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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Matthew Witt photographs, circa 1917-1950
Filter: Subject of manners and customs
| Date: | 05 10 1928 |
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| Description: | The Lutheran Church and buildings, seen from Lutheran Church Hill. |
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| Description: | Wedding studio portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Haak posing in front of a painted backdrop. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a bride and groom on the occasion of their wedding. The groom, Matt Koch (son of Henry Koch), is sitting ... |
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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. |
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| Description: | An outdoor group portrait of a birthday party. A cake with many candles and a lace tablecloth sits on a table in front. Most of the party are dressed up. N... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a group of children. They are posed as a mock wedding party. The bride carries a bouquet and wears a circ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A man stands next to a headstone in a cemetery. He is wearing a suit and hat. The name on the headstone is "LOKKE." |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Ollie Bordson, wearing a suit, shaking hands with an unidentified man, who is wearing pants a... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Memorial photograph, showing a draped coffin surrounded by floral offerings, among which appears a life-size head-and-shoulders photographic portrait of th... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Studio group portrait of wedding party all standing while posing in front of a painted background. Three women and a young girl are wearing long white dres... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Corpse of an elderly man laid out in his coffin with floral decorations. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Two men, posed, seated at a table toasting each other with a mug of beer. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Posed line of alternating men and women in an orchard standing drinking cider of beer drawn from a keg in the center. Three young children are sitting on t... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Floral decorations for a funeral, massed in the corner of a residential room. Printed on large ribbons adorning the decorations are the words: "Husband," "... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a composite studio portrait of funeral floral arrangements and a man in front of a painted backdrop. A head and shoulders portrait... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View down valley towards the back of the Lutheran Church and cemetery. Houses and barns are in the valley below, and more hills are in the far background. ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Studio family wedding portrait in front of a painted background with a framed wreath in the center. The wreath is celebrating the wedding of the bride and ... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Studio group portrait of a wedding party. The bride, groom and three attendants. The women are holding bouquets. In the background is a painted backdrop. |
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