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McCormick Reaper Works Forge Shop

Date: 1902
Description: Men working in the forge shop of the McCormick Reaper Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. In 1902 it became the McCor...
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Ole Emerson's Lumber Camp Bunkhouse

Date: 1902
Description: Lumbermen in their bunk house at Ole Emerson's lumber camp. Several of them have pipes in their mouths and their socks are hanging to dry.
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Gross Anatomy

Date: 1902
Description: Medical students dissect a cadaver at the Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons, University of Illinois. Surnames on the students' aprons include: Cor...
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Operating Theater

Date: 1902
Description: Dr. Nicholas Senn demonstrates surgical techniques at Rush Medical College.
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Tuskegee Institute Machine Shop

Date: 1902
Description: The machine shop at the "Normal School for Negroes" or the Tuskegee Institute in action. The students are diligently working at the machinery in the shop.
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Breaker Boy

Date: 1902
Description: Andrew Chippa hired on with Markle & Co., miners of anthracite coal to pay off his father's debt of $54 to the company store since his father's death in th...
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Andrew Carnegie

Date: 1902
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Andrew Carnegie.
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William Deering

Date: 1902
Description: William Deering (1826-1913), founder of the Deering Harvester Company. In 1902 the Deering company became part of the International Harvester Company.
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Chris Borg, Deering Factory Superintendent

Date: 1902
Description: Portrait of Chris Borg (1859-1945), superintendent of International Harvester's Deering Works. Mr. Borg started as a metal patternmaker in the Deering Harv...
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Mary Louisa Atwood

Date: 1902
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Mary Louisa Atwood standing and wearing a long dress, age 47.
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The Late Major J.W. Powell

Date: 1902
Description: Waist-up studio portrait, with accompanying obituary entry, of Major John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), American soldier, explorer, and geologist. Best known ...
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Charles F. Pfister, Henry C. Payne, and Frank G. Bigelow

Date: 1902
Description: Studio group portrait of (left to right) Charles F. Pfister, Henry C. Payne, and Frank G. Bigelow.

Pfister was a Milwaukee financier, who - among numerou...

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Young Ho-Chunk Man in Style of an Unmarried Man

Date: 1902
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Frank Washington Lincoln (ChakShepKonNeKah), dressed in the style of a single man with crossed bandolier bags. He is wearing...
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Studio Portrait of Will Thunder

Date: 1902
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Will Thunder (NaKikSayWaHeKah) (son of [WaConChaKah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [WeHonPeKaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder) sitti...
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Studio Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1902
Description: Full-length portrait of Dora Youngswan (DCooMonEWinKah), left, and Fannie Youngswan (ENaKahKah). They are sitting in front of a painted backdrop.
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Men Howard McKee and Frank Lincoln

Date: 1902
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men in front of a painted backdrop. They are identified as Frank Washington Lincoln (ChakShepKonNeKah), who is ...
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Studio Portrait of Minnie Pigeon and Emma Blowsnake

Date: 1902
Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women, Minnie Pigeon Whiteotter Blowsnake Davis (AhHooKeShelNWinKah), left, and Emma Blowsnake Battise Good bear Walking Pr...
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A.N. Meyer

Date: 1902
Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of A.N. Meyer, wearing a suit jacket, vest, and tie.
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Henry Weber

Date: 1902
Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Henry Weber, wearing a suit jacket, vest, and tie.
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Valentin Jesion

Date: 1902
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Valentin Jesion.

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