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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...
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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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Bowar Brothers Hardware and Implements

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Description: Photographic postcard of Bowar Bros. Hardware Store. The awning reads, "Hardware, Bowar Bros., Implements, Auto Supplies." Over the large door on the left ...
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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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Family Portrait on Porch

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Description: Group portrait of a family posed on a porch. The three women in the back hold a large enamel bowl, a mixing bowl and spoon, and a grinder or sifter. In fro...
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Four Girls Pose Outdoors

Date: 1930
Description: Four young girls pose outside of Witt's photography studio. They are wearing dresses. Two of the girls have jackets, and three of them have hair bows.
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Portrait of Two Men

Date: 1930
Description: Full-length studio "gag" portrait of two men in front of a painted backdrop. The man on the right, James Gorman, is wearing work clothes, boots and hat and...
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Man, Woman and Girl

Date: 1930
Description: Group of three people standing outside on a sidewalk in front of a stone dwelling with a porch and steps behind them. A man holds a bottle, ready to pour i...
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Man, Girl and Boy

Date: 1930
Description: Group of three people standing outside on a sidewalk in front of a stone dwelling with a porch and steps behind them. A man holds a bottle, ready to pour i...
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Two Men Drinking

Date: 1930
Description: Studio portrait of two men, seated at a small table drinking. They are dressed in suits and each man is smoking a cigar. The man on the right is wearing a ...
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Two Men with Cigars

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of two men in front of a painted backdrop holding cigars. One man is sitting in a chair and the other stands to the right. The ...
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Two Men with Guitar

Date: 1920
Description: Two men posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. James Gorman, standing, has a pipe in his mouth; the seated man holding a guitar is un...
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Girl with Certificate

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of young girl with a scroll on a table, probably a graduation diploma. She is wearing all white and has a fa...
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Carl Virnig on His Communion

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of Carl Virnig on the occasion of his First Communion. He is dressed in a jacket and knickerbockers (knickers) a...
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Girls on Their Graduation

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of two girls on the occasion of their graduation. They are dressed in white dresses with bows in their hair, cor...
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Viola and Clarence Joss Graduation

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of Viola and Clarence Joss on the occasion of their graduation. Each of them holds a rolled diploma in their lef...
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Boy on His Graduation

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of a boy on the occasion of his graduation. He is dressed in jacket and knickerbockers (knickers) and holds a ro...
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Studio Portrait of Men Drinking Beer

Date: 1915
Description: Studio portrait of three men smoking pipes and cigars and holding beer bottles in front of a painted backdrop. From left to right, Jacob Bowar, Herman Kals...
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Farm Family

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of a farm couple and their daughter posing outdoors in front of a barn.

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