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Boy Throwing Ball

Date: 05 1928
Description: Young boy throwing a ball on the grounds of the Viall School, Cook County, Illinois.
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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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Children Holding Hands

Date: 1869
Description: Portrait of two unidentified children holding hands while posing on homemade fancy chairs. The girl is dressed in a hand-me-down dress cut from a heavy woo...
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Portrait of Young Woman

Date: 1870
Description: Portrait of an unidentified young woman with clear view of bodice trim, lace collar and jewelry.
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Ingeborg Dahl

Date: 1871
Description: The studio portrait of Ingeborg Dahl made after her marriage to Nels, the photographer's brother.
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Portrait of Woman with Lace Trim Collar

Date: 1872
Description: Seated portrait of a woman with curled hair, lace trim collar with pin and earrings.
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Iver B. Lund and Wife

Date: 1876
Description: Half of a double portrait of Ever or Iver B. Lund and wife, of Blue Mounds, Blue Valley. He was a tailor by trade. Note his withered left leg.
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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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Boy with Tin Cans

Date: 1915
Description: A boy is standing behind a box of tin cans waiting to be carted to the dump. The boy is holding tin cans hanging from string in his hand.
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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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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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Copy Photograph of a Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Waist-up copy photograph of a studio portrait of Ho-Chunk woman wearing bead necklaces and earrings, probably the wife of Dr. Bill Thunder and the mother o...
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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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Studio Portrait of Veteran Ruby Whiterabbit

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of World War II veteran Ruby Whiterabbit. She is sitting and wearing an eagle feather war bonnet (m...
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: A studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman. She wears drop earrings and many beaded necklaces.
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Studio Portrait of Two Standing Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1885
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two unidentified Ho-Chunk women. The woman on the left is wearing a dress with many panels of...
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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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Child in a Yard

Date: 1921
Description: Smiling young girl standing in a yard holding fabric, perhaps an apron.
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Woman in a Wheelchair

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Description: Portrait of a woman sitting in a wheelchair indoors.
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Wedding at Black Point

Date: 06 13 1953
Description: Claire Chapin, granddaughter of Clara Seipp Bartholomay, with her husband, William Frederick Carr, on their wedding day at Black Point Estate. Geneva Lake ...

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