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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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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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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 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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Police Station

Date: 1900
Description: A man walks by the Madison police station, a two-story brick building with corner turret on the corner of South Webster Street. The fire station was across...
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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...
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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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Chums in front of Island Lodge

Date: 1902
Description: Two young men are standing in front of Island Lodge. They are wearing neck kerchiefs and spats. The young man on the right is James McClure. Caption reads:...
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McClure Berrying Party

Date: 09 1906
Description: The McClure family, holding berry pails and baskets, are posing, one behind the other, in front of the Island Lodge porch. Children are sitting in the back...
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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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Jeannette Holt's Fifth Birthday in Oconto

Date: 05 08 1901
Description: Jeannette Holt is posing with her doll who is sitting in a wicker baby carriage. In the background are the stairs leading up to the Holt family home. Capti...
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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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Bishop Willliam Tufnel Sabine, D.D.

Date: 1907
Description: Profile portrait of Rev. Dr. William Tufnel Sabine, bishop of the Episcopal Church.
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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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Katharine Allen

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

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