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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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George B. Post

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Description: Waist-up portrait of George B. Post, whose architectural firm designed the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol building.
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Beekeeping Class

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Description: Beekeeping class in progress. All participants are wearing protective bee veils and hats, and some are wearing gloves. A crate or hive box in the backgroun...
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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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Charles M. Baker Residence

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype exterior view of the Charles Minton Baker residence in Lake Geneva. The home was built in 1854. The house and grounds are shown fro...
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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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Ephraim Pier

Date: 07 25 1960
Description: Ephraim pier in Eagle Harbor. The pier is made of timbers. A dock and boathouse are on the right. Bare masts rise above the boats. The shoreline and trees ...
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Chaudoir Dock

Date: 04 16 1963
Description: Chaudoir Dock in Brussels. The shoreline is on the left and has rocks along its edge. In the background is Lake Michigan.
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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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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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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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The "Columbia" Steamboat at Bernard's Boat Landing

Date: 1893
Description: View down pier towards the "Columbia" steamboat at the boat landing. The shoreline is the the background. There are three or four people on the steamboat a...
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2nd Ward School

Date: 1867
Description: View across street towards the front of the 2nd Ward School building, which was located at 720 E. Gorham Street.
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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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