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Drawing

View in the Dalles of the St. Louis River

Date: 10 1875
Description: Engraved view of the Dalles of the St. Louis River in Minnesota.
Photograph

Keshena Baseball Team

Date: 
Description: Group portrait of the Kenshena Baseball team with a bat boy in the foreground.
Photograph

Portrait of Nicholas M. Keeley

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Description: Studio portrait of Nicholas M. Keeley, proprietor of Keeley, Neckerman dry goods store. For many years the store was located at 15 North Pinckney Street.
Photograph

Daniel Wells

Date: 1855
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Daniel L. Wells.
Photograph

Edward G. Miller

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Captain Edward G. Miller, Company G, 20th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform with epaulettes.
Photograph

Three Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Full-length portrait of two Ho-Chunk women standing on either side of an older Ho-Chunk woman who is sitting. Each woman is wearing a long skirt, a blouse,...
Photograph

Mandu the Magician

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Description: Doc Mann of Beloit, Wisconsin, who performed novelty entertainment and "top hat magic" as Mandu the magician.
Photograph

Father James Groppi

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Father James Groppi.
Photograph

James Steele

Date: 10 20 1856
Description: Quarter plate ambrotype. Three-quarter length studio portrait of James Steele sitting in a chair with his arm resting on a table covered with a patterned c...
Photograph

Worker Bee

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Description: View from top of worker bee.
Photograph

Ernst Schmidt

Date: 1912
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of nineteen-year-old Ernst Conrad Schmidt, grandson of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp, and an owner of Black Point Estate. He i...
Photograph

Mammie and Kate

Date: 1900
Description: Clara Seipp Bartholomay, a daughter of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp, sitting outdoors in a wicker chair, holding her infant daughter Catherine Bartholomay o...
Photograph

John Bascom

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length portrait of John Bascom as an elderly man.
Photograph

Grandmother Mears and Fargo Children

Date: 1900
Description: Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears, seated in front of a folding screen, holding her grandson Frank Barber Fargo, age six months, on her lap. Stuart Fargo, age thr...
Photograph

Bathroom

Date: 1900
Description: A wicker rocker and bentwood side chair flank the bathtub in a bathroom of the Frank Brown Fargo house. There is a hot water heater above the tub in the co...
Photograph

The New Year

Date: 1903
Description: A six-year-old Stuart Fargo is posing for a full length portrait dressed as the "New Year" while standing in front of a folding screen. He is wearing a top...
Historical Object

Presidental Political Campaign Ephemera

Date: 
Description: Reflector and button for Wendell Willkie's political campaign. The metal reflector on the left is red, and has a "Win with Willkie" sign with white text on...
Photograph

Beaver Removal

Date: 1935
Description: A warden, wearing high laced boots and leather jodhpurs, is holding a beaver by the tail while standing in shallow water. A second man, wearing waders, is ...
Photograph

Forest Poster

Date: 1943
Description: A photographic copy of a World War II era poster which extols the value of forest products in the American war effort. There are vignettes illustrating the...
Photograph

Northern Highland State Forest

Date: 1935
Description: A single lane unpaved road is winding through a wooded area of pine, birch, and other trees.

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