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Margery Bish Wearing Coat

Date: 1896
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Margery Bish, the young daughter of the photographer, wearing a heavy hooded coat.
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Margery Bish Portrait

Date: 1898
Description: Margery Bish, the young daughter of the photographer, stands in front of a draped curtain.
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Toddler in Cloak

Date: 1896
Description: Margery Bish, the toddler daughter of the photographer, stands on a dirt road wearing a hooded cloak.
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Margery Bish Hanging Clothes on Clothesline

Date: 1890
Description: Margery Bish as a little girl. She is wearing a striped dress while hanging clothes on a clothesline. There is a doll behind her on the right.
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Margery Bish with Woman

Date: 1897
Description: Mary Margaret (Margery) Bish, young daughter of the photographer and later Mrs. Clyde Bowman, sits on the lap of an older woman, possibly her mother.
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E. Grossman, Tailor

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of E. Grossman, a tailor.
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Family Piano Recital

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Description: Mary Pierce Bish plays an upright piano while her daughter Margaret Bish, standing to her left, and her mother Mrs. Pierce, seated to her right, look on.
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Little Girls Having a Tea Party

Date: 1900
Description: Margery Bish (left) and another little girl, unidentified, sit at a low outdoor table set with a tea service. There is a china doll propped under the table...
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Grandmother and Granddaughter

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Description: Mrs. Pierce sits in a wicker armchair facing the camera while her granddaughter Margery Bish sits facing her on a stool in front of a piano. Behind them is...
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Young Girls in White Dresses

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Description: Margaret Bish, the daughter of the photographer, sits in the center front row of two rows of young women, all dressed in white dresses, many decorated with...
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Capt. R.N. Conners

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Description: Studio portrait of Capt. R.N. Conners [or "Connors"], seated and wearing a uniform.
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Company C, Wisconsin National Guard

Date: 1909
Description: A studio portrait of Company C of the Wisconsin National Guard in uniform.
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Couple on a Bridge

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Description: Rear view of a man and woman standing on a wooden bridge in a wooded area.
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Building a Wood Block Road

Date: 1903
Description: Men working on a wood block road.
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Interior of Boone Tire Factory

Date: 1919
Description: Four men work inside the Boone Tire Factory.
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E. Rutledge

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of E. Rutledge. He has white hair, a moustache and beard, and is wearing a plaid suit and cravat.
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Portrait of Woman

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Description: Studio portrait of a woman sitting in a chair. She is wearing the dress fashionable around 1870.
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Bish Family

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Description: An older female member of the Bish family sits in a wicker chair holding a magazine or book open on her lap. Standing on the left in front of a doorway dra...
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Outdoor Meeting

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Description: About two dozen men sit in chairs and on stumps in a clearing in a wooded area, having a meeting.
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Man Using Tire-Making Machinery

Date: 1919
Description: Interior view of the Boone Tire Factory. A man is using a machine to wrap canvas around a rubber tire.

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