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Zona Gale

Date: 1920
Description: Zona Gale (Mrs. William Breese) in formal pose with her hair up and her hands clasped in front of her.
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Vinnie Ream Hoxie

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Vinnie Ream Hoxie, Wisconsin sculptor. The only sculptor for whom Lincoln posed, Ream received the controversial commission ...
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Betsy Thunder

Date: 02 06 1913
Description: Betsy Thunder, Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) medicine woman, posing in front of a painted backdrop near a prop stone wall.
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Daisy Bates

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Description: Head and shoulder portrait of Daisy Bates, head of the Arkansas NAACP and a key figure in the Little Rock school desegregation crisis of September 1957.
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Jennie B. Kyle, as a Nun

Date: 1905
Description: Jennie (Jane) A. Kyle, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as a nun. Part of a yearbook created by classmate Albert Hansen, based o...
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Esther Eloise McGilvra, as a Swimmer

Date: 1905
Description: Esther Eloise McGilvra, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as a swimmer, next to a wooden diving board. Part of a yearbook created...
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Woman with Canoe Paddle

Date: 1910
Description: Woman standing on riverbank with canoe paddle and boat moored at tree.
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Ada James

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of the leader of women's suffrage in Wisconsin, Ada James.
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Mrs. Streeter in Her Garden

Date: 05 09 1917
Description: Mrs. Streeter, wife of Chicago eccentric George Wellington Streeter, posing with her dog in her garden in "Streeterville."
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Seated Couple at Home

Date: 1899
Description: Portrait of an elderly couple seated in their home. The woman is holding a bouquet of flowers. The man is seated slightly behind her, with his right arm o...
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Miss Lutie Stearns

Date: 1922
Description: Portrait of Lutie Stearns, copied from 'The Echo' of 1922, the Milwaukee Normal Annual.
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Woman with Scandinavian Brooch

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Description: Outdoor portrait of woman wearing a Scandinavian brooch, sitting in front of a cloth hanging.
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Belle Case La Follette

Date: 1905
Description: Formal, full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Belle Case La Follette, the wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Although the negative jacket ...
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Nez Perce Indians

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Description: A Nez Perce man and woman.
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Woman with Scandinavian Brooch

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a woman wearing a Scandinavian brooch, sitting in front of a cloth hanging.
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Laura Mock Wearing Wedding Dress

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Description: Laura Mock wearing Walter Dahl's mother's wedding dress.
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Gwyneth Roe

Date: 1895
Description: Formal portrait of Gwyneth Roe, wife of Gilbert Roe, on which she has written "the year I went to Madison." Gilbert Roe was a law partner of Robert M. La ...
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Dr. Lars Dahl and Wife

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Description: A portrait of Dr. Lars Dahl and his wife, who is Danish nobility.
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Woman Working with Milk Cans

Date: 1924
Description: Woman standing at a table with milk cans on it. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. A caption with th...
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Mary Rennebohm

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Mary Fowler Rennebohm, wife of Oscar Rennebohm, governor of Wisconsin and founder of Rennebohm Drug Stores, Inc.

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