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| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Thornton Wilder wearing eyeglasses. |
| Date: | 04 21 1942 |
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| Description: | One of the customer service counters at Meyer's Pharmacy. The counter is stocked with a variety of personal grooming and cosmetic items, like hair oil. A s... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Jesse C. Brabazon, a pioneer aviator from Delavan, Wisconsin, in his uniform as a member of the Milwaukee Wing of the Civil Air Patrol during World War II. |
| Date: | 05 26 1947 |
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| Description: | Professor Stephen Gilman seated at his desk, piled with books. |
| Date: | 01 20 1940 |
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| Description: | Prison mug shot of Edward Pendergast, inmate number 25367, an Irish mill wright who was convicted of arson. |
| Date: | 01 22 1940 |
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| Description: | Prisoner photograph of Harvey Wiles, inmate number 25371, who was a clerk convicted on three counts of embezzlement. |
| Date: | 02 09 1940 |
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| Description: | Prison photograph of Lyle Tadder, inmate number 25409, a painter who was convicted of larceny of auto. |
| Date: | 02 15 1946 |
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| Description: | Prisoner Gustave Pete Sharlow, inmate number 28827, an Indian tailor convicted of larceny. |
| Date: | 04 03 1946 |
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| Description: | Prisoner photograph of Salvatore "Cono" Librizzi, inmate number 28898, a laborer who was convicted of burglary. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A marker at the site of the former village of Oshaukuta on Highway 51, north of Portage. The marker states: "This tablet marks the site where the village o... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | View of the Quisling Towers Apartment building, 1 East Gilman Street at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue. Built in the Art Moderne style by the Quisling bro... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | The building has many classical architectural elements, including a dome. There is a large totem pole in front of the building. Pedestrians are walking on ... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders studio portrait of Conrad Petersen (1924-2013) in his navy dress blues uniform. He was a U.S. Navy Reserve Ensign, 1943-1946. His parent... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Alma Schmidt Petersen (1894-1989). The granddaughter of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp, Alma and her husband Dr. William F. ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Mary Griggs (Burke), wearing a patterned short-sleeve blouse, shorts, and a flower in her hair, is sitting in the front of a canoe on the Namakagon River i... |
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