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Domestic Staff with Work Utensils

Date: 1890
Description: The household staff (probably Swedish) for one family home, including laundresses, cooks, parlor maids, and scullery girls with their various work utensils...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman and Child

Date: 05 07 1913
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of a woman in Ho-Chunk regalia wrapped in a blanket, with a child on her back. The child is wearing a fur hat, and the woman...
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Twin Infants in Coffins

Date: 1886
Description: Studio portrait of deceased twin infants in coffins. They are Robert and Janet Fitzpatrick, born July 5, 1885, died April 20, 1886, children of Robert and ...
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Mountain Wolf Woman

Date: 1907
Description: Studio portrait of Mountain Wolf Woman, also known as Stella Blowsnake Whitepine Stacy (HayAhChoWinKah), sitting and holding her two daughters, Josephine W...
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Julia Ormsby Bathing Baby

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Description: A woman bathing an infant on her lap, probably Julia (Murray) Ormsby.
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Woman and Baby

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Description: A woman in a light top and dark skirt tending to a baby propped on a chair wearing a long white gown. A parlor stove is on the right, and tapestries are ha...
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Baby with Bottle

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Description: Studio portrait of a baby suckling on a bottle. The child is sitting upright dressed in a white gown, with his right hand resting on the chair arm, and his...
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick with Son Shirley

Date: 1898
Description: Studio portrait of a man, woman, and child sitting in a rowboat in front of a painted backdrop. Probably Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick and their son, Sh...
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Baby in Christening Gown

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American infant sitting up on a high chair. The infant is wearing a long christe...
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Baby in Baby Carriage

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Description: Infant in a high-wheeled baby carriage next to a wood stove.
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Baby Sitting in Bowl

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Description: Studio portrait of a baby with bare feet sitting in a bowl in front of a painted backdrop.
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Wreath and Portrait of an Infant

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Description: A flower wreath surrounds a studio portrait of an infant.
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Portrait of Man and Infant

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Description: A studio portrait of a man standing and holding a bicycle with an infant in a basket near the handlebars in front of a painted backdrop. The man is wearing...
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Portrait of Couple and Infant in Painted Rowboat

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Description: A studio portrait of a couple and an infant sit behind a board painted with a decorative rowboat in front of a painted backdrop. The man and woman are both...
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Man, Woman, and Two Children

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Description: A studio portrait of a seated man in a suit jacket, vest, and trousers holding a young girl on his lap. A woman in a dress is standing behind a baby on a t...
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Portrait of a Couple, Baby Girl, and Dog

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Description: A studio portrait of a standing man and woman, and a small girl and dog sitting on a prop stone wall in front of a painted backdrop. The woman and girl are...
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Couple Holding Small Girl

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Description: A studio portrait of a seated man and woman with a small girl sitting on their laps. The woman and girl are wearing dresses. The man is wearing a suit jack...
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Young Boy and Baby Girl

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Description: A studio portrait of a small boy holding a hat standing next to a baby girl in a dress seated in a windowsill in front of a painted backdrop. The boy wears...
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Studio Portrait of Two Children

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Description: A portrait of two children standing in front of a board painted with a decorative rowboat in front of a painted backdrop of a river scene. A boy and a youn...
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Baby in Baby Carriage under Umbrella

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Description: A studio portrait of an infant seated in a baby carriage under a lace-covered umbrella in front of a painted backdrop. "Moran Baby" written in negative.

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