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Woman Wearing Hat

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Description: Studio portrait of a seated woman crossing her legs, and wearing eyeglasses and a hat with flowers on it in front of a painted backdrop.
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Studio Portrait of Bearded Man

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Description: A studio portrait of an elderly man with a long beard wearing a suit jacket and vest.
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Robert Novak

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Description: Formal portrait of Robert Novak used for many years in his association with his syndicated newspaper column "Inside Report."
Print

Greetings To You

Date: 1939
Description: Holiday card with a snow man and snow woman on it. He is wearing a scarf and top hat and has black buttons. She is wearing a bonnet and apron and is holdin...
Photograph

Edmond Burdick

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Edmund Burdick with moustache and gray hair.
Photograph

Unidentified Daguerreotype of Couple

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Description: Half plate daguerreotype of an unidentified man and woman. The man is seated and the woman is standing and has her hand resting on the man's shoulder. The ...
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Franz Massing, Wife and Child

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Description: Half plate ambrotype of Franz Massing with his wife, and daughter Frances. Massing was the founder of the Madison Mannerchor in 1870. The family is seated....
Manuscript

Second Aviation Instruction Center Thanksgiving Day Menu

Date: 1918
Description: Thanksgiving Day dinner menu given by the Second Aviation Instruction Center of the American Expeditionary Forces near Tours, France. Features two servicem...
Photograph

Ludwig Boehmer, Christian Boehmer, Siegfried Mittelstadt, and Jacob Boehmer

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Description: Half plate ambrotype of (left to right) Ludwig Boehmer, Christian Boehmer, Siegfried Mittelstadt, and Jacob Boehmer standing in front of a painted backdrop...
Photograph

John W. Fonda

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Description: Half plate ferrotype/tintype of a three-quarter length portrait of John W. Fonda, Company C, 6th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Seated half figure...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Upper Fox River Historic Marker

Date: 10 07 1957
Description: Mrs. Steve McNamara (left), granddaughter of Nathan Strong, the founder of the city of Berlin, then named Strong's Landing, spoke at the dedication ceremon...
Photograph

Clara R. Smith and G. McKnight

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Description: Half plate ferrotype/tintype of Clara R. Smith and G(enie?) McKnight (Ripon?). The women are dressed for the outdoors, posing amid garden props including a...
Photograph

Reverend Jason Lothrop

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Description: Half plate ambrotype of Reverend Jason Lothrop of Kenosha, Wisconsin. Waist-up portrait facing front, torso slightly to left. He is wearing a suit and stan...
Photograph

William D. Ash and Family

Date: 1861
Description: Half plate ambrotype of William D. Ash and his family. Left to right: 1. Helen Mar, later Mrs. E.P. Lamb in Roberts, Wis. 2. William H. Ash, later of Rober...
Photograph

Carolina Maria Field Knapp

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Description: Half plate daguerreotype of Carolina Maria Field Knapp (Mrs. John H. Knapp), seated, facing forward, with her forearm resting on a table on the left. She i...
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Man with Head on Table

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Description: Trick photographic portrait of a man standing next to a table and holding a pipe in his hand. On the table is a man's large head placed on a pedestal. He i...
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Group of Six Unidentified People

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Description: Half plate ferrotype/tintype of three men and three women. The men are seated in front, wearing suits, with their hands in their laps. The man on the left ...

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