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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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Isaac L. Stephenson

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Description: Oval-framed quarter-length portrait of United States senator Isaac Stephenson.
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Young Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 1885
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright as a young man.
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Professor William F. Allen

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Professor William F. Allen.
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John Myers Olin

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Description: Vignetted quarter-length studio portrait of John Myers Olin. lin was a professor of the University of Wisconsin Law School and the president of the Madiso...
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Pharmacy Processing Equipment

Date: 1889
Description: View of pharmaceutical processing equipment in the Pharmacie Werner. The pharmacy was located in Boulay, France.
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German Pharmacist

Date: 1889
Description: A pharmacist is standing behind the sales counter at the Pharmacie Werner in Boulay, France. At the time, Boulay was part of Germany.
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Lyman Copeland Draper

Date: 1881
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Lyman Copeland Draper.
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Evangelist with Movie Projector

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Description: Rural evangelist John E. Zoller with a Zenith projector and stereopticon with a DeVry generator used during sermons. Original caption reads: "We show excel...
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Men Wearing Top Hats

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Description: Studio portrait of two nattily-dressed men wearing top hats. One man is pointing at the other man. They are posing for the camera on a low stone wall in fr...
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Studio Shenanigans

Date: 1900
Description: Four men use a ladder to pose on top of each other. There is a painted backdrop behind them. They are wearing suit jackets, vests with watch fobs, and trou...
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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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Wisconsin Capitol, South Wing

Date: 1921
Description: Employees of the business office of the Insurance Department.
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Simpson's Clothing Model

Date: 07 07 1942
Description: Simpson's, 23-25 North Pinckney Street. Woman modeling a suit, with hat, gloves and purse.
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Abraham Lincoln

Date: 06 03 1860
Description: Quarter-length profile portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
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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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Carl and Roy Linnell

Date: 1895
Description: Two young men, Carl and Roy Linnell, standing on either side of a wooden chair supporting a mounted buck's head with antlers. They are wearing dark suit ja...
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Studio Portrait of Three Men

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait of three men standing, one of whom is a little person, standing in front of a painted backdrop. All of the men are wearing hats, and the ma...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr., as Congressman

Date: 1885
Description: Waist-up portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. at the age of 29 when elected to Congress in 1884.
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Portrait of Lars Dahl

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Lars Dahl, with bow tie.

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