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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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| Description: | Studio portrait of a man sitting on a stone fence in front of a painted backdrop, probably dressed in a Norwegian costume. |
| Date: | 01 18 1927 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of eight young women, each standing and holding a bicycle. Three of the women also hold brownie cameras. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four European American woman. The woman on the far left is sitting and wearing a dark-colored skirt and b... |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Description: | Sixth plate ferrotype/tintype of a full-length portrait of three women posing together. The woman in the center is sitting, flanked by two women standing, ... |
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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. |
| Date: | 04 21 1876 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of Lina Martin, in costume as Marguerite from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play Faust. |
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| Description: | Seated carte-de-visite portrait of William Askew Addington and Adaline Amanda Kelly Addington. William was drafted into the Confederate army in his 40s. Af... |
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