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Fisherman with Equipment and Catch

Date: 1875
Description: Studio portrait of a fisherman with his lure, spear, and catch.
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Yellow Thunder

Date: 1880
Description: Studio portrait of Yellow thunder, a Winnebago Chief.
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Woman in Kitchen

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Description: Composite photograph/painting of a woman standing and pouring (fake) water into a cracked basin, with the water spilling onto the floor.
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Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indian Father and Sons

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Description: Wisconsin Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians Foster DeCorah and sons. Foster and son Robert served in Co. D of the 128th Infantry and were killed in WWI.
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Clippers Baseball Team

Date: 1886
Description: The Neillsville "Clippers" baseball team pose for portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
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Football Team

Date: 1899
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of members of a Whitewater, Wisconsin football team.
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Mail Carrier

Date: 1905
Description: Carte-de-visite of a mailman dressed in his full uniform gazing at a piece of mail he is holding in his hands. He is carrying his mail pouch over his shoul...
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My Mamma Uses Atlas Flour

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Description: A little girl with corkscrew curls poses glumly. She wears a bib advertising Atlas Flour.
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Boys' Fashions

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Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young boy modeling a white linen suit with wide belt, embroidered collar, and silk cord tie. The b...
Photograph

Wittenberg Grays Baseball Team

Date: 1920
Description: Studio portrait of Wittenberg Grays baseball team in uniform with balls, bats and gloves in foreground. Third player from the left is Melvin Schlytter (ca...
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World War I Soldier

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Description: Gus Sharlow, a Native American Indian World War I soldier from Hayward, Wisconsin.
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Bried Family Portrait

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Description: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bried and family, consisting of three women and two men.
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Three Men and Stringed Instruments

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Description: Three men, two of them standing with string instruments and the other seated.
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Girl Standing in Snow

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of a young girl, clothed in a winter coat, bonnet, and muff, with fake snow on the ground and falling all around her.
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Oneida Indian Women

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Description: A group portrait of seven Oneida Indian women.
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Swedish Ladies National Concerts

Date: 08 27 1889
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a group of women from Stockholm on their first American Tour.
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Man Posing with Camera

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Description: A studio portrait of a man posing with a camera in front of a painted background. He wears a white shirt, suspenders and a hat.
Postcard

Advertisement for Fake Rocks

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Description: A photographic postcard of studio props (#84 PAPIER MACME ROCKS) in front of a painted backdrop. There are 8 different rocks in different sizes. The prices...
Postcard

Advertisment for Balustrade and Painted Backdrop

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Description: A photographic postcard for a painted backdrop, #86. It has a wooded background, a column and a balustrade. Below is the text "PROFILE BALUSTRADE #8."
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White Rabbit Longtail and C.A. Leicht

Date: 08 1914
Description: Full-length studio portrait of an 85-year-old Ho-Chunk man, White Rabbit Longtail, posing standing and smiling while pretending to scalp his friend, C.A. L...

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