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Kleinstueber Machine Shop

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Description: Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F...
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William F. Vilas

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of William F. Vilas posing with one hand on a law book and the other inside his long overcoat.
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Philetus Sawyer

Date: 1880
Description: Philetus Sawyer, congressman, U.S. Senator, and Oshkosh lumber baron (1816-1900). During the 1880s and 1890s Sawyer was one of a small group of conservati...
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Red Cross Nurses

Date: 1918
Description: Sisters Bettina (left) and Alice Jackson (right), wearing their World War I Red Cross uniforms.
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View Through Trees

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Description: Forest view through dense growth of trees and plants. The word "Flambeau" is written on the back of the photograph.
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Harold Groves

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Harold M. Groves.
Postcard

A Merry Christmas

Date: 1907
Description: Holiday postcard showing Santa Claus peeking around a curtain to look in on two girls sleeping in a bed. Their clothes are draped over the footboard. Santa...
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Lars Thorgerson Thomaset

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Description: Waist-up oval studio portrait of Lars Thorgerson Thomaset, [as written on published Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, Volume 1 and on the Regimental Descript...
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Paul M. Paulson Slatten

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Description: Waist-up oval studio portrait of Paul M. Paulson Slatten [as written on backing of photograph; also written as Paul M. Paulson on Descriptive Rolls, Volume...
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Elderly George Scidmore

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Description: George Hawthorne Scidmore stands outdoors wearing a suit and holding a cigar.
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Myrtle Bancroft in Furs

Date: 1910
Description: Posed studio portrait of Myrtle Bancroft, dressed in furs. Probably the wife of Levi Bancroft, a prominent figure in Wisconsin politics.
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Unidentified Woman in Formal Wear

Date: 1908
Description: Unidentified lady, seated, wearing an off-the-shoulder short-sleeved ballgown, which appears to have fur decorating the collar and shoulders. She is restin...
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Portrait of Woman and Child

Date: 1912
Description: Woman sitting in a chair talking to a small child on her lap.
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Portrait of Emmanuel Philipp

Date: 1910
Description: Quarter-length, semi-profile portrait of Emmanuel Philipp, Wisconsin's 23rd governor.
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John Antisdel

Date: 1880
Description: Portrait of hotelier, John Francis Antisdel, wearing a coat with a fur-lined collar and a cravat.
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Eleanor and Mother

Date: 02 20 1901
Description: Sitting on a wicker chair, Lucy Rumsey Holt is holding her daughter Eleanor Holt who is 3 months and 10 days old. Eleanor may be wearing a christening gown...
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Eleanor and Father

Date: 02 20 1901
Description: W.A. Holt is standing and holding his daughter Eleanor who is 3 months and 10 days old. She may be wearing a christening gown. This portrait was taken in a...
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Read Me a Story

Date: 1903
Description: A studio portrait of mother (Lucy Rumsey Holt) and daughter (Eleanor Holt). Looking up, Eleanor Holt appears to be asking her mother to read her a story. T...
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Olivia Monona and Menotti Francesco

Date: 1920
Description: Hand-colored portrait of Olivia Monona and her singing partner, Menotti Frascona. The pair is jointly holding a newspaper. Ms. Monona is wearing gloves.
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Edward Ackley

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Edward Flanders "Pete" Ackley, a Republican State Senator from Chippewa Falls, 1913-1916.

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