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The Overbys in their Parlor

Date: 1916
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a...
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Church Choir

Date: 1898
Description: A woman plays the organ, while two women, wearing hats, and three men, gather behind her, holding song books. They are enclosed by a low, circular railing;...
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Three Women in Office

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Description: Three women seated in front of a roll-top office desk, possibly the office of John Forbes over the old Fire Hall. A covered typewriter on the table and a t...
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Woman Holding Books

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Description: Woman with books posed standing on a board sidewalk, possibly in front of the William T. Price home.
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Girl Sitting on Woman's Lap

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Description: A young girl pages through a book while sitting on a woman's lap. Another woman wearing gloves and a fur coat hands the sitting girl a book while another g...
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Man and Woman Seated by Desk

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Description: A man and a woman sit by a desk in a corner of a room that holds various books and papers.
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Portrait of Woman with Book

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Description: A seated elderly woman holding a book on her lap poses for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
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Portrait of Woman and Girl

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Description: A seated woman holds a book in her lap while a young girl stands behind her, both posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
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Four Young Women Reading Books

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Description: Four young women sitting around a table and reading books while posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing white blouses...
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Two Women Reading a Book

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Description: A studio portrait of two women standing near a chair and reading from the same book in front of a painted backdrop. They both wear similar black dresses an...
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Elderly Woman Holding Book

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Description: An outdoor portrait of a woman seated near a tree, holding a book titled "Our Friends," with a fence in the background.
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Man and Woman in Sitting Room

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Description: Portrait of a man and a woman posed sitting in the corner of a room near a desk and two book stands. The desk has a clock and many books on it.
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Family in Dining Room

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Description: A family is posed in a dining room with a woman seated and holding a small child. A man is seated at a desk in the corner, with a young girl standing nearb...
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Studio Portrait of a Family

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Description: A studio portrait of a family with a man, a woman, and five children, posing in front of a painted backdrop. Both the man and the woman are sitting, and th...
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Indoor Group Portrait

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Description: One man and two women are posed standing around a table in a parlor. One of the woman is holding open an album of photographs. Behind them another woman si...
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Indoor Group Portrait

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Description: Five women posed sitting on the floor of a parlor in front of an organ holding photograph albums, a man's chest is visible in the organ's mirror, probably ...
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Portrait of Man in Rocking Chair

Date: 1895
Description: Interior portrait of an elderly man holding a book posed sitting in a wicker rocking chair. In the background it appears that a woman is sitting in another...
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Studio Portrait of a Discussion Group

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men and eight women posed sitting with books/magazines, The Intermediate Quarterly, possibly a discus...
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Studio Portrait of a Group

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men and eight women posed standing in a row. Man on the far right holding a book is Haas Johnson, six...
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School Group in front of Thomas School

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Description: Group portrait of a woman holding a broom and a book standing with a group of boys and girls. They are standing in front of a wooden building, probably a s...

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