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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: | 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: | A young girl is cutting a loaf of bread with a knife while two dogs wait hopefully for a tidbit to drop to the ground. One dog is looking at the loaf while... |
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| Description: | A man and a woman stand in a yard behind a white picket fence. The man is leaning towards her while holding an American flag. She is wearing a light-colore... |
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| Description: | A boy stands in his yard with his dog by his side. He is wearing overalls and is barefoot. In the background (left to right) are farm buildings, semi-woode... |
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| Description: | A woman dancer in costume strikes a pose in profile in a yard in front of a porch. Her costume consists of harem trousers, a sash around her waist, a camis... |
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| Description: | A woman in a costume gazes into the camera with one foot resting on a box, one hand on her hip, the other hand on her knee. Her costume consists of harem t... |
| 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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| Description: | A young girl stands in a yard near the corner of a house with her Teddy Bear in one arm. She is shading her eyes from the sun and is looking down. She is w... |
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| Description: | View of the exterior of the first home of Matthew Witt, photographer. An automobile is parked in the yard. |
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| Description: | View from street of the second home of Matthew Witt, photographer, located on the corner of Julius Street and American Legion Drive. Two motorcycles are pa... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | An older boy and two girls hold hands with a young boy. The girls are wearing dresses and the older boy is wearing knickers, stocking, shoes, shirt and tie... |
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| Description: | Two children pose outdoors in the corner of a yard next to a building. They are sitting on tricycles or pushbikes, one has an owl logo on the front. Both a... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Farmer and three boys posing with five horses in front of a house. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Young boy, standing in a wooded yard, dressed for his first communion with a boutonniere pinned to his lapel. He is holding a candle, rosary and prayer-boo... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Residence among trees, with family group on the porch. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Three men standing in a farmhouse yard. |
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