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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Matthew Witt photographs, circa 1917-1950
Filter: Subject of signs and signboards
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior of ice cream parlor with a horse-drawn wagon parked on the right with sheds behind. Barrels are stacked on the porch. Signs above the porch read: ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View towards railroad station with a few passengers on the platform awaiting the arrival of the train. The locomotive is billowing smoke. Two horses stand ... |
| 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: | A smiling woman walks down the sidewalk in a small town. She is carrying a a box-shaped purse in her right hand, and is wearing a skirt and blouse. A house... |
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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: | Two women pose in front of a sign advertising lots for sale. They are both dressed fashionably and their arms are stretched out with their fingers touching... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Matthew Witt's Photography Studio. A woman is barely visible standing in the doorway, under the awning. Framed photographs are on display ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A group of men standing with a horse and wagon. Shown (L-R) Otto Petersilie, unknown, unknown, unknown, Joseph F. Faust, unknown, Charles J. Faust. The wag... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of three women surrounding a table with a book on it, in front of a painted backdrop. The middle woman is standing and pointing at the book... |
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| Description: | Two young men are posing outdoors on horseback in front of the C.J. Faust & Co., Funeral Directors' building. They are wearing jackets and hats. A dirt roa... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Front three-quarter view of large frame residence with porch and balcony. Steps with a barber pole at the top of the railing lead to a store window at foun... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of view across muddy road of a man wearing a suit and standing on the porch of the two-story Hotel and Feed Barn. Two signs next to h... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of two men posing seated on a vintage Harley-Davidson motorcycle. They are dressed in work clothes and hats. Another man with his arm... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of Bowar Bros. Hardware Store. The awning reads, "Hardware, Bowar Bros., Implements, Auto Supplies." Over the large door on the left ... |
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| Description: | Stereographic print of the interior of a machine shop. The drill press, engine lathe and power hacksaw are powered by a line shaft mounted on the ceiling. ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Thompson Tent Show. Two tents, a tall wagon, an automobile and a truck are set up in a field or park with houses and trees in ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the generator used to power the "Frank H. Thompson Famous Moving Pictures." A belt from the generator stretches to the flywheel on... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the Thompson Tent Show. A tent, a tall wagon and a truck that runs the generator are set up in a field or park with houses and tre... |
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| Description: | Display of Congoleum rugs in a store window. The rugs cover the walls and are rolled up and stacked on the floor and the left side wall. Two bouquets of fl... |
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