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Mathilde Franziska Anneke

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Description: Formal studio portrait of Mathilde Franziska Anneke wearing dark dress and coat.
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Elizabeth Therese Baird

Date: 1879
Description: Formal full-length studio portrait of Elizabeth Therese Baird wearing a long, black dress.
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Esther Smilie Vilas

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Esther Green Smilie Vilas (born ca. 1819), the wife of Levi B. Vilas, a prominent Madison businessman, and the mother of...
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Boss Elisha Keyes

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Elisha W. Keyes (1828-1910) a prominent Madison attorney who was appointed Madison postmaster by Abraham Lincoln in 1861. From ...
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Keyes Family Children

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Joseph, Kate, and William, the three children of Madison attorney, postmaster, and Republican Party boss Elisha W. Keyes and hi...
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Charles J. Van Schaick Seated by Window

Date: 1942
Description: Informal portrait of Charles J. Van Schaick sitting by the window in his gallery, taken by his son Roy Van Schaick.
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Henry C. and Johanna Knab Koch

Date: 1867
Description: Henry C. Koch and his wife, Johanna Knab Koch, pose for a formal studio portrait. Henry C. Koch was a German born architect that designed many Wisconsin sc...
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Charlotte Rae

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Description: Waist-up portrait of actress Charlotte Rae. She is smiling and standing with her hands folded in front of her.
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Daniel J. Travanti with Banner

Date: 1958
Description: A teenage Daniel J. Travanti stands next to a man, with the two men holding a banner that reads: "S. Wisconsin N.F.L., Dramatic Interpretation, First Place...
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Karl Paul Gerhardt Link

Date: 03 18 1958
Description: Formal quarter-length studio portrait of Karl Paul Gerhardt Link with his pipe. He was a Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin and helpe...
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Phillip and Isabel La Follette

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Description: Phillip and Isabel Bacon La Follette sitting in comfortable chairs in their living room at home. A large dog, perhaps a Chow, is lying on the rug in front ...
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Philip Gordon in a Headdress

Date: 1933
Description: A waist-up portrait of Father Philip Gordon in a headdress. The photograph is inscribed: "To our good friend Fred Holmes. Philip Gordon, June, 1933."
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Mary Myott Alexander

Date: 1921
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of a seated woman. Caption reads: "Letter, July 21, 1921, N. W. Jipson to L. P. Kellogg (in office file) says: 'Knowing of your in...
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Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh

Date: 1874
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of a reproduction of a painted portrait of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, with his wife Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Rus...

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