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The Overbys in their Parlor

Date: 1916
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a...
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Women in a Parlour

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Description: Four women are posing sitting in a parlor in front of an organ. One of the women is sitting on the floor holding a kitten.
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Playing Instruments in a Parlor

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Description: Two men and a woman are posing sitting in a parlor and holding musical instruments. The woman is sitting on the right in front of a piano playing a banjo. ...
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Olive Davis and Two Other Women

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Description: Indoor portrait of three European American women posing sitting in front of a organ. Several portraits are hanging on the wall. One woman is sitting in a c...
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Tom Roddy and Boy

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Description: Indoor portrait of a European American man posing sitting on a sofa on the left, next to a European American child posing standing in the center. The room ...
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The Matchetts and Hulls

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Description: Indoor group portrait of an European American group, including two elderly women, two men, a woman, and two children. They are identified, from left to rig...
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Group Portrait of Women

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Description: Indoor group portrait of ten European American women posing sitting and standing. The women are identified in the back row from left to right as: — Taylor,...
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John Deitrich

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Description: Indoor portrait of a European American man posing sitting at a piano organ. Identified as John Deitrich.
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The Ogden Family

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Description: Indoor portrait of two European American men and two European American women posing sitting. The man is reading a newspaper, "The Northwestern Mail." Ident...
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Indoor Portrait of European American Child

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Description: Indoor portrait of an unidentified girl posing standing in a room in front of lace curtains over windows. She is wearing a light-colored dress with a star-...
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Indoor Group Portrait of European Americans

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Description: Indoor group portrait of nine unidentified individuals posing standing and sitting in front of a large studio portrait of a European American child wearing...
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Wedding Party

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Description: Interior group portrait of parties in a wedding, including four women and five men.
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Woman Posing Behind a Plant Stand

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Description: Portrait of a woman wearing a light-colored dress posing standing behind a plant stand with a flower arrangement. Behind her is an organ against the wall. ...
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Three Women in a Parlor

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Description: Group portrait of three women posing sitting in a parlor. One of the women is sitting in front of a piano. Next to her is a small child (blurred by movemen...
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Dog Sitting Up

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Description: Two women and a girl are sitting in a room with an organ in the background. A women sitting on a large book on the floor is playing with a dog sitting up o...
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Woman and Baby in a Room

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Description: View of a woman standing on the left next to a wood burning stove. She is looking at an infant in a bassinet in the center of a room. A large portrait of a...
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Woman Sitting on Sofa

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Description: Indoor portrait of a woman posing sitting on a sofa. She is wearing a dark-colored skirt and light-colored blouse, near a pillow that reads: "Reveries of a...
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Musicians

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Description: Interior portrait of five men and two women posing sitting and standing in a room holding musical instruments and sheet music.

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