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Farmworkers Taking a Break

Date: 1913
Description: Group of farm workers, men and women, posing in a field, holding various beverages. One man has his arm over a barrel on a stand in the center. In the back...
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Portrait of Photographer Matthew Witt

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Description: Casual portrait of photographer Matthew Witt seated at the foot of a ridge. It's likely that the image is a self-portrait produced by Witt himself.
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Wagons Carrying Boiler

Date: 1922
Description: Men on wagons carrying large boiler, etc., posing in sham-battle horseplay, probably in Cross Plains. In the background is a bluff.
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Young Couple

Date: 1919
Description: Young couple standing in front of a large rock face.
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Two Couples on an Outing

Date: 1921
Description: Two couples on an outing, posed in front of an outcropping of rock.
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Young Couple in a Landscape

Date: 1926
Description: A young couple wearing coats and hats are posing outdoors.
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Small Girl Near Railroad Tracks

Date: 1920
Description: Unidentified small girl holding a parasol, posed beside railroad tracks.
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Car and Passengers in front of Witt Studio

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Description: Photographic postcard of a man, woman and young girl posing in their Buick convertible in front of the Matthew Witt Photographic Studio. Another woman stan...
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Hotel and Feed Barn

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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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Students and Teachers Pose at Catholic School

Date: 1926
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 ...
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Outdoor Science at Black Earth Creek

Date: 07 18 1955
Description: Five teen boys stand ankle deep in Black Earth Creek (west of Cross Plains) while working together to build a conversion dam in the creek bed. The boys are...
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Outdoor Science at Black Earth Creek

Date: 07 18 1955
Description: Three teen boys work together to build up the side of the creek to stop the flowing water from washing the soil away on an edge of Black Earth Creek west o...

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