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Unidentified Girl on Her Communion

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of an unidentified girl on the occasion of her First Communion. She is wearing gloves, a white dress...
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Studio Portrait of Three Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of three women sitting in front of a painted backdrop. Each woman is wearing an elaborate hat and a necklace. The woman sitting...
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Studio Portrait of Two Women in Hats

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of two women posing sitting and standing in front of a painted backdrop. On the left, the older woman is holding a basket on he...
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The Wonder Spot

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Description: Four women demonstrate the visual characteristics apparent at the Wonder Spot. Caption reads: "Wonder Spot, Lake Delton, Wis."
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Merry Christmas, Happy New Year

Date: 1964
Description: Photographic holiday greeting card of three children, one boy and two girls, dressed in winter clothes, holding up an enlarged postcard. On the postcard is...
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Two Women Holding Hands

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of two women wearing dresses in front of a painted backdrop. They are facing each other and holding ...
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Portrait of Seated Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Eva Dahman Bowar in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a dark fashionable dress and jewelry. Her legs are crossed a...
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Three Men with Hands Stacked

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Charles Meyer, Sr., James Gorman and an unidentified man, all wearing suits, posing in front of a painted backdrop. They hav...
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Group Studio Portrait

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of two men and two women in front of a painted backdrop. Two are seated, the other two are standing. They are dressed in winter...
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Man and Two Children

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a seated man with a boy and a girl, one on each knee. They are posed in front of a painted backdrop.
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Studio Portrait of a Woman

Date: 1911
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a woman standing in front off a painted backdrop. She is wearing a dark dress, shoes, hat with bow, light-colored gloves and...
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Studio Portrait of Two Women

Date: 1915
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two women in front of a painted backdrop. One woman is seated, the other is perched on the arm of the chair. They are wearin...
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Anna Czech's Class

Date: 1924
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a class featuring Lorin Gillett (son of Sherwin Gilett), and their teacher sitting on the steps in front of the double door of wh...
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Harmonica Class

Date: 1928
Description: Photographic postcard of outdoor group portrait of the 7th and 8th grade harmonica (mouth organ) class. Sherwin Gillett's son Lorin is identified with an "...
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Governor Davidson and Staff

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Description: Governor James O. Davidson (sitting second from the left), outdoors in front of a tent with six other men, three standing and three sitting. There is a whi...
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Ernst in Heidelberg

Date: 03 14 1930
Description: Ernst Schmidt, second from left, on a tour of the ruins of Heidelberg Castle with his guide, left, and two unidentified persons. They are standing in the c...
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4th Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 09 29 1918
Description: A group of women wearing white nurses' uniforms are marching up a street in a parade. Some are carrying American flags, others are carrying signs and banne...

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