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Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 1930
Description: Studio portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Frank Lloyd Wright

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Description: Frank Lloyd Wright dressed in long, black coat, holding eyeglasses in one hand and a hat in the other. This image prompted Robert Lamp's young cousins to c...
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Magnus Swenson (1855-1936)

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait of Magnus Swenson. He was a Norwegian immigrant who made his name in business and as an inventor. He served on the Wisconsin Capitol Buil...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1915
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
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Gerke Twins

Date: 1940
Description: Twin sisters Julie & Juliet Gerke, students at the Kehl School of Dance, posed in matching, Kehl-designed clothing--including hats, jackets, short skirts, ...
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Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 1930
Description: Portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Zona Gale

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Description: Portrait of Zona Gale, seated indoors holding flowers.
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Bridal Dance

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Description: Virgina Lee Kehl and twins Jo Ann and Jo Jean Kehl perform in a bridal number in costumes designed and crafted by Mrs. Genevieve Kehl.
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Dancing Kehl Twins

Date: 1941
Description: Dancing Kehl twins, Jo Ann and Jo Jean Kehl, born 1936. They wear matching dresses, shoes, and bows in their hair.
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John Farrington, Ralph Sucher, and Philip La Follette

Date: 1918
Description: Studio portrait of, left to right: John Farrington, Ralph Sucher, and Philip La Follette. The photograph bears an inscription from Philip to his mother, Be...
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Zona Gale

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Description: A head and shoulders portrait of Zona Gale.
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Portrait of Woman: Lest You Forget

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of a young African American woman wearing a cowl-necked flowered dress and a necklace. The image is inscribed, "Lest you for...
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Robert B.L. Murphy

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Robert B.L. Murphy wearing a suit and tie.
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Zona Gale Breese

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Description: Indoor portrait of Zona Gale Breese holding a bouquet of flowers.
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Edward Bennett

Date: 1923
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Edward Bennett, a professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin.
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Portrait of Merlin Hill

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Merlin Hill.
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Harry Wilfred Adams

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Harry Wilfred Adams, a lawyer and mayor of Beloit, 1914-1918.
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Dr. Cora S. Allen

Date: 1928
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Dr. Cora S. Allen, physician and director of the Bureau of Child Welfare in Wisconsin.
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Professor Chester Allen

Date: 1943
Description: Portrait of Chester Allen, a World War I veteran and educator with the University of Wisconsin Extension. Dr. Allen was a lifelong crusader for education p...

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