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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View of several Cross Plains buildings across a millpond. There is a bell mounted on a metal tower near the shoreline. Caption reads: "Looking North From M... |
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| Description: | Workers pose on the frame of a barn they are building. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Man in a striped suit seated in a cart and holding the reins of a horse. Woodpiles are visible along a nearby wall and fence line. |
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| Description: | Casual portrait of photographer Matthew Witt seated at the foot of a ridge. It's likely that the image is a self-portrait produced by Witt himself. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of a young dark-haired women standing in a field of flowers before a sign attached to a telephone pole. The sign reads: "Choice Honey For ... |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of a young dark-haired woman standing in front of the of a building near a screen door. |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of Otto Radke, Andrew Echstein, and Jake Lange posed in front of a painted backdrop. They have their guns leaning in front of t... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A group of friends pose on a playground slide. Included in the group are Cresence Esser Bowar, Matt Bowar (husband of Cresence), Herbert Esser (brother of ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of three girls dressed as Red Cross nurses and a boy with a bandage on his head. One girl holds a U.S. flag. |
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| Description: | A man wearing a suit and hat is walking down the sidewalk. It is probably Frank Lloyd Wright. Several other men can be seen in the background. |
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| Description: | Salome Bollig and Regina Bollig Deans embrace and smile outdoors in front of a window in a brick wall. They are wearing light-colored dresses and lace-up b... |
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| Description: | A large hog in a farmyard being admired by five men standing behind him. |
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| Description: | A man poses on a bluff overlooking a farm in the valley below. |
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| Description: | Francis Rodenschmidt Doyle and an unidentified woman pose together surrounded by sumac foliage. |
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| Description: | Miss Emma Strauss poses near a house wearing a fur coat and fancy hat. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A civics class and teacher are displaying a portrait of President Woodrow Wilson. They are possibly gathered in the schoolyard. |
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| Description: | A farmer in overalls and hat stands in a pasture next to a Holstein cow. He holds a bucket and is gripping one of the cow's horns. More cows are grouped in... |
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| Description: | Five children pose in a row according to height in front of a porch. Their names are Theo Saeman Cavanaugh, Laura Saeman Gronenthal, Louis C. Saeman, Greg ... |
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| Description: | Two men in work clothes and hats pose in a yard with farm implements. Both of them are smoking cigarettes. |
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| Description: | Outdoor scene of a crew of men building a barn. A smaller building is next to the tower structure for a windmill. |
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