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Girl Standing in Snow

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of a young girl, clothed in a winter coat, bonnet, and muff, with fake snow on the ground and falling all around her.
Photograph

Portrait of a Young Boy

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Description: A young boy poses in a costume from the late nineteenth century, while sitting on a small chair.
Drawing

The Sacred Feather Shop

Date: 1982
Description: An illustration of The Sacred Feather, a shop that sells hats and leather goods, located at 417 State Street.
Photograph

Vel Phillips

Date: 02 07 1953
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Vel Rodgers Phillips.
Print

St. John's Cathedral

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Description: Drawing of a fountain and trees in Courthouse Square (now Cathedral Square) in front of the church.
Photograph

Anson Case

Date: 
Description: Portrait of Anson Case.
Photograph

Chinese Sporting Goods Factory

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Description: Propaganda photograph received from China Features in Peking by the Southern Patriot newspaper published in Louisville, Kentucky. The photograph illustrat...
Photograph

Portrait of Fred Pabst

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Description: "Pabst, Frederick (Mar. 28, 1836-Jan. 1, 1904), brewer, business executive, b. Thuringia, Germany. He migrated with his parents to the U.S. and to Milwauke...
Photograph

Robert Zellner and Michael Forbes

Date: 03 2002
Description: Congressman Michael Forbes, an unidentified woman, and Robert Zellner pose in front of the Martin Luther King, Jr. monument in front of the Brown Chapel Ba...
Photograph

Novak Reading Newspaper

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Description: Journalist Robert Novak catching up on the news.
Manuscript

Samuel Marshall Diary Page

Date: 09 28 1842
Description: A page in Samuel Marshall's diary, dated September 28, 1842, with several short entries.
Photograph

F.M. Smith with Power Unit

Date: 1937
Description: Mr. F.M. Smith, in a bow tie, hat, and trousers with suspenders, stands near the open door of a barn or shed. Inside is his International P-12 power unit.
Print

Women for a Peaceful Christmas Stamps

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Description: Sheet of twenty-four stamps bearing a Christmas tree logo and the slogan "No More Shopping Days 'til Peace."
Photograph

Thure Kumlien at Work

Date: 1887
Description: Thure Kumlien at his work table in the Milwaukee Public Museum. Kumlien is surrounded by taxidermied birds and is at work stuffing another.
Photograph

Nina Sturgis Dousman

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Nina Sturgis Dousman.
Photograph

Dousman Family Portrait

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman in the Dousman Family.
Photograph

Governess for Dousman Family

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Description: Seated full-length portrait of the "French governess for the Dousman family children." On the back of the cabinet card: the imprint of F.W. Guerin, Photogr...
Photograph

Larson Family Living in Trailer

Date: 11 16 1951
Description: The Larson family, including a mother, father, and two children, are sitting in the living room of their mobile home (probably at Truax Field trailer camp)...
Photograph

Walter L. Houser

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Walter Houser, wearing a polka-dotted bow tie.
Postcard

Polar Bears at the Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 1980
Description: Elevated view of two polar bears in their enclosure at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). A crowd is gathered behind the fence, and in the far backgroun...

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