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Young Woman Whittling

Date: 1903
Description: Young woman, possibly a University of Wisconsin student, whittling while seated outdoors on a cellar doorway or bulkhead.
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Group Portrait in Studio

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Description: Three women and a young man pose for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. The women are wearing blouses and long skirts. The man is wearing a ...
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Two Women Dressed Alike

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Description: Two women identically dressed in dresses and hats face away from the camera in a photography studio in front of a painted backdrop.
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Two Women Reading a Book

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Description: A studio portrait of two women standing near a chair and reading from the same book in front of a painted backdrop. They both wear similar black dresses an...
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Couple Holding Small Girl

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Description: A studio portrait of a seated man and woman with a small girl sitting on their laps. The woman and girl are wearing dresses. The man is wearing a suit jack...
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Portrait of a Boy with Long Curls

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Description: A studio portrait of a young boy with long curls leaning on a stuffed chair in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a ruffled shirt over a suit jacke...
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Two Girls Reflected in Mirror

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Description: A studio portrait of two girls, one standing and one kneeling on a chair, with their backs to the camera looking into a mirror. They are both wearing dress...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man William Hindsley

Date: 1880
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man, William Hindsley (Hensley) (CooNooChoNeeNikKah). He is holding a pipe tomahawk and is wearing bandolie...
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Ho-Chunk Man Posed Sitting

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Description: Studio full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man with long hair posed sitting in a fringed chair, holding a stick in clasped ha...
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Studio Portrait of Three Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in front of a Ho-Chunk man posing standing. All the men are wearing suits...
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Studio Portrait of Mary O. Mills

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Description: Studio portrait of a European American girl with light-colored hair posed sitting with her arms on the fringed arm of an overstuffed chair. She is wearing ...
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Two Children Posing with Christmas Tree

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Description: Portrait of a boy and girl posed by a Christmas tree. The boy is sitting on a toy horse on the left and is wearing a military style hat and holding a toy g...
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Zona Gale

Date: 1920
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Zona Gale (Mrs. William Breese) standing near a window and holding a rose in her left hand.
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Young Woman with Flowers

Date: 1925
Description: An unidentified young woman in old-fashioned dress holds flowers as she stands in front of entrance of the Trimpey house at 719 Oak Street.
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Portrait of a Young Woman

Date: 1925
Description: A full-length studio portrait of a young woman, possibly a dancer, in costume.
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Merry Christmas

Date: 1989
Description: Photographic holiday card from Tommy Thompson and family, governor of Wisconsin, 1987-2001. The card is a color image of Mr. Thompson, his wife, daughters,...
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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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The Gillett Children

Date: 1920
Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Gillett children, left to right: Harry (b. 1910), Sherry (b. 1913), and Lorin (b. 1915).
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Lottie Porter, Wife of Frank Long

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Lottie Porter, wife of Frank Long, sitting in a chair. Her head is turned to the right in profile. She wears a high-collared wh...

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