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Traveling Medicine Show

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Description: A group of people posed among tents, probably a traveling medicine show. On the table in the foreground, a contortionist is visible. A banner above a stage...
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C.R. Monroe and N.L. Ellis

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Description: Three photographer's wagons, two owned by C.R. Monroe and the other by N.L. Ellis, in front of tents in the countryside. Two men and a woman are posing sta...
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Men Posing with Fish

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Description: Two men are posing standing on the left with their catch of fish. Another man is sitting on the ground with a dog under a tree on the right. All three men ...
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Camping Scene

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Description: View towards a group of men and women sitting around a table under a canvas awning. In the foreground is a sign that reads: "Sleepy Hollow." There is a ten...
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Fishermen and Friends

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Description: Group portrait of two men posing standing and holding fish and fishing poles, and two men are sitting on the ground on either side of the standing men. The...
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Young Girl in Chautauqua Office

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Description: View towards a girl standing in the open doorway of a tent. In the background is a man sitting on the grass inside the tent. Probably the Chautauqua Office...
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Downtown Tent Shows

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Description: Elevated view of tents and a large group of a people at the intersection of two town streets. Identified as tent shows at the intersection of Main and Firs...
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Prairie Chicken Hunters ??Sign on tent reads

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of five men and a boy are posing standing and holding rifles in front of two tents. Dogs are sitting at their feet, and a stringer o...
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B.R.F.D.A. Tent

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Description: Outdoor view of five women and a man posing standing, and a woman and a man on the ground near a tent with the acronym "B.R.F.D.A." printed on it.

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