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Gauer and Bloch: Reaction to Ruess's Defeat

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Description: Gauer and Bloch reacting to Ruess's campaign defeat. Gauer worked full time on the campaign, but Bloch was an occasional help. According to Gauer, Ruess wa...
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Portrait of Harold Gauer and Robert Bloch

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Description: Bloch is in Russian garb and Gauer is in just a humorous get-up. The photograph may have been taken for Brutal magazine. The Gauer image was cropped...
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Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer

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Description: Spoofing as the "Big Boys" in their rented offices during the Zeidler campaign.
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Milt Polland and Max Pollack

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Description: Humorous costume photograph of the two major players in the Carl Zeidler campaign.
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Thomas Doig at CUNA

Date: 11 21 1941
Description: Candid shots of Thomas W. Doig who became managing director of CUNA. He died December 19, 1955. Taken for CUNA Bridge.
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Polisher at Work

Date: 1910
Description: A workman poses beside a belt-driven polisher inside a shed at the Montello granite quarry. Two other men relax in the background near an open door where n...
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Boy Standing at Gate

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored portrait of a boy standing in the arch of a decorative iron gate holding the door open with his right hand and holding a hand fan and handkerc...
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Man and Woman with Market Stand

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide of a man and a girl or young woman standing next to a market stand which has melons, roots, and other foods. The man is wearing ...
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Portrait of Qiu Jin

Date: 1910
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Chinese revolutionary and feminist Qiu Jin in "European dress." She is standing near a table and holds an object in her ri...
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Young Woman in Traditional Sari

Date: 1910
Description: A young woman wearing a traditional Sari. Carrie describes a number of Sari styles in her journal from India.
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Portrait of the Twins

Date: 02 13 1900
Description: Indoor portrait of Edgar and Jennie Krueger, age 10 months and 12 days, from the waist up and propped against a dark backdrop.
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Indoor Portrait of the Krueger Twins

Date: 02 04 1900
Description: Indoor portrait of Edgar and Jennie Krueger from the waist up, propped against a dark cloth background. The twins are 10 months and 3 days old.
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Ina Judge Hanks in her Wedding Dress

Date: 1897
Description: Full-length portrait of Ina Judge wearing her wedding dress while standing in front of a painted backdrop or in a church. Ina Judge married Stanley Hanks o...
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Double Portrait of Two Men

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Description: Double portrait, probably in a studio, of two men, in two different poses, one on the left and one on the right. Both men are wearing hats and suits. In th...
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Double Portrait of a Man and a Woman

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Description: On the left side of a studio portrait a man is sitting on a stool draped with patterned cloth. He is wearing a cap, a suit with knicker pants, long dark so...
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Two Boys in Costume

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Description: Two boys dressed in costumes posing for a studio portrait. The boy standing on the left is wearing a tall, ruffled hat with a plume, dark stockings, and a ...
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Christmas Tree

Date: 1940
Description: Sophie Smith (Mrs. Arthur) Pugh sitting in an arm chair next to a Christmas tree. She is wearing a jacket over a dark dress with large buttons. The tree is...
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Arthur Pugh

Date: 1940
Description: Arthur Pugh (1860-1948) posing while sitting in the office of the state treasurer in the Wisconsin State Capitol. He is holding his glasses and is wearing ...
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Two Men

Date: 1900
Description: Two unidentified Native American men, probably Ho-Chunk, posing for a seated, full-length studio portrait. Each is seated on a blanket and is shirtless. Th...
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Dual Portrait of Sid by Mirror Reflection

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Description: Dual portrait of Sid, en face staring straight at the camera and in profile reflected in a large mirror. He is leaning with his arm on a long shelf ...

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