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Actress as Indian

Date: 1857
Description: Actress standing with crossed arms dressed in Indian headdress and wrap for performance of "Black Hawk, or Lily of the Prairie," written by Mary Elizabeth ...
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Eddie Rickenbacker-Ace of Aces

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Description: Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker, who earned the title "Ace of Aces" for his 27 victories during World War I. In this photograph he is posed against a plane ...
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Portrait of Bahnub Boy in Overalls

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Description: Studio portrait of a man wearing a suit coat over overalls, work shirt, and undershirt with a fedora hat. He is seated before a painted backdrop depicting ...
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Man Wearing Racoon Hat

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Description: Studio portrait of a seated man wearing a fur hat, suit jacket, and vest. Possibly Frank Goodenough.
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Woman Wearing Hat

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Description: Studio portrait of a seated woman wearing eyeglasses, beads, and a hat in front of a painted backdrop.
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Woman with Braided Hairstyle

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Description: Studio portrait of a seated young woman with a braid circling her head. She is wearing a necklace over a high-collared blouse.
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Two Girls and Stone Fence

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Description: Studio portrait of two small girls leaning on a stone fence, with one sitting on the fence in front of a painted backdrop.
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Three Children with Tricycle

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Description: Studio portrait of three children posing in front of a painted backdrop. Two children are standing, and one holds an umbrella and the other a doll. The oth...
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Abaché and Kazoola

Date: 1914
Description: An African American woman and man pose together outdoors. Abaché, also known as Clara Turner, and Kazoola, also known as Cudjoe Lewis, were formerly enslav...
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Ada Deer

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Ada Deer.
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Vel Phillips and Unidentified Woman

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Description: Vel Phillips poses indoors with an unidentified woman.
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Vel Phillips on Couch

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a patterned dress and sitting on a green and white tree-patterned couch.
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Vel Phillips and W. Dale Phillips

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Description: Vel Phillips and her husband W. Dale Phillips sitting on a green and white tree-patterned couch. Dale is wearing a blue shirt and eyeglasses. Vel is wearin...
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Vel Phillip

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Description: Vel Phillips, in a white vest, stand near an open doorway with a bell on it that is engranved with: "U.S."
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Vel Phillips in Doorway

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Description: Vel Phillips standing in an open double doorway wearing a white puffy vest and yellow pants. A bell is hanging on the closed door, which has a window with ...
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Jack and Toothpaste

Date: 08 1916
Description: Jack cleans himself by rubbing toothpaste all over his face.
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Baby Eleanor on the Porch at Island Lodge

Date: 1901
Description: A woman wearing a long skirt and blouse is standing and holding baby Eleanor Holt in her arms while standing on the front porch of Island Lodge on Archibal...

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