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Andrew Dahl with Seminary Classmates

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Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Andrew Dahl at seminary re-union with Rev.Hagbarth Engh and Rev. Jens Andreas Wang.
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1905
Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Sam Carley Blowsnake (HoChunkHaTeKah), wearing a hat and sporting long hair, is sitting next to ...
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Organized Winnebago Indian Show Company

Date: 1885
Description: In this photograph, copied by Van Schaick from another photographer, Wild West show promoter Tom Roddy is standing on the far right, along with his cast of...
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Group Portrait of Ho-Chunk Family

Date: 1906
Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk family, Jim White Bear, his wife Kate, and their children (four girls and a boy). Kate White Bear and the older girls are wea...
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William R. Holmes, as a Magician

Date: 1905
Description: William R. Holmes, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as a professional magician in front of a painted backdrop. Pictured with a m...
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Two Men Pose with Flowers and Photograph

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Description: Two men sit in a photography studio and pose with a photograph of a standing man which is displayed between two vases of flowers on a table in front of a p...
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Group Studio Portrait of Four Men

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Description: A studio portrait of four standing men in suits holding top hats and canes in front of a painted backdrop. They are all wearing long suit jackets over thei...
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Studio Portrait of Four Musicians

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Description: A studio portrait of four well-dressed men carrying instrument cases in front of a painted backdrop. They are all wearing long coats, top hats, and gloves.
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Musicians Playing Instruments

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Description: A studio portrait of four men playing musical instruments in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing suit jackets, vests, neckties, and trousers. The...
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Four Guitar Players

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Description: A studio portrait of four men posing with guitars in front of a painted backdrop. They are all wearing suit jackets, vests, neckties, and trousers.
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Studio Portrait of Guitar Players

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Description: Four musicians stand with their guitars and pose for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. They are all wearing hats, with suit jackets, vests,...
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Three Musicians in Blackface and Costume

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Description: Three musicians, two males with banjos and possibly a woman with a guitar, pose in blackface and costumes for a studio portrait in front of a painted backd...
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Portrait of Couple and Infant in Painted Rowboat

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Description: A studio portrait of a couple and an infant sit behind a board painted with a decorative rowboat in front of a painted backdrop. The man and woman are both...
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Two Men in Painted Rowboat

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Description: Two men sit behind a board painted with a decorative rowboat and pose for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. Both men are wearing suit jacke...
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Studio Portrait of Two Men in a Painted Rowboat

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Description: Two men sit behind a board painted with a decorative rowboat for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. Both men are wearing suit jackets and ha...
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Eight Group Portraits of Three Young Men

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Description: Eight group exposures of three men in a photography studio posing in front of a painted backdrop. From left to right, starting in the upper left corner: re...
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Eight Portraits of Two Men

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Description: Eight exposures of two men, perhaps medical students, in a photography studio and posing in front of a painted backdrop. From left to right, starting in th...
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The Oderbolz Family

Date: 1880
Description: Three-quarter length studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of young people in a European American family posed standing. The woman wear dres...
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Portrait of a Couple and Five Children

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Description: A studio portrait of a seated man, and a woman holding a child, surrounded by two girls and two boys posing in front of a painted backdrop. The man and boy...
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Portrait of a Couple and Four Children

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Description: A studio portrait of a seated man and woman surrounded by two boys and two girls in front of a painted backdrop. On the left can be seen the edge of the ba...

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