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Jefferson Coates

Date: 1870
Description: Francis Jefferson Coates of the 7th Wisconsin who earned the Medal of Honor for bravery at the Battle of Gettysburg. Sergeant Coates was so severely wounde...
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Knudt Johnson

Date: 1865
Description: Tintype/ferrotype waist-up portrait of Knudt Johnson of the Dodgeville Guards, later known as Company C, 12th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Gold ...
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Howard Russell and Dog Team

Date: 1920
Description: Howard Russell with dog team bringing the mail to La Pointe.
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Little Oscar and Wienermobile Driver

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Description: Meinhardt Raabe, dressed as Little Oscar and wearing a hat that reads "Yellow Band Wieners," is standing in front of the Wienermmobile and holding one side...
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Raabe on Airplane Ride

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Description: Meinhardt Raabe, dressed as Little Oscar, on an amusement park airplane ride.
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Raabe on Boat Ride

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Description: Meinhardt Raabe, dressed as Little Oscar, on an amusement park boat ride.
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D.K. Tenney

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of D.K. Tenney.
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John Bordner in Hay Field

Date: 1927
Description: John S. Bordner standing in a hay field.
Drawing

Captain Augustus Quarles

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Captain Augustus Quarles of Southport (now Kenosha) who served in an Illinois Regiment during the Mexican War.
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Rod Serling Sitting on Car

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Description: Rod Serling sits shirtless on the hood of a car.
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Man Next to Green Valley Dairy Sign

Date: 1937
Description: A young man in overalls standing next to a Green Valley Dairy sign. Scene from the Lumberton textile workers strike.
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Young Man Poses with Snowman

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Description: Young man sitting on sled poses with snowman.
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Taliesin Studio

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Description: View of the drafting room at Taliesin, taken sometime after the fire in 1914. This view shows the raised ceiling and a large Japanese print from Wright's c...
Print

P.G.T. Beauregard

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Description: Engraved carte-de-visite portrait of Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregrad.
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Sigurd Olson Outdoors in Snow

Date: 1940
Description: Winter scene with Sigurd Olson, age 41, probably taken for publicity purposes.
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Knopf in Minnesota

Date: 08 1961
Description: Publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., photographed while visiting the cabin of author Sigurd Olson at Listening Point. Knopf published all eight of Olson's books...
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Hans A. Myhre

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Description: Waist-up seated oval studio portrait of Hans A. Myhre, a private in Company I, 15th Wisconsin Infantry in uniform holding a musket across his chest. The fo...
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That Hoola Shimmy: Two Men Playing Ukeleles

Date: 1920
Description: Two young men dressed in suits and ties playing ukeleles on a residential street.
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Group Portrait of Four Men

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Description: Studio group portrait of four men, three sitting and one standing.
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Frederick Layton

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Description: Ferrotype of Frederick Layton posing on a bench holding an umbrella in front of a painted background. Frederick Layton was the son of a Milwaukee butcher a...

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