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Increase A. Lapham

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Description: Formal portrait of Increase Lapham sitting in a chair.
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Abraham Lincoln

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Description: A full-length seated portrait of Abraham Lincoln in the form of a print from the "likeness of a photograph."
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Governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1904
Description: Formal portrait of Governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
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Young Boy Drinking Glass of Milk

Date: 1919
Description: Young boy sitting outdoors on a chair drinking a glass of milk.
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Studio Portrait of Two Brothers

Date: 1894
Description: Studio portrait of two young brothers, standing side by side. The man on the right has his hand on his brother's shoulder. They are both are wearing hats a...
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Portrait of Young Girl

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Description: Portrait of young girl.
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John R. Commons

Date: 1937
Description: Portrait of University of Wisconsin-Madison economist John R. Commons.
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Wedding Portrait

Date: 02 28 1911
Description: Studio portrait of Rose and Louis Meyer. Rose Swetlik (1892-1968) married Louis Meyer (1887-1949), a farmer, on February 28, 1911 in Kossuth Township (Mani...
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Formal Wedding Portrait

Date: 02 28 1911
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Rose and Louis Meyer. Rose Swetlik (1892-1968) married Louis Meyer (1887-1949), a farmer, on February 28,...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Couple

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Description: Studio portrait of Will Thunder (NaKikSayWaHeKah) (Son of [WaConChaKah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [WeHonPeKaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder.) He is wearing a ...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men posing in front of a painted backdrop. The man on the left, Black Water Spirit, is posing sitting, and the man on the r...
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Studio Portrait of Martha Waukon

Date: 1890
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk girl posing and standing with her arm resting on a chair with a floral applique bl...
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Charles Franklin Gale

Date: 1920
Description: Portrait of Charles Franklin Gale, the father of novelist and playwright Zona Gale, reading a newspaper.
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Mr. and Mrs. Trimpey

Date: 1935
Description: Ephraim Burt Trimpey and his wife Alice Kent Trimpey sit in front of their fireplace. The Trimpeys were antique dealers and collectors; Mr. Trimpey was als...
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Ephraim Burt Trimpey

Date: 1940
Description: A seated self-portrait of the photographer. He wears eyeglasses, and a suit with vest and floppy cravat.
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Alice Kent Trimpey with a Doll

Date: 1945
Description: Mrs. Trimpey sits in a chair holding her doll, Emeline.
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Retired Army Man

Date: 1920
Description: Seated portrait of an elderly army man, partially in uniform, with medals on his jacket.
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Businessman at his Desk

Date: 1918
Description: Unidentified business or professional man seated in a chair in front of a roll-top desk. He is wearing round eyeglasses, and there is a typewriter on the d...
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Portrait of a Seated Woman

Date: 1898
Description: Outdoor portrait of Rose Loomis, of Sullivan, Ohio, wearing a dress and seated in a rocking chair in a garden.
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Conrad and Maria Schmitt

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Description: Full-length portrait of Maria and Conrad Schmitt, Sherwin Gillett's mother- and father-in-law.

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