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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman and Child

Date: 05 07 1913
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of a woman in Ho-Chunk regalia wrapped in a blanket, with a child on her back. The child is wearing a fur hat, and the woman...
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Mary MacLaren

Date: 07 21 1916
Description: Studio portrait of Mary MacLaren, Bluebird Photoplays star, in a formal dress leaning on a chair.
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Child with Book

Date: 09 30 1988
Description: Young girl holding a book about child care written by Dr. Benjamin Spock, M.D. She is holding the book upside down.
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John J. Esch

Date: 1915
Description: U.S. Congressman of Wisconsin John J. Esch seated at his desk.
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Senator Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn

Date: 01 1953
Description: Joseph (Joe) McCarthy is seen here with his chief counsel, Roy Cohn, whom he hired on the advice of J. Edgar Hoover.
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Francke at Conference

Date: 1953
Description: Donald Francke, representing the American Association of Pharmacy, stands to the right of one of the officers from the British Pharmaceutical Association a...
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Theodore Roosevelt

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length portrait of Theodore Roosevelt.
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International Harvester Dealership

Date: 07 13 1928
Description: View from street towards three men standing in the doorway of an International Harvester farm equipment and truck dealership.
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) and Park

Date: 1900
Description: Pedestrians and a horse and cart at the intersection of Main Street and Monona Avenue (South Wisconsin Avenue until December 1, 1877; Martin Luther King J...
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Alfred C. Clas

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of Alfred C. Clas (1859-1942), Milwaukee architect whose firm designed the Wisconsin Historical Society Headquarters building. The architectural f...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1909
Description: Studio portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., about the time he founded "La Follette's Magazine."
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"Wrong Way" Corrigan

Date: 08 09 1938
Description: Douglas Corrigan examining a compass with General Evan Humphreys after Corrigan "mistakenly" flew from New York to Ireland. Corrigan claimed that he had re...
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Children at Brittingham Park

Date: 1905
Description: Group of children playing with a makeshift diving board at Brittingham Bay swimming hole.
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Woman Operating Cream Separator

Date: 11 1919
Description: Mrs. Robert Viall operating a belt-driven cream separator. The separator is powered by an International engine.
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Abandoned Toddlers

Date: 01 13 1965
Description: Toddlers looking into the camera with tears in their eyes. They were found abandoned at the Central YWCA.
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Model Train

Date: 03 03 1987
Description: Members of the Kettle Moraine Railroad Club operate an HO gauge railroad on a 7x25 foot platform at a weekend model railroad show.
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Construction Workers Picket

Date: 1955
Description: A man wearing a construction workers' union sign pickets in the bright sun, followed by a young boy with a homemade sign of support.
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Feeding young Fawn

Date: 1950
Description: A fawn suckles a meal from a bottle held by a young girl inside the cage.
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Practical Joke

Date: 1950
Description: Mounted on a ladder, a man is poised to empty a bucket onto the open umbrella of a man sitting on a sidewalk bench.
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Theodore Roosevelt

Date: 1909
Description: Studio portrait of Teddy Roosevelt around the end of his term as president of the United States.

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