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Woman in Bonnet

Date: 1930
Description: A woman in old style dress with bonnet, cape and carpet bag, stands at a gate in a picket fence. There is an old house in the background.
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Madonna and Child

Date: 1930
Description: A studio portrait of a veiled woman and sleeping infant.
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Woman with Basket

Date: 1930
Description: A young woman poses with a basket of flowers over one arm. She wears an old-fashioned costume and stands in front of a painted backdrop which mimics a ston...
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Woman and Child

Date: 1930
Description: A young woman in night cap and dressing gown holds an infant in a long white dress. She is seated on a Victorian settee.
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Alice Kent Trimpey with a Rose

Date: 1930
Description: The photographer's wife, dressed in embroidered oriental jacket and plumed hat, stands holding a rose.
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Young Woman with Letter

Date: 1930
Description: A young woman sits on the floor, one arm resting on an open dresser drawer, gazing into the distance and holding a letter. She is wearing an old-fashioned ...
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Angel in the Woods

Date: 1930
Description: A model posed as an angel sits on the ground in front of a sylvan backdrop, warming her hands over a fire. She wears wings and a dress of diaphanous materi...
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"Place of Hawks"

Date: 1940
Description: The entrance to "Place of Hawks," the home of author August Derleth, built in 1940. The stone house is roofed with a kind of thatch.
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Glass Collection

Date: 1925
Description: A display of glass barber's bottles in the home of the photographer. There are examples of blown glass in a variety of painted, iridescent, and hobnail de...
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Jennie Rooney

Date: 1930
Description: Jennie Rooney, performer and aerialist with the Ringling Brothers Circus, poses in a sequined costume and tights with a net butterfly in her hair.
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Little Lou Crawford

Date: 1935
Description: A doll from the collection of Alice Kent Trimpey is posed with a flock of toy sheep.
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Early Wax Doll

Date: 1935
Description: A doll from the collection of Alice Kent Trimpey and dating to the mid-nineteenth century is posed in a woodland setting with a small china dog. The doll's...
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Martha

Date: 1935
Description: Hand-colored photograph of a doll, Martha, from the collection of Alice Kent Trimpey, posed in a woodland setting. She wears a green brocade dress and hat....
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Doll with Miniature Chair

Date: 1935
Description: A doll with china head from the collection of Alice Kent Trimpey is posed by a miniature chair. She wears a silk dress and dates from the mid-nineteenth c...
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Doll with Miniature Chair

Date: 1935
Description: A doll is posed beside a miniature chair. The doll, from the collection of Alice Kent Trimpey, wears a long gown and a bead necklace. She has a tinted chin...
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Violet

Date: 1935
Description: A portrait of the doll, Violet, from the collection of the photographer's wife, Alice Kent Trimpey. The doll has a wax-over-composition head and is describ...
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"Brad" Robinson Family

Date: 1925
Description: A studio portrait, presumably of Brad Robinson, his son and grandson. The eldest wears a badge of the Grand Army of the Republic, identifying him as a Civ...
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Portrait of Cat

Date: 1935
Description: A portrait of the Trimpey family cat, Mary.
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Self-Portrait of Photographer

Date: 1930
Description: A studio self-portrait of Ephraim B. Trimpey with goatee, wearing eyeglasses and a large cravat.
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Mother and Child

Date: 1925
Description: A studio portrait of an unidentified woman seated on a Victorian love seat with a small boy standing beside her. She wears an intricately embroidered dress...

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