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Six Bollenbeck Sisters
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Studio portrait of the Bollenbeck sisters, three of whom were nuns, in front of a painted backdrop. First row from left to right: Mary Haack, Sister Claudia, and Anna Bowar. Second row from left to right: Sister Polycarp, Julia Bollenbeck, and Sister Sylvia.
Witt, Matthew
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Studio Portrait of Men Drinking Beer
1915
Studio portrait of three men smoking pipes and cigars and holding beer bottles in front of a painted backdrop. From left to right, Jacob Bowar, Herman Kalscheur, and Joseph Bowar.
Brunner Muskat Sisters
Studio portrait of, from left to right, Mary Brunner Muskat, Ida Brunner Muskat and Laura Brunner Zander standing in front of a painted backdrop.
Two Men Smoking Cigars
Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men smoking cigars and wearing summer hats. Joseph Bowar is sitting, and his brother, Jacob Bowar, is standing next to him.
Studio Portrait of a Woman
1911
Full-length studio portrait of Anna Bollenbeck Bowar, standing in front a painted backdrop. She is wearing a dark dress with white collar and cuffs, a striped underskirt, necklace, ring and bracelet.
Altar Boy
Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Raymond Bowar dressed in his altar boy robe and holding an incense burner.
Elizabeth Schoepp, Anton Dahmen, and Eva Dahmen Bowar
circa 1930 -- 1939
Photographic postcard of a studio group portrait of (left to right) " Elizabeth "Lizzie" Schoepp, Anton Joseph Dahmen, and Eva Dahmen Bowar. Eva holds a toy stuffed animal in her left hand. They ar...
