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Native American Woman

Date: 1920
Description: Unidentified Native American woman, probably Ho Chunk, posing for a seated, waist-up stereograph portrait in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a ...
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The Lost Chord

Date: 1920
Description: A woman in an old style dress stands in profile by a keyboard instrument with her left knee resting on a Gothic Revival chair. A candle burns in a brass ca...
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Theater Interior

Date: 1925
Description: Interior view of the Al. Ringling Theatre highlighting the elaborate woodwork, central chandelier, and stage curtain, which features the painting "Serenade...
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Mrs. Earl Baltes

Date: 1930
Description: A young woman identified as Mrs. Earl Baltes poses in nineteenth-century attire, seated on the floor with her arm resting on the open bottom drawer of an a...
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Fair Building

Date: 1925
Description: A small, wood frame building with a band of high windows and three short spires stands on the snowy Sauk County Fair Grounds. There is a covered entry porc...
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Alice Kent Trimpey Painting

Date: 1915
Description: Alice Kent Trimpey sits painting at an easel in front of a window in the Trimpey home. There is a sofa behind her.
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Trimpey Home

Date: 1915
Description: Interior view of the home of the photographer, including a four panel screen, open secretary desk, and small round table.
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Mother and Child

Date: 1925
Description: A studio portrait of an unidentified woman seated on a Victorian love seat with a small boy standing beside her. She wears an intricately embroidered dress...
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Refrigerator Display

Date: 1930
Description: A window display at the Wisconsin Power and Light Company office, 116 Fourth Avenue, features a General Electric refrigerator as "The Gateway to Health" un...
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Electrical Display

Date: 1930
Description: A night view of the window display in the Hansch and Hill Electrical Store, 121 Fourth Avenue. Floor lamps and wall sconces are featured, as are displays o...
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Service Station

Date: 1925
Description: A large sign identifies the Deep Rock service station at 132 Fifth Avenue. Another sign advertises "Kant-Nock" gasoline. There are large piles of snow lini...
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Alice Kent Trimpey with a Doll

Date: 1945
Description: Mrs. Trimpey sits in a chair holding her doll, Emeline.
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Island Woolen Mill Dam

Date: 1925
Description: The Island Woolen Mill dam and bridge over the Baraboo River. In the foreground is a concrete "pergola" which shades a small bench. Molded into a concrete ...
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Becky the Doll

Date: 1930
Description: A doll named Becky, with china head and old-fashioned dress, sits on a small chair.
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Appliance Display

Date: 1946
Description: An interior view of Pointon Appliance, 132 Fourth Avenue, showing a variety of Maytag washers, kitchen ranges, and water heaters. There are signs for Shell...
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Glass Collection

Date: 1925
Description: A display of glass barber's bottles in the home of the photographer. There are examples of blown glass in a variety of painted, iridescent, and hobnail de...
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Fabric Store Interior

Date: 1940
Description: An interior view of a store with bolts and remnants of fabric for sale.
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Plumbing Showroom

Date: 1935
Description: A plumbing showroom with tiled model kitchen and bathroom displays. There are oil burning heaters, water heaters, and water softeners also displayed.
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Store Interior

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view of the interior of Ryan Hickethier & Co., a "Sears Associated Store" 132 Fourth Avenue. Kenmore appliances, Silvertone radios, and floor swee...
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Parlor

Date: 1935
Description: An interior view of a parlor or sitting room, possibly the photographer's, with furnishings of several periods and styles. There is a Victorian settee and ...

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