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Portrait of Woman

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Description: Studio portrait of a woman sitting in a chair. She is wearing the dress fashionable around 1870.
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Mrs. Merkle

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Mrs. Merkle, wearing a frilly white dress with lace at hem, cuffs, and neckline.
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Eva Cornellier

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Description: Two studio portraits (side by side on one photographic plate) of Eva Cornellier, seated, from the waist-up, wearing a white dress with embroidery, and a wh...
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Boys Advertising Winter Clothes

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Description: Two young boys in watch caps, heavy wool coats, knickers and boots pose for an advertisement for C-F Woolen Mills in front of a studio backdrop.
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Woman in White

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of draperies and a painted backdrop of a young woman wearing a full-length white dress with a lacy bodice and a pastel...
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Man in Tuxedo

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of draperies of a man standing in a tuxedo and white shirt and tie, with his hands crossed behind his back.
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Woman in Lacy Dress

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Description: Full-length portrait of an older woman in front of a painted backdrop of books on bookshelves. She is wearing a white dress with lace at the wrists, and is...
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Woman in Fancy Dress

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a backdrop of a woman wearing an elaborate light-colored dress standing with one hand behind her back on a patterne...
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Margery Bish Portrait

Date: 1898
Description: Margery Bish, the young daughter of the photographer, stands in front of a draped curtain.
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Lady with Umbrella and Hat

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Description: Full-length portrait of a lady in a floor-length dark dress and elaborate flowered hat standing and holding an umbrella in front of a painted studio backdr...
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Edward Ackley

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Edward Flanders "Pete" Ackley, a Republican State Senator from Chippewa Falls, 1913-1916.

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