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| Description: | Cover of Jim Widmer's "Focus On Theresa" series. Text reads, "How we looked in the late 1940s & 1950s." |
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| Description: | "The vast majority of these pictures were taken with the above camera. This twin-lens Automatic Rolleiflex was purchased in 1947. At that time this camera... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | "Cows were nosy when a camera was set up in a field near Theresa." |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | "Cows were nosy when a camera was set up in a field near Theresa." |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | "The Twin Towers of Lower Manhattan stand majestic as a tour boat goes by." |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | "Jayne Blodgett - Conover Model." A photographer with a 4x5 press camera is shooting from the opposite direction. |
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| Description: | "Theresa Documentary. Black & White Photos By Jim Widmer." |
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| Description: | "Theresa Documentary 1975, 76, 77, 78, & 79. Black & White Photos by Jim Widmer." |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | "Mayville photographer, Edgar Mueller, confers with 'Corny' Weber. Mr. Weber took some early photos in the village. Some of his glass plate negatives are i... |
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| Description: | Cover image for the Theresa Documentary 1981, 82, & 83. Volume C. Black & White Photos by Jim Widmer. |
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| Description: | "The Corsair II was a Universal Camera Corp. model that was introduced in 1939. It was cheaply made & had a faulty film advance. The camera was purchased... |
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| Description: | "Theresa Documentary 1983, 84, & 85. Volume D. Black & White Photos by Jim Widmer." |
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| Description: | "While stationed in Japan in 1945-46, the photographer's sister obtained this camera." |
| Date: | 09 1983 |
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| Description: | "The purpose of this setup was to photograph the Communion Ware for a church folder. Reflections were minimized in this open field. Fingertips belong to S... |
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| Description: | "Theresa Documentary, 1986, 87, 88, & 89, Volume E, Black & White Photos by Jim Widmer." |
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| Description: | "The Contax II was manufactured from 1936-42. It was a superb, rugged camera & was widely used by Life Magazine photographers in WWII." |
| Date: | 10 1987 |
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| Description: | "Winfred Herberg, a perennial jokester, does a spoof on how to clean a camera lens." |
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| Description: | "The Univex Mercury was a Universal Camera Corp. product. A similar camera was used by Fred H. Bandlow when he photographed Theresa natives in 1935. It too... |
| Date: | 11 1993 |
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| Description: | "High winds played havoc with the cross on St. Peter's Lutheran Church. Steeplejack, Tim McNitt, of Kiel was called in to rectify the 'leaning cross.'" |
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| Description: | View of a camera owned by Jim Widmer. The Stereo Realist is a camera that takes 3D pictures and was manufactured by David White Company of Menomonee Fall... |
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