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Merchants Hotel

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Description: View of front of Merchants Hotel, located at the intersection of First and Fillmore Streets. Two men are posed sitting on the first floor porch, and two wo...
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Crowd at a Speech

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Description: Crowd of men and boys gathered around a tent, probably listening to a political or patriotic speech or debate.
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Crowd at a Speech

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Description: Crowd of men, women, girls and boys gathered around a tent, probably listening to a political or patriotic speech or debate.
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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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Man and Woman Posed Indoors

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Description: Man and woman posing sitting on a settee near the corner of a room.
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Photograph of a Portrait of a Young Man

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Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of a drawing, set up on a stool, of a young European American man wearing a dark-colored suit coat, vest, and bow tie.
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Studio Portrait of European American Family

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified family. A man and woman are posing sitting, with three children sitting and standing with...
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Studio Portrait of European American Family

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified family. A woman is sitting on the left and holding a child, who is posing sitting on a dr...
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Virgil Taylor and Three Men

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Description: Indoor group portrait of four European American men posing sitting at a table and eating a meal in a wooden building with exposed walls and ceiling. The ma...
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Soda Fountain

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Description: Interior portrait of a European American man posing standing behind a counter. In front of the counter are stools, and on the counter is a soda fountain.
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City Bakery

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Description: Indoor portrait of a European American man posing standing behind glass display cases in a shop with electric light bulbs in fixtures handing from the ceil...
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Man and Infant

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Description: Portrait of a man posing sitting and holding an infant next to a woodstove. Next to the stove is a large portrait of a man on an easel.
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North Bend Hotel

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Description: View towards men and women posing sitting and standing in front of a wooden building. The top of a windmill behind the building rises above the roof. Ident...
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People Eating in a Classroom

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Description: Indoor group portrait of men and women posing sitting in a classroom and eating. Identified as a classroom in the high school building built in 1897.
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Teacher in a Classroom

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Description: View from rear of classroom towards a woman posing sitting at a desk in front of a classroom. Identified as a room in the school building built in 1872 in ...
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Blackface Wedding in a Classroom

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Description: Interior group portrait over school desks towards children posing standing in a classroom wearing theatrical costumes and make-up.
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Studio Portrait of a Man and a Stringer of Trout

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man posing sitting on a stool under a ladder. There is a stringer of trout tied to the ladder displayed...
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Interior of Hendrick's Barbershop

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Description: Interior portrait of a barbershop. Two barbers are standing next to two men, each sitting in a barber's chair. Framed prints and mirrors decorate the walls...
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Studio Portrait of Group of Children

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Description: Studio portrait of a boy posing sitting on the left and wearing a dark-colored suit, and an infant posing sitting in the center and wearing a light-colored...

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