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WMAQ Radio Station

Date: 1924
Description: Interior of WMAQ Radio Station with Chief Engineer Donald Weller standing.
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Preacher Delivers Sermon on Tuberculosis

Date: 04 1924
Description: Preacher Chas V. Reed delivering a sermon on tuberculosis in conjunction with an International Harvester Agricultural Extension Department lecture. Mr. Ree...
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Man Talking on Telephone

Date: 07 1927
Description: Man using a telephone mounted to an interior wall. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. It was used to...
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Wright Flyer in England

Date: 1938
Description: After his "mistaken" trans-Atlantic flight to Great Britain, Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan visited the original 1903 Wright Flyer then on display at the Sci...
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Man Reads Magazine to Young Child

Date: 08 1925
Description: Mr. Wolfe sitting in a chair reading Successful Farming magazine to a young child on his lap.
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Cornelius Wheeler

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Description: Portrait of Cornelius Wheeler of Portage, who served in Company I, 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.
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Arthur McArthur

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Description: Judge Arthur McArthur (1815-1896). Grandfather of General Douglas MacArthur and Wisconsin's fourth governor.
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Man Looking Through Electro File

Date: 04 1925
Description: Mr. Priestman standing on a ladder, looking through the "electro file."
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Copy Photograph of George Funmaker

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Description: Three-quarter length copy photograph of a Ho-Chunk man posed standing. He is wearing full regalia, including a finger braided sash, and holding a calumet p...
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Portrait of David Goodvillage with Wife and Granddaughter

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Description: Studio portrait of a Sioux man, Ho-Chunk woman, and Ho-Chunk girl, all posing standing in front of a painted backdrop and wearing full regalia. Identified ...
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Studio Portrait of Alec Lonetree

Date: 1910
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Alec (Alex) Lonetree (NaENeeKeeKah), dressed in a mix of Ho-Chunk and non-Ho-Chunk regalia. H...
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Studio Portrait of Thomas Thunder in Regalia

Date: 1910
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of Thomas Thunder (Hoonk Ha Ga Kah) (Son of [Wa Con Cha Kah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [We Hon Pe Kaw] Lucy Bea...
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Man Wearing Wild West Outfit

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a man with a large moustache and trimmed beard wearing a Wild West outfit, including a wide-brimmed hat, fringed shirt, and ...
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Brown and Telex

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Description: Journalist Cecil Brown reading communication being printed on a telex machine.
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Professor J.H. Persey

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American man, with a moustache, posing standing with his legs crossed and leaning ...
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Studio Portrait of a Man with a Trumpet

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified man posing standing and holding a trumpet.
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Studio Portrait of Alvin Baldus

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Congressman Alvin Baldus. Baldus served in the U.S. House of Representatives from the Wisconsin 3rd Congressional Distric...
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Newton Minow and Leo Solomon

Date: 11 1962
Description: Newton Minow and Leo Solomon shake hands in front of a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plaque. Minow appears to be receiving an award.
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Allcott Family

Date: 1852
Description: Whole plate daguerreotype of the Allcott family. The parents, Sidney S. and his wife Julia, are seated. Sidney faces partially left, Julia forward. Their t...
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Unidentified Couple

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Description: Portrait of a woman and a man standing and posing together. They are surrounded by ferns, flowers, and candles. The woman is wearing a dress, presumably a ...

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