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| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored exterior of Matthew Witt's photography studio. He is standing at the door with his hand on the doorknob. Photographic prints are hanging in th... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an elderly couple for their 50th anniversary. The woman is sitting, and the man is standing. ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Two men posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. James Gorman, standing, has a pipe in his mouth; the seated man holding a guitar is un... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A smiling woman holding an axe holding a pose while chopping wood. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A group of friends pose on a playground slide. Included in the group are Cresence Esser Bowar, Matt Bowar (husband of Cresence), Herbert Esser (brother of ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | John Virnig, Sr., harness maker, grips the handle of a two wheeled hand cart as he poses on the sidewalk in a neighborhood. He is wearing a hat, shirt and ... |
| Date: | 01 25 1921 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of five children posed in front of a cake, celebrating their great-grandmother's 100th birthday. The child in the center is holding a sign ... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A civics class and teacher are displaying a portrait of President Woodrow Wilson. They are possibly gathered in the schoolyard. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of a young dark-haired women standing in a field of flowers before a sign attached to a telephone pole. The sign reads: "Choice Honey For ... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Studio group portrait of a wedding party. The bride, groom and three attendants. The women are holding bouquets. In the background is a painted backdrop. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Sons of the American Legion in formation outside the Witt Studio. Two of them hold flags. Names are (left to right), Don Frank, Jerry Zander, Ralph Meyer, ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Well-dressed relatives leave a house where they attended a family gathering. |
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| Description: | Matthew Witt stands next to one of his cameras in the interior of his photographic studio. |
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| Description: | A young boy and his little dog sit together on a toy tractor in a driveway behind a parked car. |
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| Description: | Matthew Witt, photographer, standing on the steps in front of the door to his second home. He is wearing an overcoat and hat, and is holding his gloves. |
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| Description: | Photographer Matthew Witt poses with one of his cameras, holding the shutter release. It is placed on a table with a fringed tablecloth. He is wearing a su... |
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| Description: | View from street of the second home of Matthew Witt, photographer, located on the corner of Julius Street and American Legion Drive. Two motorcycles are pa... |
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| Description: | Matthew Witt, photographer, at the wheel of a Ford automobile with two female passengers. The top of the automobile is down, and they are in front of an in... |
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| Description: | Ann Drucella Witt, the sister of Matt Witt, poses under a vine covered trellis that frames a door to a house. She is wearing a dress, jacket, gloves, and f... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Matthew Witt's Photography Studio. A woman is barely visible standing in the doorway, under the awning. Framed photographs are on display ... |
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