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Black River Falls Barbershop

Date: 1895
Description: The interior of a barbershop with customers in chairs and barbers at work. Numerous mirrors, pictures, and lamps are hanging from the walls and ceiling.
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Interior of Barbershop

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Description: Barber shop with customers and shaving mug rack. African American man is probably Frank Lyons.
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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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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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Boys and Horses

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Description: View across dirt road towards two men standing, each holding two horses, on either side of a tent. A boy is standing in the center in front of the tent, an...
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Bookshelves

Date: 1901
Description: Bookshelves in a law office, with a deer trophy mounted on the wall above. Below the shelves are chairs and a calendar for November 1901.
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Men in Office

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Description: Man posing sitting and a man posing standing in a office behind a counter with a wire window for customers. Equipment in the office includes an adding mach...
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Barber Shop Scene

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Description: Interior view of a barber shop. Two men are standing while shaving and cutting the hair of two men posing sitting in barber's chairs. The man standing on t...
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Restaurant at the Merchant's Hotel

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Description: Indoor portrait of three European American women posing standing. They are each holding platters with one hand. Probably the interior of a dining room of a...
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Office; Interior

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Description: Indoor view of an office, with a desk, two chairs, and a calendar on the wall.
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Switchboard Operators at the Telephone Exchange Office

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Description: Indoor group portrait of an office space. with two women posing sitting at a telephone switchboard, and another woman posing standing. The woman standing i...
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Switchboard Operators

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Description: Indoor portrait of an office space with two women posing sitting at a telephone switchboard. Above the switchboard is a clock. There is a window on the lef...

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