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| Description: | Polish opera singer Ganna Walska in front of the Coliseum in Rome, Italy. Ms. Walska was the second wife of Harold Fowler McCormick. |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of two women, Mrs. John Zander (Mamie Endres Zander), and Catherine Endres Mick, wearing fashionable clothing, including muffs,... |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young girl standing on a chair, holding a rose in her hand. The young girl's hair is pulled... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of two women in front of a painted backdrop. One woman is seated and one is standing, are they are dressed in fashionable dresses. The woma... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Eleanor Faust Fuller, dressed in black with a black bow in her hair. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman sitting in a chair holding a violin on her knee. She is holding the bow in her other hand. She we... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of woman posing with her violin and bow. She wears a large white bow in her hair. |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of four unidentified girls, perhaps family members (sisters?). They each wear a white dress, and the three older... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of Miriam Bennett in front of a painted backdrop with postcard conventions on back. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | From left to right are Emma (Thorsen) Purchas (1862-1944), Ida Fisk, Ethelinda (Thorsen) Johnston (1856-1947) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Dorothy Purchas ... |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of two women, one seated and one standing in front of a painted backdrop. They are both wearing fashionable dresses. Their name... |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of Eva Dahman Bowar in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a dark fashionable dress and jewelry. Her legs are crossed a... |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of Lena Gerath Falkenstein seated in a chair on a patterned carpet in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a dress, flow... |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of Laona Faust in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a long dress with lace collar and cuffs. Her dark hat has feather... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Sisters Lucy, left, and Jessie Underwood watch small waves on the shore of Lake Puckaway. Both are wearing large brimmed hats. There is a boat in the far b... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Spring postcard of women wearing pastel dresses, picking cherry blossoms. The scene is within an architectural themed frame with a potted tree on either si... |
| Date: | 08 09 1920 |
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| Description: | Text on the front reads: "M.E. Church, Waukesha, Wis." Three women and a child stand in the street in front of a limestone church built in 1895 in the Rich... |
| Date: | 01 03 1901 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Glückliches Neues Jahr [Happy New Year]. Whitefish Bay Summer Resort." A crowd of people are enjoying the grounds and view at a resor... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on the reverse reads: "The Fern Dell County School at The Pioneer Village Museum at Wisconsin Dells, Wis. Built in 1883 and used every year until 1955... |
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