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Major George Bill

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Major George Bill, 7th Wisconsin Infantry.
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Dr. J.P. Scanlan

Date: 08 19 1941
Description: Dr. J.P. Scanlan, Wisconsin historian.
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Outdoor Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man

Date: 07 24 1946
Description: Outdoor full-length portrait of Sam Blowsnake-Carley at Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian Village wearing a headdress in front of a teepee.
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Kehl School of Dance

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Description: Exterior view of the Kehl School of Dance, 223 East Mifflin Street, which was the school's location for 50 years. Prior to this location, the school opera...
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Galloway House

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Description: Edwin Galloway house.
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Two Men and Woman in Buggy

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Description: Tintype (ferrotype) of two men and a woman in a buggy.
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Juneau House, Theresa, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: The Juneau house.
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Kid's Car

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Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison, in his motorized two-seat toy car.
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Two Cross Dressing Women

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Description: Two women dressed up in men's attire, including top hats, eyeglasses, fake moustache, and canes, stand on the steps of porch of a private residence.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Holiday Tree

Date: 1954
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda during the holiday season. A man is standing on a ladder which is on top of scaffolding to decorate the tree.
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Black Hawk Potawatomi

Date: 1867
Description: Carte-de-visite studio portrait of man posing on chair in front of a painted backdrop. He has a beard and is wearing a hat, jacket, and trousers.
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Catharine Elizabeth Demarest Eaton

Date: 1863
Description: Studio portrait of Catharine Eaton. She is wearing a dress and is seated in a chair with her arm resting on a table.
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Sigurd Olson Contemplates the Wilderness

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Description: Sig Olson at a wilderness camping site, probably in the Quetico area.
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Bob Allen in Triak Color

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Description: Journalist Robert S. Allen seated in the garden behind his Washington, D.C. home as photographed in the rare Triak color photography process.
Drawing

Three Figures

Date: 1941
Description: Woodcut illustration of three standing figures, possibly a missionary, a fur trader, and an American Indian, depicting Wisconsin history.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown at Home

Date: 06 1944
Description: Charles E. Brown and his wife Dorothy Miller standing outside their home at 2011 Chadbourne Avenue.
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Richard Brobst

Date: 04 20 1947
Description: Portrait of Richard Brobst sitting on a couch. Opened packages of photography equipment are next to him.
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Divison Surgeon Okinawa

Date: 1945
Description: Captain Don Knowlton, a U.S. Marine division Surgeon, posing for a photograph outdoors in Okinawa, Japan. He is wearing fatigues and a helmet and is standi...
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Flight Nurses in Training Pool

Date: 1943
Description: Six female flight nurses in a swimming pool during aquatic training at the at Alameda Naval Air Strip. Four of the women are in a raft, and two women are i...
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Flight Nurse with Her Parents

Date: 1943
Description: Flight nurse, Gwen Jensen, visiting with her parents as she prepares to leave U.S. soil. Jensen is kneeling on the floor as her parents are sitting on a be...

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