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Mathilde Anneke

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Description: Photograph from a drawing of a portrait of Mathilde Anneke. Script below the portrait reads: "about 25-years-old."
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Mrs. Grover Cleveland

Date: 1887
Description: Formal portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Frances Folsom Cleveland, wife of President Grover Cleveland, during his first term.
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Susan B. Anthony with Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Date: 1891
Description: Portrait of Susan B. Anthony (standing), with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, five years after completion of their three-volume work entitled "History of Woman Suf...
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Laying Asphalt

Date: 07 07 1988
Description: A worker wipes his brow as he spreads asphalt on a driveway on a hot summer day.
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Bullheaded Bovine

Date: 08 13 1970
Description: A boy tries to convince a Hereford to walk down a ramp at the fairgrounds.
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Frisbee Catch

Date: 03 28 1980
Description: A frisbee is backlit by the sun as a boy reaches out to catch it.
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Friendly Persuasion

Date: 08 06 1987
Description: Two women coax a stubborn calf at the State Fair.
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Tired Kitten

Date: 06 03 1963
Description: Nancy Krahn dressed as a kitten relaxes after dance practice.
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Buttered Corn

Date: 09 30 1959
Description: A boy eating buttered corn on the cob at a Golden Spike Day party.
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The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus and Flooded Road

Date: 05 30 1908
Description: The Great Wallace Shows, horses and wagons, were flooded out by a sudden cloudburst.
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Susan B. Anthony

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Description: A portrait of an elderly Susan B. Anthony. She is known primarily for her leadership in the women's rights movement, but was also an activist for other soc...
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Vegetable Display, Milwaukee County 4-H Fair

Date: 07 24 1983
Description: Tammy Meiller, 16, of the Blue Eagles 4-H Club, looks over a display of vegetables in the Milwaukee County 4-H Fair at the Mayfair Mall Shopping Center.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Bowling League

Date: 1916
Description: Group portrait of the State Capitol Bowling League for 1916 and 1917.
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Dreyfus "State of the State" Address

Date: 01 31 1979
Description: Framed by a window in the Assembly Chamber door, Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus addresses the Wisconsin Legislature.
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Braden Freed!

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Carl Braden (center) leaves the LaGrange Prison with his wife Anne and his attorney Robert Zollinger. Braden was released after a Supreme Court decision ru...
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Louise Fazenda

Date: 1918
Description: Publicity still of Louise Fazenda with broom and janitor's hat.
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Irene Castle, in Watch Your Step

Date: 1914
Description: Full-length publicity portrait of Irene Castle in a tripping pose for Irving Berlin's 1914 Broadway musical Watch Your Step.
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Knute Reindahl Painting with Violin

Date: 06 23 1962
Description: Corner of room with a painting of Knute Reindahl, a violin, a candlestick and an ornate mirror, taken at Reindahl's home.
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Lakeside Stairway

Date: 1898
Description: Lakeside entrance exterior stairway of an elaborate residence at Lake Geneva.
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Portrait of Albert G. Schmedeman

Date: 1910
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a young Albert Schmedeman.

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