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Studio portrait of Carrie Lane Chapman Catt

Date: 1896
Description: Waist-up portrait of Carrie Chapman Catt, one of the best known leaders of the women's suffrage movement who had strong ties to the North Country and who o...
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Belle Case La Follette, Seated

Date: 1901
Description: Studio portrait of Belle Case La Follette seated in a chair.
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Portrait of Two Young Women

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Description: Two women stand facing each other for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing long dresses, and are posed near a gate in a prop ...
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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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Portrait of Man with Facial Hair

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Description: A man with muttonchops and a moustache, and wearing a suit jacket and vest, sits for a studio portrait.
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Studio Portrait of an Elderly Couple

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Description: An elderly man and woman pose while sitting for a studio portrait in front of a backdrop. The man has muttonchops and is wearing a suit jacket and necktie....
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Portrait of a Fortune Teller

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Description: A studio portrait of a woman dressed as a fortune teller in front of a painted backdrop. She has long, loose hair and is wearing a dress.
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Young Lady

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Description: A young woman wearing a high-collared dress sits for a studio portrait 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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Portrait of Unidentified Woman

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Description: A studio portrait of a young woman in a puffy-sleeved blouse with a skirt holding an unidentified object, possibly a handkerchief.
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Girl with Freckles

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Description: A studio portrait of a seated girl with freckles.
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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 Long-Haired Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Will Carrimon-Stohegah, sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit jacket and vest.
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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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Studio Portrait of Young Ho-Chunk Woman in Regalia

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Henukaw Davis, Rogue. She is wearing several necklaces, earrings, rings, streamer, moccasins. A ribbon work skirt with a pla...
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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 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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Studio Portrait of Lizzie Darnall Catchpole

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a European American woman with her hair in a bun posed sitting wearing a dark-colored buttoned-down dress with a large light-co...
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Two European American Women

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Description: Studio portrait of two European American women posed sitting next to each other. Both women are wearing dark-colored dresses with puffy sleeves, ruffled bo...

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