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Nina Sturgis Dousman

Date: 1870
Description: Portrait of Nina Sturgis Dousman, wife of H. Louis Dousman.
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West Water Street

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Description: View up West Water Street from Grand Avenue with street cars.
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Milwaukee Water Works

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Description: Exterior view of the Milwaukee Water Works. A little boy is riding a tricycle in the foreground.
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John Nuwi

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Description: Three-quarter length formal portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John Nuwi, a Mascouten (or Prairie) Potawatomi, who lived at Skunk Hill in Wood Coun...
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Osage Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Black Bow's wife, with infant in a papoose, and Saucy Chief's squaw.
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Native American Family

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Black Dog, wife, and papoose sitting.
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Humboldt Gardens Hotel

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of the Humboldt Gardens Hotel at the southwest corner of North and Humboldt Avenues. There are large Miller Beer advertisements on the side o...
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Julius Schadauer Store

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Description: View from street towards a man standing in front of the doorway to the Julius Schadauer's tobacco store on a street corner at 101 State Street. A man is on...
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Sewer Shoveling

Date: 1935
Description: As part of a Wisconsin unemployment project, workmen dig a sewer trench by hand for the city of Spooner.
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Man in Screen Company Truck

Date: 1913
Description: Man seated in an International Model M truck parked along curb in a urban area. The truck was operated by the "Lake View Screen Company," whose merchandise...
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Generals Fairchild, Bragg, and Gibbon of the Iron Brigade

Date: 1865
Description: Studio portrait of General Lucius Fairchild, General E.S. Bragg, and General John Gibbon, all of the Iron Brigade. All three men wear an unidentified ribbo...
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Portrait of Anna Chapman

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Description: Portrait of Anna Chapman, later Anna Chapman Dunn (Mrs. Merrill).
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Lewis Anderson

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Description: Full-length cabinet card portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Lewis Anderson, a private in Company G, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following informat...
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Ole Everson Luten and Andrew Ellickson

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Description: Full-length cabinet card portrait in front of a painted backdrop of (right) Ole Everson Luten [as on the photograph backing; also written as Ole Everson on...
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Interior of Cottage at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: Interior view showing the kitchen setup of a cottage at Nature Lovers Paradise on Jackson Lake near Grand View. Typed description with photograph says, “St...
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Kitchen Interior of Cottage at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: Interior view of the kitchen area showing a table, cupboards, ice box, broom, and windows, in a cottage at Nature Lovers Paradise on Jackson Lake near Gran...
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Trail to Maple Grove at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: View of a trail through the forest on land owned by Nature Lovers Paradise resort on Jackson Lake. The text describing the photograph says, "The trail lead...
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Ice Box in Cottage at Nature Lovers Paradise

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Description: Interior view showing an ice box in a cottage at Nature Lovers Paradise, a resort on Jackson Lake. The doors are open on the ice box, and trays are on the ...
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Studio Portrait of Seated Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of European American man posed sitting. He has his right ankle crossed over his left leg at the ...
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Unidentified Man

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of European American man posed sitting. He is wearing a dark-colored suit coat, vest, and striped n...

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