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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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James Stout

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Description: Formal studio portrait of James Stout.
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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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Charles C. Sholes

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Description: Portrait of Wisconsin legislator and newspaperman Charles C. Sholes (1816-1867).
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Two Women in a Residential Yard

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Description: Two women sitting in yard. One woman sits in a rocking chair, the other woman sits on the ground, holding an ear of corn in her lap. In the background a vi...
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Man and Boy with Fish

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Description: A man and boy stand on a landing in front of two boats with water and a far shoreline in the background. They are holding up their catch of fish.
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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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William Proxmire at Cabin

Date: 08 1938
Description: Future Wisconsin Senator, William Proxmire, wearing a coat and hat at what appears to be a rural cabin.
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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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