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Cowboy with Gun and Whip

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man dressed as a cowboy. He is aiming a gun in one hand and holding a whip in the other. Th...
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Young Child Wearing Frilly Hat

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a little girl wearing a dress and a frilly hat is posing on a bench. At her feet is a fur rug.
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Unidentified Man

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of an unidentified older man in a suit and bow tie. He has a moustache and white or gray hair.
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Woman with Hat and Fur

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a woman in a fur and a lace collar wearing an elaborate light-colored furred and feathered hat.
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Two Women Wearing Hats

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Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two women wearing fancy hats and tailored suits.
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Marian Violet Metcalf

Date: 1931
Description: Marian Metcalf, teacher at Dyer School, poses on a sidewalk in front of the porch of a stuccoed house.
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Claire Alexander

Date: 1931
Description: Claire Alexander, 12, identified on the reverse of the photograph as "Boy Champion of 4-H Club" posing wearing bib overalls and a cap with earflaps. Two ot...
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Boy with Calf

Date: 1931
Description: Claire Alexander posing with a young calf in a pasture near a wooded ravine at his father's farm. There is a manure spreader and shed in the background.
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Sherwin Gillett

Date: 1910
Description: Waist-up portrait of Sherwin Gillett sitting in a chair, wearing a sweater, striped necktie and a hat. He is holding a brochure titled: "Portraits."
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Emma and Elena Schmitt

Date: 1901
Description: Portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Schmitt (the future Mrs. Sherwin Gillett) and her sister Elena.
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Emma and Elena Schmitt

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Description: Portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Schmitt (the future Mrs. Sherwin Gillett) and her sister Elena. The frame has the S. Gillett imprint, but t...
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Mrs. Elston

Date: 1941
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Mrs. Laura Elston, wife of Henry Elston of Muscoda.
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Lorin Gillett (1915-1985)

Date: 1920
Description: Indoor portrait of Lorin Gillett at approximately five years of age.
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Lorin Gillett (1915-1985)

Date: 1930
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Lorin Gillett at approximately 15 years of age.
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Lorin Gillett (1915-1985)

Date: 1933
Description: High school graduation portrait of Lorin Gillett. He is wearing a graduation gown and mortarboard.
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Lorin Gillett (1915-1985)

Date: 1936
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Lorin Gillett at approximately 21 years of age.
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Man, Woman and Maple Tree

Date: 1920
Description: Man and woman stand in a forest at the base of a large maple tree, 20 feet in circumference. They are reaching their arms towards each other to show the wi...
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Emma Gillett

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Emma Gillett, wife of Sherwin, mother of Lorin.
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Portrait of My Mother

Date: 12 02 1935
Description: Waist-up portrait of Emma Gillett, wife of Sherwin, mother of Lorin. She is wearing a scarf over her head, an apron and a sweater.
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Emma Schmitt Gillett and Monday

Date: 1933
Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Gillett with their German Shepherd, Monday.

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