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Robert M. La Follette, Sr., as University Student

Date: 1879
Description: Stereograph portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., taken during his senior year at the University of Wisconsin.
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John D. Rockefeller

Date: 1904
Description: Waist-up portrait of John D. Rockefeller.
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Family Portrait

Date: 1941
Description: Copy of a family portrait that includes a father, daughter and three sons. Two people on the right are only partially visible.
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Daval Baseball Pinball Machine

Date: 12 28 1938
Description: Daval Baseball Pinball Machine taken for Dane Co. Sheriff Dept.
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Round-up Pinball Machine

Date: 12 28 1938
Description: Round-up Pinball Machine taken for Dane Co. Sheriff Dept.
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Bumper Pinball Machine

Date: 12 28 1938
Description: Bumper Pinball Machine taken for Dane Co. Sheriff Dept.
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Pinball Machine

Date: 12 28 1938
Description: Pinball machine. Taken for Dane Co. Sheriff Dept.
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State Board of Control Office

Date: 1893
Description: Detail of view of office of the Board of Control of Wisconsin Reformatory, Charitable and Penal Institutions located in the Wisconsin State Capitol additio...
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Butcher with Tools of His Trade

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a butcher wearing an apron, and holding a cleaver and saw.
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Two Women in Dresses

Date: 1892
Description: Studio portrait of two women wearing white pointed hats and long, white dresses with fluffy collars, and broad white belts. They stand their backs to the c...
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Richard Crowe

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Description: Richard Crowe of Company F, thirty-second Wisconsin Volunteers.
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Fluoroscope

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Description: The shoe fitting fluoroscope was a common fixture in shoe stores during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. A typical unit, like the machine shown here, consisted ...
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Portrait of a Family

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Description: Studio portrait of family.
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Columbus Library

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Description: Interior view of the Columbus Library. There are reading tables and chairs, and bookshelves line the walls. A large window with a potted plant is in the ce...
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Columbus Library

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Description: Interior view of the Columbus Library looking toward children's room. In the foreground is a reading table, and librarian's desk. There are also bookshelve...
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Portrait of Edwin Greengrass

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait of a small Ho-Chunk boy posing standing in front of a painted backdrop and a prop stone wall. He has his left arm resting on the wall, and ...
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Portrait of Ray Bradbury

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Description: Ray Bradbury came to Milwaukee to visit Bloch. They went to the Gauer "Lab" on Brady Street and they decided to dress him for a photograph.
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Portrait of Ray Palmer

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Description: Editor of Amazing Stories. Photographed in the waiting room of the offices in Chicago for the scrapbooks. Gauer thinks this really improved his self...
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Portrait of Robert Bloch: Laborer

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Description: Bloch dressed as a "laborer," worried about what he would do for a living if he couldn't write. The photograph was taken for the "History" scrapbook.
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Robert Bloch's Wedding Photograph

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Description: A burlesque of the Bloch's marriage, taken shortly after the real ceremony. Left to right: Robert Vail, Robert Bloch, and Marion Bloch. Gauer said at the t...

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