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Homer Bigart

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Description: Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times" on far right in group portrait.
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John R. Commons

Date: 1920
Description: John R. Commons, a University of Wisconsin professor, is shown standing outside Sterling Hall with his hat on the ground at his feet.
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Dr. Babcock with Butterfat Tester

Date: 1926
Description: Dr. Stephen Babcock with an electric centrifuge butterfat tester.
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Woodrow Wilson

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Description: Portrait of Woodrow Wilson from the series, "The World's Work."
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Portrait of Rev. Andrew Dahl

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Description: Portrait of the Reverend Andrew Dahl.
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Charles Van Hise

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Charles Van Hise.
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Allan H. "Bud" Selig

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Bud Selig, when he was President of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team.
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John R. Commons

Date: 1937
Description: Portrait of University of Wisconsin-Madison economist John R. Commons.
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Portrait of Elderly Man with Beard

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Description: An elderly man sits for a studio portrait. He wears wire-rimmed eyeglasses, wears a suit jacket, vest, and necktie and has a beard and moustache.
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Fred Harrington

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Fred H. Harrington, taken when he was Vice President of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Studio Portrait of Couple Near Fence

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Description: Studio portrait of a man with a beard, wearing eyeglasses, suit jacket, vest, and trousers, and a woman in a long dress. They are standing by a wooden fenc...
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Studio Portrait of Hans Johnson

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a European American man wearing eyeglasses posed sitting and wearing a dark-colored suit coat, bow tie, and chain watch fob. Ma...
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Mildred M. Barber

Date: 06 28 1928
Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Mildred Barber, wearing eyeglasses and a beaded blouse, of Marathon, Wisconsin.
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Peggy Algren and Henry Lawrence Ahlgren

Date: 1966
Description: Peggy Algren (b. 1943) and her father Henry Lawrence Ahlgren at her graduation from the University of Wisconsin in 1966. At the time Henry Ahlgren was a Un...
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News Broadcaster Promotes Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: News broadcaster Bon Turner makes an appeal over the radio to farmers to bring their scrap metal into town to help meet the country's need for vital war ma...
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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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J.A. Hines

Date: 1990
Description: J.A. "Doc" Hines, veterinarian and politician, on the phone at his office. Wording on cup reads: "Old Fart."
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Holiday Card of the Committee to Defend the Conspiracy

Date: 1968
Description: Holiday card from the Committee to Defend the Conspiracy. The front is a picture of seven defendants that were under indictment for criminal conspiracy dur...
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Man Fingerprinted by FBI Agent

Date: 08 05 1942
Description: John M. Califano, operator of the Blackhawk Bar, as he was fingerprinted on Wednesday by FBI agent (face blacked out) at the Iron County jail, following a ...
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J.J. Hof Land Co.

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Description: Six men in suits and hats, probably employees of J.J. Hof Land Co., in front of the company office building.

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