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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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Bathing Baby in Tub

Date: 1937
Description: Dr. Hunter of the Wisconsin Board of Health bathes a baby in a tub of water.
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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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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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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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Lyndon Johnson signs Medicare Bill

Date: 07 30 1965
Description: President Lyndon Baines Johnson signs the Medicare bill. Former President Harry S. Truman, "who started it all," is present with Mrs. Bess Truman, Hubert H...
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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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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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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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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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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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Cowgirl

Date: 1909
Description: A cowgirl, outfitted with her holstered pistol and standing by a horse. Caption reads: "The Belle of the Ranch."
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Lizzie Black Kander

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Description: Vignetted studio portrait of Mrs. Simon Kander, author of The Settlement Cook Book, wearing a hat.
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Nurse and Two Pregnant Mothers

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Description: A nurse is talking to two pregnant mothers.
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Carrie Lane Chapman Catt

Date: 1906
Description: Standing, three-quarter length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Carrie Lane Chapman Catt.
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Vel Phillips

Date: 1979
Description: Formal portrait of Vel Phillips during her tenure as Wisconsin's Secretary of State.
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S. Ana Heller, as an Unknown Profession

Date: 1905
Description: S. Ana Heller, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as an unclear profession, putting a piece of paper or cloth in a bucket. Part of...
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Four Women Sewing

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Description: A group of four women sewing in a business setting.

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