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Woman Knitting Near Window

Date: 1898
Description: Elderly woman sitting in a rocking chair knitting in front of a window.
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Bakery Panorama

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Description: Wide angle view of the interior of a bakery, with one man standing by the oven on the right and another man standing near the center between racks of bread...
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Two Older Women Posing Near House

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Description: Portrait of two older women posing standing in front of a house near steps leading up to a door. Both women are wearing blouses and long skirts, and have t...
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Portrait of Ten Men

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Description: Outdoor portrait of ten men posing standing in front of a building. All of the men are wearing hats, and some are wearing ties.
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Four Painters Posing Outdoors

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Description: A portrait of four men posing standing in two pairs in front of a building. Each pair of men have their arms around each others shoulders, and all the men ...
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Furniture Store Interior

Date: 1895
Description: Interior of a furniture store, with two men posed among the rows of furniture. A group of chairs hangs from the ceiling.
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Woman Posed Standing by Window

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Description: Woman posed standing by a window and table in a home. She is holding an object in her right hand, possibly a frame for photographs. On the far right is a p...
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Charles J. Van Schaick Seated by Window

Date: 1942
Description: Informal portrait of Charles J. Van Schaick sitting by the window in his gallery, taken by his son Roy Van Schaick.
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Werner Opera House

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Description: Two men on a scaffold inside the Werner Opera House. Advertisements for local merchants are on the stage curtain, and there is an upright piano in the fore...
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Interior of a Bedroom

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Description: Interior of a corner bedroom with numerous keepsakes and photographs, and a dresser, rocking chair, and desk, and a dressing table with mirror. There is a ...
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Indoor Group Portrait

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Description: One man and two women are posed standing around a table in a parlor. One of the woman is holding open an album of photographs. Behind them another woman si...
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Merchants Inn

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Description: View across unpaved street towards two men in a buggy drawn by a team of two horses in front of the Merchants Inn.
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Woman on Ladder

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Description: View across yard towards a woman posing sitting halfway up a ladder which is against the porch roof of a brick building. She is holding a kitten on her kne...
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Interior of a Masonic Lodge

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Description: Interior view of a Masonic Lodge meeting hall. In the center on the wall is a framed document of the "Columbia Commandery." There are other framed portrait...
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Pines and Corner of Dining Room — Fallhall Glen

Date: 1934
Description: An exterior view of a log sided building in the woods. Caption reads: "Pines and Corner of Dining Room — Fallhall Glen, Black River Falls, Wis."
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Studio Portrait of European American Children

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of three unidentified European American girls posing standing outdoors on a wooden sidewalk in front of a wooden building and door. ...
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Studio Portrait of European American Family

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of an unidentified family. A man and woman are posing sitting, both holding a child, with a girl posing standing between them, and a...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of European American Families

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of an unidentified group of men, women, and children, posing sitting and standing on the porch of a wooden building. It's noted on t...
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Copy Photograph of Exterior View of Residence

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Description: View from street of the entrance to a wooden house. The house is identified as 515 Van Buren, the home of Merlin Hull and then Reichenbach. An automobile i...
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Exterior View of Residence

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Description: Stereograph view of the exterior of a wooden house on a property with a stone retaining wall. Identified as the first house above the Spaulding wagon shop ...

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