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Little Girls in the Sun

Date: 1890
Description: Two small girls dressed in ruffles and bows sit on a woven carpet outside in the sun.
Postcard

Woman Sitting in a Chair

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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...
Postcard

Gag Photo of a Man Posing with Paper Woman

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Description: A gag photo postcard of a man, seated on the edge of a bed, with his arm around a life-sized paperboard cut out of a beautiful, seated woman. He is holding...
Photograph

Caid Kahlifa Lamin

Date: 1930
Description: Caid Kahlifa Lamin poses in front of an opening, perhaps a door, in a cement wall, covered with a cloth hanging. He is dressed in official attire and is st...
Photograph

Unidentified Man Posing with Chair

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American man with a moustache posed standing with his right arm resting on the bac...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of an Identified Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young European American man posed standing on fake grass with his right hand resting on a t...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American woman posed, standing on fake grass on top of a carpet, and...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American woman posed standing. She is wearing a dark-colored skirt, ...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American woman. She is resting her hand on a chair, and is wearing e...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American woman posed standing with her right hand resting on the bac...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American woman posed standing. She has her right hand on the back of...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American woman posed sitting in an upholstered chair with her right ...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of European American Girl

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American girl posing standing with her right hand on the back of an upholstered ...
Photograph

Portrait of Two Men

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Description: Formal full-length portrait of two men dressed in suits and hats. One man, wearing a necktie, is seated in a chair, and the other man, wearing a bow tie, i...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of European American Boy

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified boy posing standing with his right hand on the back of a chair on which a hat...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Unidentified European American Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man posing standing near an upholstered chair. He is wearing a long fur coat and hat.
Photograph

Mrs. Charles Derring

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Mrs. Charles Derring, sitting in a chair. She is wearing a velvet dress, feathered hat, fur stole and fur muff. Behind her...
Photograph

Mrs. Charles Derring

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Description: Full-length portrait of Mrs. Charles Derring standing and wearing a velvet dress and a large feathered hat. There is a carpet hung on the wall behind her a...
Historical Object

The Fargo Children

Date: 1901
Description: Five photographs are mounted on an album page which is decorated with a painting of a honeysuckle sprig. In the photograph at top left, Frank, age three, S...
Photograph

The New Year

Date: 1903
Description: A six-year-old Stuart Fargo is posing for a full length portrait dressed as the "New Year" while standing in front of a folding screen. He is wearing a top...

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