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Arthur Pugh

Date: 1885
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Arthur Pugh standing. He was the captain of the Lakeside Polo Club. He is wearing a cap, athl...
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School for the Oral Instruction of the Deaf

Date: 1885
Description: Formal group portrait of the students attending the Milwaukee Day School for the Oral Instruction of the Deaf. The first public day school for the deaf, es...
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Jacob Witting, Jr.

Date: 1885
Description: Jacob Witting, Jr., was born January 15, 1837 in Renhoff, Prussia. He was a soldier in the Iron Brigade during the Civil War. Jacob is posing standing with...
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Solomon Freeman

Date: 1885
Description: Portrait of Solomon Freeman wearing a suit and sitting in a chair. Solomon Freeman was a slave purchased by Abraham Bush as a boy. The Bush family moved to...
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George A. Whiting Paper Mill

Date: 1885
Description: The George A. Whiting Paper Mill, with men posing on switching engines of the three railroads then operating in the city in the foreground. Left to right: ...
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Eau Claire Deer Hunters

Date: 1885
Description: Six deer hunters are posing with their rifles, dogs, and nine killed deer hanging from a buck pole supported by log structures on the left and right.
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Jerome Francis Franklin, Sr.

Date: 1885
Description: Formal quarter-length studio portrait of Jerome Francis Franklin, Sr. as a young man, about 30 years old. At this time he was married to Ettina Mae Perry F...
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Hettie and James Albee

Date: 1885
Description: Waist-up, vignetted portrait of a couple. These are James Albee and his wife Hettie (nee Letier).
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Wm. Dittberner, Merchant Tailor and Millinery Store

Date: 1885
Description: Exterior view of the store with a false front. A sign along the porch on the left reads: "Millinery" and a sign in the center reads: "Wm. Dittberner, Merch...
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"The Mistletoe Bough"

Date: 1885
Description: Group portrait of four men and four women, all in costume. One woman is dressed in a bridal gown. Caption reads: "'The Mistletoe Bough' 1885. Mary R. Brigh...
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Carol Sanderson and Paul D. Carpenter as Martha and George Washington

Date: 1885
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of two children, Carol Sanderson and Paul D. Carpenter, in costume as Martha and George Washington. The reverse of the cabinet car...
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"Indian Mary"

Date: 1885
Description: A cyanotype portrait of Mary Crane, a Ho-Chunk Indian woman. She has a blanket around her shoulders and is wearing a headband.
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Daniel Agnew

Date: 1885
Description: Engraved lithographic quarter-length portrait of Daniel Agnew, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1873-1879, and author of the 1887 book <...
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Site of Perrot's Wintering Post

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view over trees towards the Mississippi River. 1885-90. Across the field in the foreground are people with an American flag standing along the sho...
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High School Baseball Team

Date: 1885
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a high school baseball team.
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First Artesian Well in DePere

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people standing near an artesian well. Men wearing long coats and hats to protect them from the water are standing on and unde...

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