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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Matthew Witt photographs, circa 1917-1950
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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Farm couple seated together outdoors on the lawn, his arm around her shoulders. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Woman holding flowers posing on the back of an Avery gasoline tractor. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A smiling woman holding an axe holding a pose while chopping wood. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of multiple buildings in Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill. Many roads and fences cross the fields. Wooded hills are in the background. ... |
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| Description: | Workers pose on the frame of a barn they are building. |
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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. |
| 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: | 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. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Portrait of a man and a woman posed together, wrapped in wire fencing. It must be a prank because they are both smiling. She is wearing a hat with a plume ... |
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| Description: | A woman in a dress and scarf poses beneath a Ford and Fordson sign. Farm buildings are in the background. |
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| Description: | Matthew Witt's photo studio on Main Street. His business was there for 50 years, from 1913 to 1963. Two men are sitting on the stoop in the doorway. The bu... |
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| Description: | Black Earth hearse drawn by horses. Chris Schanel, the Black Earth undertaker, is driving. |
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| Description: | Black Earth hearse drawn by horses. Chris Schanel, the Black Earth undertaker, is driving. In the background on the right a small pig is running near a fen... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Chris Schanel, undertaker, stands next to the back of his hearse. A home and trees are in the background. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Danz School building with the students and teacher gathered outside. Several students are holding up a large American Flag. |
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