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Two separate rock outcroppings are in the foreground and center of the photograph. Between the two rocks is Ida Schumacher, who is holding an umbrella. Edward Hoffmann is seen laying down on the left rock outcropping and looking downwards at Ida. In…

Two women wearing dresses and hats are carrying suitcases and appear to be traveling somewhere. Although the women are not identified, it is likely they are Hoffmanns or Schumachers.

The print is divided into an upper and lower photograph. The upper shows a man standing on the track in a rail yard with the city in the background. The other shows a man sitting on a hill looking at stacks of lumber with the courthouse and city in…

Two men are seated in a small, wood-paneled office. Behind the men are signs for “Abott Detroit” and “Goodyear.” A large poster of a covered touring car with light-colored wheels has been hung on the wall behind one of the men. A telephone has been…

Two barbers are posing with male customers in this interior view of an unidentified barbershop. One customer is reclining in a barber chair, and has had shaving cream applied to his face. Further away from the camera, the second customer appears to…

A butcher is standing behind the counter and is writing in a notebook. On the counter are several cuts of meat and a large scale that is labeled, “The Computing Scale Co.—Dayton, Ohio, USA.” Sausages and various cuts of meat hang on hooks on either…

Two men are standing in this unidentified cabinet maker's shop. The man wearing a white shirt appears to be constructing a light-colored box. The other man is holding a set of shelves. Cabinets of various sizes and styles are visible in the work…

Two dentists work on patients (the man in the chair in the foreground is one of the itinerant photographers) in an unidentified corner office in the B & I Building. A partition and curtains separate the work spaces. A sign on the partition reads: “An…

11 women work in an unidentified dressmaker's shop in the B & I Building. There is a woman working at an ironing board in the foreground at left, and a dressmaker's dummy on a table in the foreground at right. Nine of the women are working at tables…

A light-colored soda fountain counter is partially visible on the left side of this interior photograph of an unidentified drugstore. Four metal stools have been placed in front of the counter. Various items of glassware are visible on the counter…