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| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Thure Kumlien at his work table in the Milwaukee Public Museum. Kumlien is surrounded by taxidermied birds and is at work stuffing another. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of Swea Kumlien, (born 1857), age 6, daughter of Thure and Christine Kumien. Swea is standing and is wearing a dress with short... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length studio portrait of Reverend Samuel Eaton posed with his hands on the back of a chair. |
| Date: | 1863 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Catharine Eaton. She is wearing a dress and is seated in a chair with her arm resting on a table. |
| Date: | 03 04 1896 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Ole Torgerson on his 70th birthday. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Stephen Nicholas (1840-1901) of Chilton, Wisconsin. Stephen was a member of the Narragansett tribe. He served with Co. D, 1st ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Stephen Nicholas (1840-1901) of Chilton, Wisconsin. Stephen was a member of the Narragansett tribe. He served with Co. D, 1st ... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Tintype of Alexander Simplot, sitting, and his wife, standing, who is wearing a fashionable hat and coat and holding a fur muff. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Lillie Langtry is in character as the adventuress Lena Despard from the play "As in a Looking-Glass." In this full-length portrait, she is seated, facing ... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Actor John Gilbert as a baby with his mother. She is lying on the floor on her stomach, resting on her elbows with her head up. Her knees are bent and her ... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Rear Admiral Melancthon Smith, U.S.N. |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Cabinet card portrait of Edward Holden seated with his legs crossed. |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Professor Irving Roland. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Robert B. (Alice Russell Hobbins) Porter posing for a waist-up formal portrait. She is wearing a light-colored lace dress with a lace headpiece. She i... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Cabinet card of a full-length studio portrait of Mrs. Alexander Mitchell standing in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a floor-length dark-colore... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Helen Gilbert Van Vechten. In 1897 Helen co-founded the Philosopher Press in Wausau, and became an expert in all matters rel... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Waist-up studio portrait of William Metcalf seated sideways in a chair. |
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