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Women in Costume

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Description: Group portrait of four European American women posing standing and sitting. One woman is dressed in men's clothing.
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Women Dressed as Men

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Description: Outdoor view of two women dressed in men's clothing posing standing. The woman on the right is holding a pitchfork, and the woman on the left is holding an...
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Women Masquerading as Men

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Description: Four women dressed as men posing togther for a portrait. The woman on the left is wearing a beard and has a pipe in her mouth. In the center is a woman wea...
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Woman in Man's Suit

Date: 03 17 1963
Description: A woman modeling a men's suit, while holding an umbrella and wearing a top hat. She is reflected by a mirror in the background.
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Women in Costume

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman posing sitting on the left wearing a false moustache, uniform jacket and hat, and a woman wearing...
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Women Dressed as Men

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Description: Indoor view of two women dressed in men's clothing posing standing and holding an umbrella and walking stick.
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Costume Party

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Description: Gauer and friends in costume at a party. In the back row from left to right are Angie Vail, Ruth Distenfeld, Bob Vail, Mary Jo Vonier, Harold Gauer, Ruth C...
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Four Women

Date: 1910
Description: Four women dressed as men posing standing in front of a buggy. They are wearing hats and suits with vests and ties. Each woman is holding a pocket watch. A...
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Jennie in a White Salior Uniform

Date: 1919
Description: Jennie Krueger Bruetzman standing on the Krueger farm in a mans white sailor uniform.
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Florentina in White Overalls

Date: 09 1906
Description: Florentina Krueger posing outdoors in white overalls, tie, and mens hat with a cigar propped in her left hand.
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Minstrel Show Players

Date: 02 07 1950
Description: Nine women, all but two in blackface and all dressed in drag for a minstrel show, presented by a St. Bernard's Catholic Church Christian Mothers group. Sea...
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Grace and Amos Lindner

Date: 1915
Description: Grace and Amos Lindner (the latter in female dress).
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Jennie Krueger and Her Husband in Sailor Uniform

Date: 1919
Description: Jennie Krueger Bruetzman and her husband, Ernst Bruetzman, posing in white sailor uniforms in front of a 1917 Chevrolet.
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Posing in Sailor Uniforms

Date: 1919
Description: Outdoor portrait of Edgar Krueger, Jennie Krueger Bruetzman, and Ernst Bruetzman in sailor uniforms with cigarettes in their mouths. Edgar and Ernst are in...
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Billie Sidell Costumed as a Man

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Description: Billie Sidell poses seated, dressed in an elaborate, princely costume. She passes easily as a man.
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Sarah and Florentina Krueger in Costume

Date: 1910
Description: Sarah and Florentina Krueger standing in front of a barn in costume. Sarah is dressed in traditional Pomeranian attire and is holding a bucket and milking...
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In a 1917 Chevrolet

Date: 1919
Description: Edgar Krueger sitting in the drivers seat of a 1917 Chevrolet while Jennie Krueger Bruetzman and Ernst Bruetzman are sitting together in the back seat. All...
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American Legion

Date: 01 08 1931
Description: View towards a man dressed as a woman, with his back turned, standing in front of a group of American Legion men posing in a room at the G.A.R. Hall. The m...
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Florentina in a Man's Suit

Date: 09 1906
Description: Portrait of Florentina Krueger sitting outdoors in a wicker chair. She is wearing a man's white suit and hat, and is holding a cigar in her left hand and a...
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Hattie Fels Owen in Men's Suit

Date: 1908
Description: Hattie Fels Owen sitting in a wicker rocking chair. She is wearing a man's suit and hat and posing with a cigar.

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