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Gesell Family Burlesque

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Description: The Gesell family in costume with broom, sword, and other props for a humorous picture. Family members identified as follows: Gerhard Jr. (drinking from pi...
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St. Paul Ice Carnival Parade

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Description: Elevated view of the St. Paul Ice Carnival; royal family equipages in street parade with crowd lining street. There is a real estate agency and a laundry o...
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Art Knisley Supper Party

Date: 03 07 1935
Description: Group portrait of 21 people, (play cast), some in costume, at Art Knisley's supper party at a tavern on Middleton Road. Handwritten on negative sleeve: "Ar...
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Girls with Tambourines

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Description: Studio portrait of thirteen girls in costume, posing sitting, standing, and holding tambourines in front of a painted backdrop.
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Studio Portrait of Boy in Ribbon Work Clothing

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk or European American boy posing standing with his right arm on a chair draped with a fringed t...
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Copy Photograph of Six Native American Men

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Description: Copy photograph of six Native American men standing outdoors wearing Sioux bonnets, and original print inscribed "Riverview Boat Line Indian Guides." Possi...
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Man Wearing Wild West Outfit

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a man with a large moustache and trimmed beard wearing a Wild West outfit, including a wide-brimmed hat, fringed shirt, and ...
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Swedish Ladies National Concerts

Date: 08 27 1889
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a group of women from Stockholm on their first American Tour.
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Studio Portrait of People in Costume

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Description: A studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a girl or boy sitting next to a young woman who is standing. The girl or boy sitting on the left is wea...
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Season's Greetings, Let's Stamp Out the Dictators!

Date: 1942
Description: Holiday card with a 10¢ War Stamp Album glued inside. The front of the card shows Uncle Sam's large shoe kicking Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito into space....
Postcard

Little Norway

Date: 1948
Description: Colorized postcard of a scene at Little Norway. A man sits on a wagon chassis. He is wearing an ethnic costume. Various buildings are visible surrounded by...
Photograph

Fancy Dress Party

Date: 08 19 1887
Description: Cabinet card of a group portrait of four men in front of a painted backdrop. Two are dressed in male formal attire, with top hats. The other men are dresse...
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Parade Float

Date: 1905
Description: A parade float elaborately decorated with flowers and pulled by four robed horses is traveling west along East Doty Street, with the Central (Fess) Hotel i...
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Ada James with Others

Date: 1900
Description: Informal studio portrait of Ada James holding a gun, and her father, David G. James in a hat, with four other people dressed in pioneer-type costumes. A wo...
Postcard

A Girl and Boy Dressed as Nurse and Soldier

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a girl dressed as a nurse and a boy dressed as a soldier standing in front of a painted backdrop. He holds a rifle and she i...
Poster

Poster for "The Shaughraun"

Date: 1875
Description: Color lithograph on paper. Title across top in caps. Below it a scene in a pub featuring three men, with the central figure propping a foot on a wooden buc...
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Two Children with Reaping Hook

Date: 1902
Description: A boy and girl gaze at one another in a haystack, one with a reaping hook and the other with a handful of straw. The children were models and the photograp...
Print

"Double Indemnity" Lobby Card

Date: 1944
Description: Lobby card for the Paramount film "Double Indemnity," featuring a tinted scene from the movie, with leads Barbara Stanwyck (as Phyllis Dietrichson), Fred M...
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Studio Portrait of Eleven Women and One Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of eleven women and a man posed standing. They are probably wearing costumes for a theater production, and the woman sixth from...
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Costume Party

Date: 1937
Description: Seven people in costumes posed around a bar and holding glasses of beer.

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