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Toledo Scale

Date: 06 13 1928
Description: Man using a small Toledo scale at H.M. Zander Creamery.
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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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Toledo Scale

Date: 06 13 1928
Description: Man weighing a milk can on a new Toledo scale at the H.M. Zander Creamery.
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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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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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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...
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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Composite Floral Funeral Portrait

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Description: Photographic postcard of a composite studio portrait of funeral floral arrangements and a man in front of a painted backdrop. A head and shoulders portrait...
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Interior of Repair Shop

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Description: Interior view of a machine shop, possibly for wagon or vehicle repair. A wood burning stove is on the left. In the center is a bank of drawers and cubby ho...
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Businessman at his Desk

Date: 1918
Description: Unidentified business or professional man seated in a chair in front of a roll-top desk. He is wearing round eyeglasses, and there is a typewriter on the d...
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Studio Group Wedding Portrait

Date: 1938
Description: Studio group portrait of wedding party all standing while posing in front of a painted background. Three women and a young girl are wearing long white dres...
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Studio Portrait of Newlyweds

Date: 1920
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a couple, probably newlyweds.
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Wedding Portrait

Date: 1929
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted background of a wedding party. Three men and three women pose with a young girl and boy. The three women and one of th...
Postcard

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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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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