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Carrie Chapman Catt

Date: 1911
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of suffragist Carrie Lane Chapman Catt.
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Belle Case La Follette

Date: 1885
Description: Formal studio portrait of Belle Case La Follette wearing a black lace dress. This photograph was taken about 1885, the year in which her husband, Robert M....
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Jerusha Abigail Wilcox Sturgis (Juty)

Date: 1880
Description: Profile portrait of Jerusha Sturgis, wife of Samuel Davis Sturgis I and mother of Nina Dousman. Born December 1, 1827; Died July 4, 1915.
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Mountain Wolf Woman

Date: 1907
Description: Studio portrait of Mountain Wolf Woman, also known as Stella Blowsnake Whitepine Stacy (HayAhChoWinKah), sitting and holding her two daughters, Josephine W...
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Description: Portrait of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, leader of the first generation of women's rights activists.
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Ann Willms

Date: 1891
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Ann Willms (b. 1881) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is wearing a dress, necklace, earrings and ...
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Studio Portrait of Newlyweds

Date: 1920
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a couple, probably newlyweds.
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Studio Portrait of European American Couple

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified man posing sitting on the left and a woman posing standing on the right.
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Alma Seipp

Date: 1895
Description: Full-length portrait of Alma Seipp posing seated in an ornately carved chair. She wears a floor-length gown with high collar and ribbon trim. Alma is a dau...
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Julia Warren Spears

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Description: Portrait of Julia Warren Spears, sitting in a rocking chair at age 92.
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The Keaton Family

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Description: Family portrait of Buster Keaton, five-years-old, his parents Myra and Joe, and his baby brother Harry.
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Publius V. Lawson

Date: 1876
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Publius V. Lawson, of Menasha, standing and leaning against a chair. Portrait was taken when he was a senior at the University ...
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Tuareg Woman

Date: 1925
Description: Autochrome portrait of a Tuareg woman sitting on a blanket.
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Algerian Man

Date: 1930
Description: An autochrome waist-up portrait of an Algerian man wearing a turban. He is wearing a western style vest under his robe; a key is hanging from a chain attac...
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Algerian Woman

Date: 1930
Description: A woman is posing sitting in the doorway of a brick building. She has facial tattoos and is wearing a head scarf over her braided hair.
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Two Girls

Date: 1930
Description: Two young girls are posing outdoors wearing traditional dress. The girl on the left is standing and leaning against the stone wall behind her, and the seco...
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Seated Sheik

Date: 1930
Description: A turbanned man, identified as a Sheik, is sitting on a patterned rug on the ground in front of a doorway. He is wearing a red robe with elaborate gold tri...
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Woman and Child

Date: 1930
Description: A woman is standing in a doorway with her right hand resting on the head of a small girl. Both of them are wearing traditional dress with head scarves. The...
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Sheik and Wife

Date: 1930
Description: A man, identified only as "Sheik" is posing with his wife in a doorway with a curtain hanging behind them. The man is wearing a white robe over a Western-s...
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Girl and Plow

Date: 1930
Description: A young girl is posing with a wooden plow while holding the trunk and a branch of a flowering tree. She is wearing a dress, cape, head scarf, and an ankle ...

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