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Baby with Bottle

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Description: Studio portrait of a baby suckling on a bottle. The child is sitting upright dressed in a white gown, with his right hand resting on the chair arm, and his...
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Setting Rivits in Barrel Hoop

Date: 06 1949
Description: Workman at Hess Cooperage setting rivets in a barrel hoop.
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Installing Finishing Hoops

Date: 06 1949
Description: Joe Hess installing finishing hoops on a barrel at the Hess Cooperage.
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Joe Hess using Spokeshave

Date: 06 1949
Description: Joe Hess using spokeshave on a barrel at the Hess Cooperage.
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Portrait of Four People

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Description: Studio portrait of three seated men dressed in work clothes, and a standing woman wearing trousers and suspenders. They are posing in front of a painted ba...
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Woman Wearing Flower Collar

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Description: Studio portrait of a seated woman with netting over her hair and a flowered lace collar.
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Men Toasting Each Other

Date: 1915
Description: Two men, posed, seated at a table toasting each other with a mug of beer.
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Grace May Hall as a Circus Child

Date: 1891
Description: Grace May Hall, as a five-year-old circus child, with a large show python coiled at her feet and a smaller show snake around her neck.
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Marion Brumder

Date: 04 1955
Description: Marion Brumder sitting in profile in an easy chair in a corner of a living room. She is gesturing with her left hand; in her right hand is a cigarette in a...
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Christmas Tree

Date: 12 1916
Description: A Christmas tree decorated with glass ornaments, tinsel garland, and round electric lights is standing on a large block of wood in front of the bow window ...
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Emily Clapp Abbott

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of a woman. Caption reads: "ABBOTT, Mrs. Emily S. (wife Dr. S.W. Abbott) Emily Clapp Abbott b. May 25, 1832; died Chippewa Falls R...
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Edward P. Alexander

Date: 11 1941
Description: Waist-up portrait of Edward Alexander, director of the Wisconsin Historical Society, 1941-1946.

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