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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Matthew Witt photographs, circa 1917-1950
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| Description: | Winter scene with a man lying on a small sled with a big smile on his face. He is wearing dark clothes and a cap. A snow-covered hill, a barn and fences ar... |
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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 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... |
| 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 perches on the edge of a roof over a wood pile. Her hands and feet are crossed and she is wearing a dress and hat. |
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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 young boy sits behind the wheel of an old Ford truck. He is wearing a hat, gloves and what may be a uniform shirt of some kind. Buildings can be seen in ... |
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| Description: | A man performs a handstand in front of a doorway, with his back to the camera. He is wearing a shirt, trousers, shoes and a plaid cap. |
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| Description: | In a "gag" photograph, three men are drinking from bottles. The two men in the foreground are holding each others bottles. They appear to be standing next ... |
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| Description: | A family poses outdoors in the snow in front of their house. The father proudly holds a dead fox. The mother and youngest child stand on the left, and the ... |
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| Description: | Two girls and a dog sit in a field where oats have been cut and shocked. The girl on the left is sitting inside one of the oat shocks and smiling at the ca... |
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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 young boy wearing work clothes, boots and a knit cap stands on a hill with his two dogs. Behind him a man holding what appears to be a coil of wire is st... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A woman dressed in a bathing suit, shoes and cap is about to dive off of a pier into the water. A rowboat is tethered on the right. Trees can be seen on th... |
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| Description: | In a "gag" photograph, a teenager wearing overalls stands on the saddle of a pony, his dog tucked between his legs. He is wearing overalls and a hat. A fie... |
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| Description: | A man is seated at a grindstone sharpening a cutter bar. The bar was probably part of a piece of machinery used to cut hay or grain. He is dressed in work ... |
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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: | 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... |
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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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