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International 574 Tractor

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Description: Color photograph of a man sitting on an International 574 tractor in a studio. The tractor was built in Great Britain.
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Men and Women Strolling in Studio

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Description: Group of men and women in a photography studio, posing in front of white backdrop. They are posed in a way that suggests a street scene. Harry Dankoler is ...
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Studio Portrait of Joe Thunderking Lowe and Family

Date: 1904
Description: Studio portrait of a large Ho-Chunk group posing in front of a painted backdrop, including five men, three women, three girls, and two smaller children. Th...
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Woman Standing over Bound Man

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Description: A woman standing over a man who has been tied up and laid across boards resting on two sawhorses. In the background is a telephone on a half wall, and a ta...
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Staged Scene of Dying Man

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Description: An actor playing a dying or dead man surrounded by a small group of people, including men, women and children. The image was staged at Harry Dankoler's pho...
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Children Posing in Studio

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Description: Four young boys, with Syl being the youngest, posing in Harry Dankoler's photography studio in front of a backdrop. One of the boys is holding a feather du...
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Group Watching Man Ride Sawhorse

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Description: A group in front of a backdrop watches a man in the foreground ride a sawhorse as if it were a real horse. The image was staged at Harry Dankoler's photogr...
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Men Pointing Pistols at Man Riding Sawhorse

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Description: Two men are posing in front of a backdrop pointing pistols at a man who is riding a sawhorse as if it were a real horse and holding up his hand in surrende...
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Staged Scene

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Description: A scene staged in front of a backdrop. A man on his knees is leaning over the seat of a chair that has been turned sideways. Syl hangs on his back while th...
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Two Men Posing in front of Backdrop

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Description: Two men standing in front of a backdrop pose for a photograph staged at Harry Dankoler's photography studio.
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Men Posed with Desk

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Description: Two men posed in front of a backdrop on either side of a desk at Harry Dankoler's photography studio.
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Large Group Seated in Photography Studio

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Description: A large group of people posed in chairs at Harry Dankoler's photography studio. Syl is the youngest child on the front row near the center aisle on the rig...
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Group Posed in Photography Studio

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Description: A posed photograph in front of a backdrop with two men standing to the left near a board resting on a book in the foreground. A woman and three other men a...
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Studio Portrait of Two Men in a Prop Rowboat

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Description: A studio portrait of two men posing sitting in a painted rowboat prop in front of a painted backdrop. The man on the right has his hand in the "water" and ...
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Two Portraits of an Elderly Man

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Description: Two portraits of an elderly man with a beard posing sitting with a Farmer's Almanac in his coat pocket. Behind him is a dropcloth for a backdrop.
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Studio Group Portrait of Unidentified European American Family

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Description: Studio group portrait of a family, including three men, five women, and a boy.
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Studio Portrait of a Group of European American Women

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of seven unidentified European-American women. The four women in front are sitting; the three women in...
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Children Celebrating their Great-Grandmother's 100th Birthday

Date: 01 25 1921
Description: Studio portrait of five children posed in front of a cake, celebrating their great-grandmother's 100th birthday. The child in the center is holding a sign ...

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