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| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Two horses stand next to each other in front of what may be a painted backdrop of a tree-lined street. A male circus performer stands in the center holding... |
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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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| Description: | Studio portrait of a man sitting on a stone fence in front of a painted backdrop, probably dressed in a Norwegian costume. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Clemen and Mel Kalscheur, dressed in Indian costumes and sitting on the floor with arms and legs crossed. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Clemen and Mel Kalscheur dressed in Indian costume. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two boys, Bill and Hubby Schmity, sitting with legs crossed on the floor and dressed in Indian costumes. |
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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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| Description: | A studio portrait of Frank Long, a European American man with a moustache posing in front of a painted backdrop before going to a costume party. He is wear... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of a European American girl posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop, holding a Ho-Chunk cradle board with a china-headed doll. She is... |
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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 ... |
| Date: | 08 27 1889 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a group of women from Stockholm on their first American Tour. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A young woman poses seated in front of a painted forest backdrop. She wears wings and is wrapped in a diaphanous material. On the left on the ground is a s... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A young woman poses with a basket of flowers over one arm. She wears an old-fashioned costume and stands in front of a painted backdrop which mimics a ston... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A model posed as an angel sits on the ground in front of a sylvan backdrop, warming her hands over a fire. She wears wings and a dress of diaphanous materi... |
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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... |
| Date: | 01 18 1927 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of Emma W. Gebhardt sitting in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a long, polka-dotted skirt, a printed blouse, a band... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of an African American boy dressed in the costume of a stereotypical newsboy. The child holds up a newspaper in one hand and holding a stac... |
| Date: | 08 19 1887 |
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| 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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| Description: | Triptych studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman in a circus costume lifting weights over her head. |
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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... |
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