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Outdoor Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman

Date: 
Description: Susie Redhorn "HiNukIGa" (Woman), daughter of Frank Redhorn and Lucy Prettyman, shown in later years posing by two baskets. The photograph was taken at the...
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House of David Baseball Team Advertisement

Date: 08 25 1936
Description: The "House of David" traveling baseball team advertisement for an upcoming game.
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Sauk County Fair

Date: 1906
Description: Visitors to the Sauk County Fair walk by sideshow attractions and concession stands while others stand and converse. The "Grand Electric Palace," a "$10,0...
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Mirror Lake

Date: 1909
Description: Two women stand beside a waterfall "downstream from the crag."
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Devil's Lake

Date: 1909
Description: Two women wearing long dresses pose on a large boulder at the base of a rock formation in a shady glen.
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Probably Parfrey's Glen

Date: 1909
Description: Seven women and a man pose on a large boulder in front of a wall-like rock formation, probably in Parfrey's Glen.
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Parfrey's Glen

Date: 1909
Description: Two women pose behind a log which has fallen across the stream in Parfrey's Glen. One woman holds a small pail.
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Two Young Women on Tree Stump

Date: 1909
Description: Two young women wearing long dresses pose on top of a large tree stump, while holding onto each other tightly. Their jackets are laying on the ground, and ...
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Zona Gale

Date: 1920
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Zona Gale (Mrs. William Breese) standing near a window and holding a rose in her left hand.
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Eliza Beers Gale

Date: 1920
Description: A portrait of Eliza Beers Gale, the mother of novelist and playwright Zona Gale.
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Young Woman with Flowers

Date: 1925
Description: An unidentified young woman in old-fashioned dress holds flowers as she stands in front of entrance of the Trimpey house at 719 Oak Street.
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Portrait of a Young Woman

Date: 1925
Description: A full-length studio portrait of a young woman, possibly a dancer, in costume.
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Young Woman with Spinning Wheel

Date: 1940
Description: A seated young woman in a nineteenth century style dress poses with a tapestry or carpet bag and spinning wheel. A bonnet rests on an antiquer dresser beh...
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Jennie Rooney Reclining

Date: 1930
Description: A young woman poses reclining and reading a magazine. She wears a bangled costume, tights, and dance slippers.
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Jennie Rooney

Date: 1930
Description: A woman poses with a mirror and powder puff. She wears a bangled costume and dance slippers.
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Jennie Rooney

Date: 1930
Description: A young woman poses seated in front of a painted forest backdrop. She wears wings and is wrapped in a diaphanous material. On the left on the ground is a s...
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Woman at Keyboard

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 is burning in a br...
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Woman Knitting

Date: 1930
Description: An elderly woman in an old-fashioned dress sits and knits by a table in front of a painted backdrop.
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Woman with Basket

Date: 1930
Description: A young woman poses with a basket of flowers over one arm. She wears an old-fashioned costume and stands in front of a painted backdrop which mimics a ston...
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Young Woman with Letter

Date: 1930
Description: A young woman sits on the floor, one arm resting on an open dresser drawer, gazing into the distance and holding a letter. She is wearing an old-fashioned ...

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