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Ernst Schmidt, Reading

Date: 02 02 1975
Description: Ernst Schmidt, at age 81, sits reading the "Wisconsin Magazine of History" at a table at Black Point. A telephone and lamp with a stained glass shade stand...
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Ernst Schmidt at Home

Date: 12 25 1942
Description: Elevated view of Ernst Conrad Schmidt (1893-1977), grandson of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp, sitting in an easy chair reading in his high ceilinged, wood pa...
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Mr. and Mrs. Edward Petersen

Date: 1900
Description: Edward Petersen poses, seated in a chair, and his wife stands next to him on the left. They appear to be reading papers which Edward is holding. Behind the...
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Double Portrait of Two Men

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Description: Double portrait, probably in a studio, of two men, in two different poses, one on the left and one on the right. Both men are wearing hats and suits. In th...
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Lewis Milestone

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Description: Director Lewis Milestone reads the novel "All Quiet on the Western Front" while sitting on a sofa. Milestone directed the 1930 film version of the novel.
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Googie Withers and Probably Ivy Emmerton

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Description: Actress Googie Withers is having her hair done by an unidentified woman, probably hair stylist Ivy Emmerton, on the set of the 1948 film "Miranda." They ar...
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Reading

Date: 1926
Description: Barbara and Herbert E. Brumder sitting and reading on a rustic bench on a flagstone patio at their summer house on Pine lake. A dog is sleeping under the b...
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Read Me a Story

Date: 1903
Description: A studio portrait of mother (Lucy Rumsey Holt) and daughter (Eleanor Holt). Looking up, Eleanor Holt appears to be asking her mother to read her a story. T...
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Children Reading Books in Classroom

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Description: Four children are sitting at desks in a classroom. Two children are reading a book together on the left. A boy sitting in front is reading "Winnebago Boy,"...
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Mary Griggs Lounging Outdoors Reading with Friend

Date: 1938
Description: Mary Griggs, wearing a pink dress, cardigan and hair bow, and a male friend are lounging on blue painted wicker chaise lounge chairs with blue floral cushi...
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Amos Bronson Alcott

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Description: Stereographic image of Amos Bronson Alcott in his study. Alcott was an educator and philosopher, and a figure in the Transcendentalist movement. He created...

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