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Railroad Office

Date: 1887
Description: General office of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company in the Mitchell Building in Milwaukee. Left to right: the individual seated in left ...
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Mrs. Grover Cleveland

Date: 1887
Description: Formal portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Frances Folsom Cleveland, wife of President Grover Cleveland, during his first term.
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Junior Grain Binder

Date: 1887
Description: Back cover of an advertising brochure for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color chromolithograph illustration of the Milwaukee Junior binder, t...
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Mrs. Langtry in "As in a Looking-Glass"

Date: 1887
Description: Lillie Langtry is in character as the adventuress Lena Despard from the play "As in a Looking-Glass." In this full-length portrait, she is seated, facing ...
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Visitors at Camp Douglas

Date: 1887
Description: A group of visitors to Camp Douglas are gathered at the edge of an open field, perhaps observing military exercises. Several carry umbrellas.
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Camp of Wisconsin National Guard at Fairground

Date: 1887
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin National Guard encampment at Racine County fairgrounds. Several tents are set up in the background, while visitors mingle in...
Book or Pamphlet

Back Cover of Excelsior Harvesting Machines Catalog

Date: 1887
Description: Back cover with the title: "A Group of Folding Binders" and four color illustrations. The top left illustration shows a man driving "The No. 7 Light Excels...
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Catherine Seipp and Her Children

Date: 1887
Description: Group studio portrait in front of a painted background. Catherine Orb Seipp, seated at left, poses with her children. From left: Conrad, Clara, Emma (stand...
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Wedding Portrait of Bernhard Stieg and Mary Dittbermer

Date: 1887
Description: Formal portrait of Bernhard Stieg, a pharmacist, & Mary (Dittbermer) Stieg, a milliner, in their wedding clothes. Bernhard is seated and wearing a dark sui...
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"Mrs. Richard Adams"

Date: 1887
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of a woman identified as "Mrs. Adams."
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Louisa May Alcott

Date: 1887
Description: Seated profile portrait of American novelist Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women and its sequels.
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Katharine Allen

Date: 1887
Description: Vignetted head and shoulders carte-de-visite portrait of Katharine Allen, daughter of historian and UW-Madison classics professor William Francis Allen. Ca...

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