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Harvest in Ireland

Date: 1903
Description: A woman, child, dog, and group of men are gathered around a harvester in a field. The caption reads: "Harvester History. Harvest of 1903. Jones Lever Bin...
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Zintka Lanuni Colby

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Description: Studio portrait of Zintka Lanuni ("Lost Bird") Colby, a Lakota, who as an infant survived the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1891.
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Studio Portrait of Three Native Americans

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three Native Americans, two older men and a young girl, possibly Winnebagos. "Silbing Bear" is written on...
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Comanche Girls

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Description: Comanche girls pose for a portrait.
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Osage Woman and Children

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Description: An Osage woman sits with three children.
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Osage Women and Boy

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Description: An Osage boy stands between two Osage women.
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Twin Children

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Description: Twins wearing hats, jackets, and pants are sitting and standing near a wooden box with food displayed on it.
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Portrait of a Child

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an African American child (probably a girl) wearing a white dress. Text written on the back of the photog...
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Anita McCormick as Bridesmaid

Date: 03 05 1889
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite of Anita McCormick Blaine (1866-1954) dressed as a bridesmaid for the wedding of her brother Cyrus McCormick, Jr. (1859-1936) t...
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Girl Washing Doll Clothes

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Bertha Gesell washing doll clothes in a wooden tub. Clothes are on a clothesline behind her. Her doll sit...
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Two Girls Sitting on Bench

Date: 1885
Description: Two young girls in white dresses trimmed with lace posing for a studio portrait on a bench covered with a kilim rug.
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Studio Portrait of a Young Child

Date: 1900
Description: Cabinet posed studio portrait of a young child with a toy in hand and formal dress.
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Vesey Vernon

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted background of Vesey Vernon. He is standing with his hand resting on a chair and is wearing a suit coat, n...
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Cora Young

Date: 1903
Description: Cabinet card showing a young girl posing on wooden steps on a set. The card is labeled Cora Young on the back. This is possibly Cora Louise Bartlett Young,...
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Studio Portrait of Girl and Dog

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a dark haired girl and her pug dog. She is sitting and wearing a long, light-colored dress, a...
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Carol Sanderson and Paul D. Carpenter as Martha and George Washington

Date: 1885
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of two children, Carol Sanderson and Paul D. Carpenter, in costume as Martha and George Washington. The reverse of the cabinet car...
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Comfort Wallace and Gerald C. Young

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man sitting in a chair and holding the handlebars of a bicycle, and a young boy standing next ...
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Queen Alexandra and Her Children

Date: 1870
Description: Carte-de-visite group portrait of Alexandra of Denmark, Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress consort of India, 1901-1...

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