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Leo and Eileen Meicher

Date: 07 1948
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman and man posing together. The woman is wearing a bridal gown with veil, and is sitting on a bench ...
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Unidentified Couple

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man and a woman posing together. The man is half-sitting on a pedestal, and is wearing a suit with a bo...
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Undertaker

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Description: Undertaker's funeral parlor and other buildings along a dirt street with a sidewalk. An oblong sign attached to the balcony hangs over the sidewalk and rea...
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Buick Auto Garage

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Description: View across road of D.A. Meister's Garage, with a fire truck parked in front and an automobile parked at the curb on the right. One boy is sitting on the f...
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Outdoor Portrait of Elderly Woman

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Description: Portrait of an elderly woman. She is seated in a chair holding flowers on her lap. Caladium in pots are arranged on both sides. In the background are ferns...
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Family Wedding Portrait with Framed Wreath

Date: 1917
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 ...
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Interior of Bowar Bros. Garage

Date: 1915
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...
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Congoleum Rug Display

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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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St. Francis Xavier Church During Jubilee

Date: 1928
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...
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Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill

Date: 1928
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. ...
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View from Hill of Cross Plains

Date: 1928
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...
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Teacher at Her Desk

Date: 1917
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 ...
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Portrait of Three Women and a Girl

Date: 1918
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...
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Couple in Horse-Drawn Buggy

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Description: A man and woman pose in a two seated, horse-drawn buggy, pulled by one horse. Behind them are trees in an orchard.
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Outdoor Portrait of Elderly Woman and Three Children

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Description: Group portrait of an elderly woman and three small children, including an infant. The woman is seated in a chair with the infant on her lap. A boy stands o...
Postcard

Thompson Tent Show

Date: 1907
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...
Postcard

Generator For Moving Pictures

Date: 1907
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...
Postcard

Girls Feeding Geese

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Description: Photographic postcard of three girls feeding corn to a flock of geese. Two girls are standing, and one girl is sitting on the left. All three girls have bo...
Postcard

Group Portrait of Five Women

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Description: Portrait of five women, two standing and three seated in chairs. The woman standing on the left is Ann Drucella Witt, sister of Matthew Witt, owner of the ...
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Three Women

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of three women, one seated in the center with her arms crossed and two standing behind her on both sides. The se...

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