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  1. Studio Portrait of Two Men, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Studio Portrait of Two Men, c. 1890-1900. Two men, one or both identified as "Christ", are posing as one holding up the other. Both are wearing white shirts and striped pants. These may be brothers George and Cornelius Christ.

    Record Type: Photo

    Studio Portrait of Two Men, c. 1890-1900
  2. Portrait of Woman and Girl, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Portrait of Woman and Girl, c. 1890-1900. A woman and a girl, neither identified, are posing. Both are wearing what appear, for the time, to be relatively informal dresses.

    Record Type: Photo

    Portrait of Woman and Girl, c. 1890-1900
  3. Studio Portrait of Man, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Studio Portrait of Man, c. 1890-1900. An unidentified man is posing seated in front of Van Court's studio prop window opening. He is wearing a suit with a vest, and holding a hat.

    Record Type: Photo

    Studio Portrait of Man, c. 1890-1900
  4. Studio Portrait of Young Men, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Studio Portrait of Young Men, c. 1890-1900. Two young men, neither identified, are posing with a Van Court studio backdrop and his prop tree trunk. They are staging a mock gunfight or holdup. Both are wearing coats and cowboy-style hats.

    Record Type: Photo

    Studio Portrait of Young Men, c. 1890-1900
  5. Studio Portrait of Man, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Studio Portrait of Man, c. 1890-1900. An unidentified man is posing with a studio backdrop. He is wearing a coat with tails and a derby hat. He is wearing a large tie, and the coat has large buttons and an oversized watch chain. He is holding what appears to be a paper scroll. The exaggerated coat and tie suggest this may have been a ceremonial outfit or a costume.

    Record Type: Photo

    Studio Portrait of Man, c. 1890-1900
  6. Studio Portrait of Couple, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Studio Portrait of Couple, c. 1890-1900. A man and a woman, neither identified, are posing. He is seated on Van Court's prop tree trunk, and she is standing behind it. Both are wearing dark clothes and holding hats.

    Record Type: Photo

    Studio Portrait of Couple, c. 1890-1900
  7. Studio Portrait of Three Girls, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Studio Portrait of Three Girls, c. 1890-1900. Three girls, none identified, are posing in Van Court's studio.

    Record Type: Photo

    Studio Portrait of Three Girls, c. 1890-1900
  8. Studio Portrait of Three Young Women in Costume, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Studio Portrait of Three Young Women in Costume, c. 1890-1900. Three young women, none identified, are posing. They are wearing identical dresses that appear to be costumes for a show, and all are holding ornate fans.

    Record Type: Photo

    Studio Portrait of Three Young Women in Costume, c. 1890-1900
  9. Portrait of Bride, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Portrait of Bride, c. 1890-1900. An unidentified woman is posing wearing a wedding dress.

    Record Type: Photo

    Portrait of Bride, c. 1890-1900
  10. Portrait of Girl, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Portrait of Girl, c. 1890-1900. An unidentified girl, about two to three years old, is posing.

    Record Type: Photo

    Portrait of Girl, c. 1890-1900
  11. Studio Portrait of Girl, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Studio Portrait of Girl, c. 1890-1900. An unidentified girl, about 4 years old, is posed. She is wearing a fancy white dress and a plaid wrap.

    Record Type: Photo

    Studio Portrait of Girl, c. 1890-1900
  12. Studio Portrait of Girl, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Studio Portrait of Girl, c. 1890-1900. A girl wearing very ornate light-colored dress is posing.

    Record Type: Photo

    Studio Portrait of Girl, c. 1890-1900
  13. Studio Portrait of Woman, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Studio Portrait of Woman, c. 1890-1900. A woman, wearing an ornate dark-colored dress, is posing with studio props including an untitled book.

    Record Type: Photo

    Studio Portrait of Woman, c. 1890-1900
  14. Studio Portrait of Man, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Studio Portrait of Man, c. 1890-1900. A man, wearing an apparent ceremonial uniform and hat and holding a sword,, is posing stranding in front of one of Van Court's studio prop backdrops.

    Record Type: Photo

    Studio Portrait of Man, c. 1890-1900
  15. Studio Portrait of Man, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Studio Portrait of Man, c. 1890-1900. A man, wearing a dark suit, is posing leaning on a studio prop.

    Record Type: Photo

    Studio Portrait of Man, c. 1890-1900
  16. Studio Portrait of Man, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Studio Portrait of Man, c. 1890-1900. A man, wearing a dark suit and holding a bowler hat, is posing leaning on a studio prop.

    Record Type: Photo

    Studio Portrait of Man, c. 1890-1900
  17. Studio Portrait of Two Women, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Studio Portrait of Two Women, c. 1890-1900. Two women, both wearing dark-colored dresses, gloves, and ornate hats, are posing, bodies facing one another.

    Record Type: Photo

    Studio Portrait of Two Women, c. 1890-1900
  18. Studio Portrait of Girl, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Studio Portrait of Girl, c. 1890-1900. A girl, wearing a light-colored communion dress with a floral arrangement in her hair, is posing.

    Record Type: Photo

    Studio Portrait of Woman, c. 1890-1900
  19. Studio Portrait of Woman, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Studio Portrait of Woman, c. 1890-1900. An unidentified woman, wearing a dark-colored dress, is posing in Van Court's studio-prop window.

    Record Type: Photo

    Studio Portrait of Woman, c. 1890-1900
  20. Studio Portrait of Woman, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Studio Portrait of Woman, c. 1890-1900. An unidentified woman, wearing a dark-colored dress with strips of ornately-patterned fabric, is posing in front of Van Court's studio-prop window.

    Record Type: Photo

    Studio Portrait of Woman, c. 1890-1900
  21. Untitled [Portrait of Timothy O'Sullivan and Maria Alta Gracia Martinez], c. 1888 - Print, Photographic

    Untitled [Portrait of Timothy O'Sullivan and Maria Alta Gracia Martinez], c. 1888. Black and white photograph shows a man and a woman posing for a formal photograph. The woman, Maria Alta Gracia Martinez, stands on the left wearing a dress with a bustle silhouette, a spray of flowers at her chest, and veil with a floral crown. The man, Timothy O'Sullivan, wears a dark suit with a striped tie and white collared shirt. Both face the camera with ne...

    Record Type: Photo

    Untitled [Portrait of Timothy O'Sullivan and Maria Alta Gracia Martinez], c
  22. Portrait of Young Woman, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Portrait of Young Woman, c. 1890-1900. A young woman is posing in an outdoor setting. She is wearing a dress with striped trim and gloves, and is holding a hat.

    Record Type: Photo

    Portrait of Young Woman, c. 1890-1900
  23. Portrait of Baby, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Portrait of Baby, c. 1890-1900. An unidentified baby is posed.

    Record Type: Photo

    Portrait of Baby, c. 1890-1900
  24. Studio Portrait of Two Girls, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Studio Portrait of Two Girls, c. 1890-1900. Two unidentified girls are posing with Van Court's studio prop window opening. Both are holding wide-brimmed hats.

    Record Type: Photo

    Studio Portrait of Two Girls, c. 1890-1900
  25. Studio Portrait of Woman, c. 1890-1900 - Print, Photographic

    Portrait of Woman, c. 1890-1900. An unidentified woman is posing. She is wearing a light-colored, apparently floral-print, dress.

    Record Type: Photo

    Studio Portrait of Woman, c. 1890-1900

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