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Sojourner Truth

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Description: Three-quarter length carte-de-visite of Sojourner Truth. The text at the bottom reads: "I sell the shadow to support the substance. Sojourner Truth."
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Studio Portrait of Man

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Description: Studio portrait of a man sitting on a stone fence in front of a painted backdrop, probably dressed in a Norwegian costume.
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Two Women with Fur Muffs and Shawls

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Description: Studio portrait of two women wearing fashionable fur muffs, shawls and hats posing in front of a painted backdrop. On the left is Angeline Saeman Kalschuer...
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Studio Portrait of Emma Gebhardt

Date: 01 18 1927
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Emma W. Gebhardt sitting in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a long, polka-dotted skirt, a printed blouse, a band...
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Ethelinda (Thorsen) Johnston of Milwaukee

Date: 1898
Description: Cabinet card of Ethelinda (Thorsen) Johnston (1856-1947), wife of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker, wearing a printed silk dress an...
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Studio Portrait of a Woman

Date: 1911
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a woman standing in front off a painted backdrop. She is wearing a dark dress, shoes, hat with bow, light-colored gloves and...
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Man with a Double Bell Euphonium

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American man posing standing and playing a Double Bell Euphonium.
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of an unidentified woman posing standing with her right hand resting on a prop wooden fence. She is holding a pouch-ty...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified woman with eyeglasses posing standing with her hands crossed, with a handbag ...
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Studio Group Portrait of European American Women

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Description: Studio portrait of two unidentified women posing standing. They are wearing dark-colored skirts, light-colored blouses, and hats. Both women are also holdi...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Studio portrait of an unidentified woman posing sitting. She has a purse and light coat on her lap, and is wearing a light-colored skirt and blouse, hat, a...
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Studio Portrait of Geda Severson at Eastern Star "Gypsy Party"

Date: 01 18 1927
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Geda (Gyda) Severson standing next to a chair in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a long, dark skirt, a light blo...
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Unidentified Woman

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of a woman standing in front of a backdrop. She is holding a handbag and is wearing gloves, a dark-colored dress, and a hat.
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Lina Martin as Marguerite

Date: 04 21 1876
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Lina Martin, in costume as Marguerite from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play Faust.

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