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Chief Oshkosh

Date: 1850
Description: Drawing of Chief Oshkosh rendered from a daguerreotype by J.F. Harrison. He is wearing a top hat wrapped with a ribbon. Also a suitcoat, bowtie, beaded nec...
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Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor

Date: 11 08 1900
Description: Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor, Diocese of Fund du Lac. Three Bishops seated, l to r: Bishop Nicholson of Milwaukee; Bishop Grafton of F...
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Eva Lauffer Deutschkron

Date: 09 16 1980
Description: Holocaust survivor Eva Lauffer Deutschkron at her Madison home.
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Portrait of Karola Frankenthal Epstein (nee Rosenfeld)

Date: 10 08 1980
Description: Holocaust survivor Karola Frankenthal Epstein (nee Rosenfeld) at her Madison home.
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Magda Herzberger at the Piano

Date: 10 16 1980
Description: Magda Herzberger sits at the piano at her home.
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Magda Herzberger in Yard

Date: 10 16 1980
Description: Magda Herzberger holds two pinecones in her hands while standing in the yard at her home.
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Magda Herzberger Lecturing

Date: 11 06 1980
Description: Magda Herzberger points to a photographic image projected onto a screen while giving a lecture about the Holocaust at Monroe High School.
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Eugene and Magda Herzberger in Israel

Date: 1955
Description: Eugene and Magda Herzberger (at left) with friends in the Negev region of Israel. They pose near a camel held on a tether by a man, possibly of Bedouin des...
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Magda Herzberger with Plaque

Date: 11 06 1980
Description: Magda Herzberger stands in front of a map of the United States holding a wooden plaque carved with a Star of David and the inscription, "In Gratitude to Ma...
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Magda Herzberger Holding Watch

Date: 10 16 1980
Description: Magda Herzberger sits in an upholstered chair in her home holding the watch that was given to her father on the occasion of his Baccalaureate in Cluj, Roma...
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Portrait of Miss Prilvits

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Description: Copy negative of possibly a tintype. Quarter-length oval portrait. The sitter is possibly Miss Prilvits. She is wearing earrings and has a ribbon in her ha...
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Blatz Wiener Beer Advertisement

Date: 1905
Description: An advertisement for Blatz Wiener beer featuring two well-dressed men and two women seated at a restaurant table drinking Blatz Beer. There is a potted pla...
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Emma Fuller Stevens

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Description: Oval-framed waist-up portrait of Emma Fuller Stevens wearing an elaborate dress. Her hair is braided and she is wearing earrings.
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Elizabeth Nord

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Elizabeth Nord wearing a pearl necklace.
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Gulley's 25th Anniversary Party

Date: 07 1955
Description: Beatrice (Bea) and Carson Gulley posing together at their 25th wedding anniversary party in their new home at 5701 Cedar Place. The home was located in the...
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Olympia Brown

Date: 1865
Description: Seated portrait of Olympia Brown.
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Mary Davison Bradford

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Mary Davison Bradford. She was the first women in Wisconsin to serve as a superintendent of schools. She served in Kenosha from 1910-1...
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Sybil Nash Playing the Piano

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Description: Sybil Nash, wearing a white blouse, sitting and playing the piano. Sybil Nash was a Hanks family friend.
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Sybil Nash Dressed in Formal Suit and Hat

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Description: Sybil Nash, a Hanks family friend, is sitting in a chair near a window. She is wearing a beribboned hat with veil, a suit with a blouse and lacy tie, leath...

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