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Karl Bitter

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Description: Portrait of Karl Bitter, sculptor of "Wealth" and other statuary for the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Horticulture Building at the State Fair

Date: 1927
Description: Crowds walking past the Horticulture Building at the Wiconsin State Fair. In a pavilion above the building the Aluminum Goose Manufacturing Co. Band of Ma...
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Federal Bird Warden

Date: 1921
Description: J.M. Eheim posing outdoors with multiple birdhouses.
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King Street Decorations for Fifty Year Celebration

Date: 1898
Description: Flags and posters are displayed over King Street for the fifty year celebration. One banner reads: "1848 Wisconsin 1898." Pedestrians are on the streets an...
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Studio Portrait of the Lewis Children

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk boy posing sitting on the left wearing a fringed leather dress. In the center is a...
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Publicity still with Ann Carter, Anne Baxter, and Ann Harding for "The North Star"

Date: 1943
Description: The women of the Ukrainian Pavlov family braid hair in a publicity still for "The North Star." From left to right the actresses are Ann Carter, Anne Baxter...
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Erich von Stroheim publicity still for "The North Star"

Date: 1943
Description: With a critical eye, Erich von Stroheim examines his make-up in a hand mirror. He sits outdoors in costume as the German military doctor Otto von Harden in...
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Erich von Stroheim Publicity Still for "The North Star"

Date: 1943
Description: At left, the make-up artist, probably Robert Stephanoff, watches as Erich von Stroheim pinches his right cheek and examines his make-up in a hand mirror. V...
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Erich von Stroheim publicity still for "The North Star"

Date: 1943
Description: Erich von Stroheim watches in a hand mirror as a make-up artist, probably Robert Stephanoff, colors a scar on his cheek with a pencil. Von Stroheim is sitt...
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James Wong Howe in "The North Star" production still

Date: 1943
Description: Cinematographer James Wong Howe high up on a camera crane directs actors playing German soldiers who are replacing the Soviet flag flying from a flagstaff ...
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James Wong Howe in "The North Star" production still

Date: 1943
Description: High up on a camera crane, cinematographer James Wong Howe adjusts a flag over the cameraman's head. In front of the camera, two actors playing German sold...
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Production still with Lewis Milestone and James Wong Howe

Date: 1943
Description: Director Lewis Milestone uses a cigar to line up a shot with his cinematographer James Wong Howe looking over his shoulder in a production still for "The N...
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Production still with James Wong Howe and Lewis Milestone

Date: 1943
Description: Cinematographer James Wong Howe (left) and director Lewis Milestone squint in bright sunlight in a production still for "The North Star."
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Aaron Copeland production still for "The North Star"

Date: 1943
Description: Composer Aaron Copeland examines a yard of 35mm optical soundtrack from a Moviola editing machine in a production still for "The North Star."
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Aaron Copeland production still for "The North Star"

Date: 1943
Description: Composer Aaron Copeland sits at a Steinway piano while watching the viewer of a Moviola editor in a production still for "The North Star."
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Aaron Copeland production still for "The North Star"

Date: 1943
Description: Composer Aaron Copeland sits at a Steinway piano while watching the viewer of a Moviola editor in a production still for "The North Star."
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Publicity still with Ann Harding, Dean Jagger, Ann Carter, and Anne Baxter

Date: 1943
Description: The Pavlov family sits happily around the supper table in a publicity still for "The North Star." From the left, the actors are Ann Harding, Dean Jagger, A...
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Ukrainian villagers singing in a production still for "The North Star"

Date: 1943
Description: Scores of actors costumed as Ukrainian village men, women, and children clap and sing in a production still for "The North Star." Six musicians standing in...
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Production still of German soldiers entering a village

Date: 1943
Description: A line of German foot soldiers and an automobile with officers and their motorcycle escort entering a Ukrainian village in a production still for "The Nort...
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Production still of German soldiers entering a village

Date: 1943
Description: Five German foot soldiers run toward the camera with bayonets on their rifles while another shoots water on a burning building on the left in a production ...

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