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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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Wright Passport Photograph

Date: 07 10 1956
Description: Unretouched passport photograph of Frank Lloyd Wright. He is holding a cane under his left arm.
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Mr. and Mrs. Wright

Date: 07 10 1956
Description: Unretouched waist-up portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright taken at the same time that each sat individually with Reierson for new passport photograp...
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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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Masonic Temple Interior

Date: 1915
Description: An interior view of the Masonic Temple main stairway.
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Factory Worker at Rock Falls Works

Date: 1944
Description: Factory worker at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works.
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Scale at Rock Falls Works

Date: 1944
Description: Factory worker weighing parts on a scale at International Harvester's Rock Falls Works.
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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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Lorin Gillette

Date: 1947
Description: Indoor portrait of Lorin Gillette wearing a coat and leaning against a wall with his arms crossed.
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Alfred Hitchcock

Date: 1940
Description: Alfred Hitchcock stands with his hands on his hips. He is wearing a suit and looking off to the side.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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I.P. Rumsey Holding Baby Granddaughter Eleanor Holt

Date: 11 1900
Description: Sitting in a wicker rocking chair at the Holt family home, Grandfather I.P. Rumsey is holding baby granddaughter Eleanor Holt who is swaddled in a blanket....
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Holt Children Playing Sleeping Car

Date: 02 1906
Description: Three Holt children are pretending to be sleeping in the sleeping car of a train, with closet shelves as the train beds. A wool blanket with fringe is the ...
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Herbert Brumder at His Desk

Date: 1915
Description: Herbert Paul Brumder sitting and reading in an upholstered chair in front of a desk. He is smoking a pipe and there is a small smoking stand to the right o...
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Ida Merker

Date: 1910
Description: Ida Brumder Merker is standing and admiring spring flowers arranged in a basket with a large ribbon bow. She is wearing a fancy dress and is holding a flow...
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Katharine Allen

Date: 1900
Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Katharine Allen, assistant professor of Latin at UW-Madison. Katharine was the daughter of historian a...

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