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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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Buckhorn Tavern

Date: 1949
Description: Customers sitting at the bar in the Buckhorn Tavern. There are five mounted deerheads above the bar. The bartender is standing behind the bar.
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Interior of Bar

Date: 1910
Description: Interior of bar with two bartenders and customers standing at the bar.
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Gesell Photographic Studio

Date: 1895
Description: Street with Gesell Photographic Studio, which is built into the side of a bluff, about 1895. His studio was on Main Street from 1877-1903. Miller and Co. L...
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Two Linemen for Telephone Exchange

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Description: Studio portrait of two telephone linemen with some of their equipment in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing work clothes and hats, and hold ciga...
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Wright Passport Photograph

Date: 07 10 1956
Description: Two alternate views in front of a painted backdrop of Frank Lloyd Wright, seated, for an unretouched passport photograph. He is holding a cane in his left ...
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Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 07 03 1886
Description: An interior view of the Schlitz Palm Garden, which was located on North 3rd Street, south of West Wisconsin Avenue. This image includes a drawing of a wait...
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Portrait of Charles Van Schaick and Boy

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Description: A studio portrait of Charles Van Schaick, sitting on a stool in front of a painted backdrop, holding and hugging a small boy on his lap.
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Self-Portrait of Photographer

Date: 1930
Description: The photographer doffs his hat and smiles at the camera. He is wearing a long coat and gloves, and carries a cane.
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August Derleth

Date: 1939
Description: A studio portrait of Sauk City author August Derleth.
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Cowboy with Gun and Whip

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man dressed as a cowboy. He is aiming a gun in one hand and holding a whip in the other. Th...
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Hotel Wisconsin Breakfast Menu

Date: 1938
Description: One-page card menu with red borders for club breakfasts at the Hotel Wisconsin. Features the silhouette of a waitress holding a tray with a steaming coffee...
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Emil Kramer

Date: 09 1940
Description: Conservation Warden Emil Kramer is standing on a float in the American Legion National Convention parade in Boston, Massachusetts. He is wearing waders and...
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Charles Francis Adams Jr.

Date: 1900
Description: Seated portrait of Charles Francis Adams Jr., a Union Army veteran of the Civil War, a business reformer as part of the Massachusetts Railroad Commission, ...

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