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Actress Florence Lawrence in a head and shoulders studio portrait

Date: 1908
Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Florence Lawrence from about the time she joined the Mutoscope and Biograph Company in 1908. She looks up to the left...
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Capitol Park Statue "Forward"

Date: 1893
Description: "Forward", the statue created by Jean Pond Miner of Wisconsin for the Wisconsin Women's Memorial at the Columbian Exposition in 1893. The statue is seen on...
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First Radiophone Band

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Description: The first radiophone band in the United States marches on the Universtiy of Wisconsin campus.
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Ken Ohst

Date: 06 10 1959
Description: Ken Ohst stands at WHA-FM microphone with hands in pockets.
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Portrait of Two Men on Chair

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait of two seated men with their legs crossed toward each other. One man has his arm over the chair back, and is sitting on the arm of the chai...
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Wright Passport Photograph

Date: 07 10 1956
Description: Unretouched passport photograph in front of a painted backdrop of Frank Lloyd Wright. He is holding a cane on his left arm and has a hat on his lap.
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First Congregational Church Interior

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated interior view of the First Congregational Church, 222 West Washington Avenue.
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Portrait of Three Men

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Description: Studio portrait of three men wearing hats, posing in front of a painted backdrop, who are standing with each of their hands on the shoulders of a seated ma...
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Portrait of Lumberjack

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait of a lumberjack wearing a hat, fringed shirt, trousers, suspenders, and what appear to be spiked boots. He is holding a peavey and is posin...
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Woman Wearing Hat

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Description: Studio portrait of a seated woman in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a hat and holding an umbrella in her right hand, possibly Effie Memholtz.
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Two Girls Wearing Hats and Coats

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Description: Studio portrait of two girls wearing winter coats, gloves, and hats in front of a painted backdrop.
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Girl in White Dress

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Description: Studio portrait of a girl standing in a white dress, holding up a part of her dress and resting her hand on a chair in front of a painted backdrop.
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Baby Sitting in Bowl

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Description: Studio portrait of a baby with bare feet sitting in a bowl in front of a painted backdrop.
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Soldiers in WWI

Date: 1918
Description: African American soldiers during World War I playing trombone music.
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Unidentified Woman in Hat

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Description: Possibly a picture of Harold Gauer's brother Norman's "exotic oriental' dancer wife. Photograph was taken in the Brady Street "Lab."
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Portrait of Alice Bedard

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Description: Formal portrait of Alice Bedard, taken in Harold Gauer's Brady Street apartment.
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Portrait of Alice Bedard

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Description: "Formal" portrait of Bedard.
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Downtown Water Tower

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Description: The Madison water tower as seen through the stone gateway at the East Washington Avenue entrance to the Capitol Park.
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H. Schildhauer Home Interior

Date: 1893
Description: View of a Victorian-style room in the H. Schildhauer residence at 13 North Webster Street. Various paintings are on display in the room, some on easels, ot...
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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.

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