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Fairchild Residence

Date: 1900
Description: Cyanotype interior view of the Fairchild Residence, home of Lucius Fairchild. The woman sitting down is Mrs. Lucius Fairchild. Among the artworks that can ...
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Dean Family Sleighing

Date: 1852
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Eliab Dean, an early Madison businessman, riding in a sleigh drawn by two horses with his wife Sarah Fairchild Dean and youn...
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Seven Girls on a Dock

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Description: Seven teenage girls posing on a dock on on one of the Apostle Islands.
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Camping at Devil's Lake

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of the Herman Taylor family camping at Devil's Lake. There is a moving train in the background on railroad tracks along the shoreline of the ...
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Webb TB Album: A Pair of Spectacles?

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Description: Two identical cut-out images (one accented with red coloring) of two women in bathing suits and caps posing on a path surrounded by foliage, from a scrapbo...
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Young Sigrid Schultz

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Description: Young Sigrid Schultz with her mother in Berlin, at what appears to be an open-air restaurant. They are both fashionably dressed in fine hats and dresses.
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Vel Phillips

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Description: Vel Phillips seated at a table. She is wearing a flowered dress and has her hands clasped together.
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Santa and Two Friends

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Description: An African American Santa Claus has his arms around an African American man and woman in what appears to be a restaurant. There is wall paper and posters b...
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Art Kehl with Woman Wearing Bee Dress

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Description: Art Kehl is standing outdoors with a pipe in his mouth and is handing a matching hat to an unknown young woman in a dress decorated with bees. Located in R...
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Beekeeping Class

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Description: Group portrait of men and women posing outdoors in full beekeeping gear. Part of a class on beekeeping in Wisconsin.
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People Riding Zebus

Date: 1906
Description: Man and a woman riding on zebu cattle, with fields and a mountain in the background. The people, place, and date of the photograph are unknown. The man and...
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William O. and Alma Schmidt Petersen

Date: 08 1929
Description: William Otto Petersen sits on his mother's lap as they ride inside a passenger launch on Geneva Lake. One of William's older brothers sits on the right. Th...
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Men at Holy Hill Shrine

Date: 1910
Description: Four men kneeling and praying at the shrine at Holy Hill. More people are gathered near the church above them.
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Group Portrait of Young People

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Description: Group portrait of four men and four women posing while sitting and standing in front of a painted backdrop. The men are wearing striped jackets, and two of...
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Mock Hanging

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men and two women in a dramatic pose. The woman in the center has her head in a noose and is sticking...
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William and Alma at Portofino

Date: 02 22 1930
Description: William Conrad Seipp, Jr., left, and his daughter Melita, far right, pose with Alma Schmidt Petersen and her son Conrad at an overlook above Portofino Bay....
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Woman Piling Tan Bark

Date: 1918
Description: A group of women employees of the N.R. Allen Tannery posing with a pile of tan bark.
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Sherman S. Pratt and Wife Serepta Warren Pratt

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Description: Full-length quarter plate daguerreotype of Sherman and Serepta Pratt. The Pratts moved from Bath, NY to Wisconsin Rapids, WI. They are seated facing forwar...
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Downer College Graduation

Date: 1908
Description: Outdoor group portrait of women graduating from Downer College standing in front of a vine covered wall. The woman are wearing long white dresses with high...
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Pleasure Boat on Lake Michigan

Date: 1900
Description: View of a boat, the Whittaker, with most people sitting in chairs, and a few men standing. In the background is a steep shoreline, with houses along...

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