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Portrait in a Mirror

Date: 1900
Description: A woman photographer catches reflections of herself, a young girl and a woman in a bedroom bureau mirror.
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Photograph Gallery of Charles Van Schaick

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Description: Man petting dog, who is sitting on a chair, inside the photographic studio. There is a large studio camera on the left, several pieces of studio furniture,...
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Shooting a Refrigerator Advertisement

Date: 07 31 1950
Description: A woman wearing an apron posing with a refrigerator in a photography studio while a photographer takes a picture for advertising.
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Portable Confessional

Date: 02 18 1943
Description: Portable confessional, rear view, priest's side, taken in Photo Copy Service studio, 211 West Mifflin Street. Taken for Burgess Laboratory.
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Portable Confessional

Date: 02 18 1943
Description: Front view of a portable confessional, with kneeler. The photograph was taken in the Photo Copy Service studio, located at 211 West Mifflin Street.
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Photo Copy Service Camera Room

Date: 07 22 1940
Description: Interior view of Photo Copy Service camera room, 206 East Main Street.
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McVicar Photo Service Window Display

Date: 11 07 1929
Description: Homecoming window display at McVicar Photo Service, 723 University Avenue.
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Chapelle with Soldiers and Woman

Date: 1958
Description: Dickey Chapelle posing in Cuba with Major Antonio Lusson, and a group of male and female soldiers.
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Ansel Adams and his International Travelall

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams at his home in Carmel walks toward his International Travelall with camera platform mounted on top.
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Mapleside

Date: 1970
Description: Mapleside, a historic home on University Avenue, being demolished. It is the future location of Burger King.
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Worker Harassment

Date: 06 1955
Description: Private security guards hired by the Colonial Sugar Company photograph striking members of the United Packinghouse Union. As the result of a court restrai...
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Television Camera at Iowa State Fair

Date: 1946
Description: A television crew worker films "Iowa's First Television Show" while an audience looks on. The sign reads: "Iowa's First Television Show In Cooperation With...
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Washington School Hearing Clinic

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: Participants in a large-scale hearing clinic held at Washington School in Madison and sponsored by the University of Wisconsin departments of speech and ed...
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Group Near Tent

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Description: A group of men, women, and children gather outside a tent. One of the women attends to a camera.
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E.W. Brandel and Dr. Jones

Date: 1922
Description: E.W. Brandel sits on porch steps holding his daughter's dog Max, a fox terrier. Next to him, holding a camera, is Dr. A.W. Jones, the twin brother of the p...
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CNN News Team

Date: 2000
Description: A member of the CNN (Cable News Network) broadcast team testing equipment on the floor of the Republican Convention in Philadelphia.
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Henry Wallace Talking with Two Men

Date: 06 17 1939
Description: Henry Wallace, between two men, talking outdoors near an automobile. Henry Wallace, then the United States Secretary of Agriculture, visited and toured Gre...
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Group Posed in Garden Setting

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Description: Woman seated on a park bench holding flowers. A young man stands behind her leaning on the bench, and two boys are posed nearby. One boy holds a box camera...
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The "Guardian" Chinese Tour

Date: 04 1974
Description: Supporters of the "Guardian," a weekly radical newspaper, visiting the birthplace of Mao Tse Tung.
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Women Lifting Mogul Jr. Engine

Date: 1916
Description: A young woman outside industrial building or factory holds a Mogul Jr. 1 HP engine mounted on a skid with two wheels. A man stands nearby on the left. On t...

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