. Two men are standing on either side of a man in the middle who is sitting in a cha...
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Two Men Drinking

Date: 1930
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 ...
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Three Men Drinking

Date: 1930
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three men, all seated in chairs around a table, drinking a beer from a bottle. The man on the right holds...
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Two Men Seated at a Table

Date: 1930
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...
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Two Men Shaking Hands

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Ollie Bordson, wearing a suit, shaking hands with an unidentified man, who is wearing pants a...
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Woman Sitting in a Chair

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Lena Gerath Falkenstein seated in a chair on a patterned carpet in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a dress, flow...
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Four Generation Portrait

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Description: Four generation group portrait of (left to right), Mrs. Kalscheur, Mrs. Frank Brunner, Josephine Laufenberg (baby) and Priscilla Bowar in front of a painte...

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