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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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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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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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William Dempster Hoard

Date: 1901
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of William Dempster Hoard.
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Three Men Posing Around a Stump

Date: 1935
Description: Three men, likely United States Resettlement Administration workers, pose around a stump.
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Bob Moses Speaking

Date: 08 08 1964
Description: Bob (Robert) Moses speaking at the Freedom School Convention during Freedom Summer.
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Interior of a Dry-Goods Store

Date: 1908
Description: Three women and one man pose at a cashier's counter in the interior of a dry-goods store, presumably in Wisconsin. Hammocks hang from the ceiling in the ba...

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