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Portrait of Cleo and Friend

Portrait of Cleo and Friend

Artist:
Orval Hixon
Central Library
Photograph
In this portrait, Hixon has captured the playful youthfulness of Cleo and her friend. The two girls appear to be in a ship's cabin that is decorated w...
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Portrait of Cleo Playing Cards with Friends

Portrait of Cleo Playing Cards with Friends

Artist:
Orval Hixon
Central Library
Photograph
This photograph features Cleo Hixon, center, flanked by two friends while playing a game of cards. They appear to be in a casual seating area with a d...
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Portrait of Orval Hixon with Arched Niche

Portrait of Orval Hixon with Arched Niche

Artist:
Orval Hixon
Central Library
Photograph
Orval Hixon was a Kansas City photographer whose artistic abilities out rivaled those of his contemporaries. Hixon was a master of his craft, summonin...
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Portrait of Hixon Family, (II)

Portrait of Hixon Family (ii)

Artist:
Unknown
Central Library
Photograph
Like thousands of other families in the 19th century, the Hixons took advantage of photography as an affordable way to capture images of loved ones. D...
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Baby Portrait (ii) and Cabinet Card

Baby Portrait (ii)

Artist:
Langen Studio
Central Library
Photograph
Like thousands of other families in the 19th century, the Hixons took advantage of photography as an affordable way to capture images of loved ones. D...
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Portrait of Family on a Porch

Portrait of Family on a Porch

Artist:
Central Library
Photograph
This photograph features twelve members of the Hixon family positioned together on a porch. Their attire suggests the photograph was taken in the earl...
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Santa Elena Canyon Big Bend National Park, Texas

Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend National Park, Texas, c. 1947

Artist:
Ansel Adams
Central Library
Photograph
Ansel Adams was a pivotal 20th-century photographer and environmentalist of the American landscape. After extensive travel through the West, Adams dev...
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Plaza Skyline and Main Street Bridge

Plaza Skyline and Main Street Bridge

Artist:
Unknown
Plaza
Photograph
Taken from the vantage point, this photograph captures the budding country club plaza district of Kansas City, Missouri. Prominent developer J.C. Nich...
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Portrait of Theodore Kosloff

Portrait of Theodore Kosloff

Artist:
Orval Hixon
Central Library
Photograph
Theodore Kosloff was a Russian-born ballet dancer, choreographer, and film and stage actor. He completed his ballet training at Moscow's Imperial Thea...
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Portrait of Olsen and Johnson

Portrait of Olsen and Johnson

Artist:
Orval Hixon
Central Library
Photograph
John Sigvand “Ole” Olsen and Harold Ogden “Chic” Johnson were American comedians of vaudeville, radio, stage, motion pictures, and television. Olsen a...
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