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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Matthew Witt photographs, circa 1917-1950
Filter: Year of 1900-1999
| 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... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of three women and a girl in front of a painted backdrop. Two of the older women are seated, and the girl, wearing a large hair bow, is sta... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A schoolteacher sits behind her desk, on a raised platform, in a classroom. On her desk is a clock, inkwell, several books, hand bell and a hinged box. In ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a nun, Josefine Zander. She is wearing a habit and veil with a crucifix around her neck. Her ... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View from grassy hill of uptown Cross Plains. The Catholic Church (St. Francis Xavier) is on the right, and farmhouses and other buildings are among fields... |
| 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: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of the Cross Plains American Legion basketball team, coaches and assistants in front of a painted backdrop. The players wear uniforms, the ... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Interior elevated view of St. Francis Xavier Church looking towards the altar. Note the American and religious flags and bunting decorating the pillars and... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Large group of students and teachers posed on a slope in front of St. Francis Xavier Catholic School for a group portrait. Many of the children and adults ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Bowar Bros. Garage. On two walls are banks of drawers and cubby holes for tools and parts. On the right are more shelves for tools. Am... |
| 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. |
| Date: | 01 25 1921 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of five children posed in front of a cake, celebrating their great-grandmother's 100th birthday. The child in the center is holding a sign ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an elderly couple for their 50th anniversary. The woman is sitting, and the man is standing. ... |
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