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Actor in Black Hawk Play

Date: 1857
Description: An actor in an Indian headdress and jewelry for performance of "Black Hawk, or Lily of the Prairie," a drama written by Mary Elizabeth Mears and presented ...
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Chippewa Man

Date: 1913
Description: A studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indian from the Bad River Indian Reservation at Odanah. The man is we...
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Clifford Thompson

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Description: Portrait of Clifford Thompson, at one time the tallest man in America, in a jacket and top hat posing next to a chair.
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Man Looking at Bust of "Uncle Walt"

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Description: Walter White Drew looks at a bust of "Uncle Walt," a character from Frank O. King's cartoon Gasoline Alley.
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Seminole Native American Family

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Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Billy Bowlegs and his family. They are all wearing native Seminole clothing. Caption reads: "Billy Bowlegs...
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Portrait of John Wolf

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Description: A portrait of John Wolf, a Musquakie Native American, wearing jewelry, a headdress, and holding a feathered object in his hands. Caption reads: "John Wolf,...
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William M. Nelson

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Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of William M. Nelson of Racine, Wisconsin. In November 1863 he was assigned to the river gunboat U.S. Carondelet during...
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Chairman of the Township of Rib Mountain

Date: 1942
Description: Charles Norton, Chairman of the Township of Rib Mountain. He may have played a role in the sweeping raids on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest wa...
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Julian Bond in Madison

Date: 12 1969
Description: Julian Bond wearing a suit and standing in a wood paneled room with his arms crossed. Another man is standing at left holding a microphone.
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Captain George E. Sogge

Date: 1911
Description: Waist-up portrait of Captain George Sogge of the Two Rivers Life Saving Station in uniform. His cap bears a U.S. Life Saving Service insignia.
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Untitled Daguerreotype of Man and Woman

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Description: Portrait of a woman and man.
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Untitled Daguerreotype of Man and Woman

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Description: Portrait of a woman and man.
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Publius V. Lawson

Date: 1903
Description: Quarter-length profile portrait of Publius V. Lawson, Vice President of the Wisconsin Archaeological Society.
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Justice Bruce Beilfuss

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Description: A formal portrait of Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Bruce Beilfuss.
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Ralph Abernathy

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Description: Three-quarter profile portrait of World War II veteran, Baptist minister, and civil rights activist Ralph Abernathy, the 2nd President of the Southern Chri...

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