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William Howard Taft, Our Next President

Date: 1908
Description: Portrait of William Howard Taft, used in his 1908 presidential election campaign. Caption reads: "William Howard Taft, Our Next President."
Photograph

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Moore

Date: 1908
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Jerome J. Moore outdoors at their home next to the Wisconsin Central Railroad tracks. Mr. Moore has a pipe in his mouth and is walking on crut...
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Love's Offering

Date: 1908
Description: Valentine's Day card in the shape of a heart, with a woman in a long pink dress sitting in a meadow as the central image. She is holding a heart and flower...
Photograph

Family on the Dock

Date: 1908
Description: The photographer's family poses on the dock beside the ship "Sailor Boy" of Sturgeon Bay. Clothilde Hotz holds the hand of Ferdinand Leonard (Fedy); daught...
Photograph

Actress Florence Lawrence in a head and shoulders studio portrait with hat

Date: 1908
Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Florence Lawrence wearing a hat. She wears a cameo and looks directly at the camera.
Photograph

Unidentified Woman in Formal Wear

Date: 1908
Description: Unidentified lady, seated, wearing an off-the-shoulder short-sleeved ballgown, which appears to have fur decorating the collar and shoulders. She is restin...
Photograph

Members of Dr. Joseph Smith's Family

Date: 1908
Description: Harriet Millard, Mary E. Smith, and Harriet Millard Smith seated on a porch.
Photograph

Jessie Jack Hooper

Date: 1908
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Jessie Jack Hooper.
Photograph

William Wendorf Family

Date: 1908
Description: Outdoor portrait of the William Wendorf family. William Wendorf is sitting in a rocking chair holding a cane, while Mabel Kyzowski is sitting on his lap. O...
Photograph

Bartholomay Family

Date: 1908
Description: Clara Seipp Bartholomay (1871-1956) and her husband, Henry Bartholomay, Jr. pose with their children, from left, Henry Conrad, Catherine, and Elsa Marie fo...
Postcard

Qua-bas-er-o-qua

Date: 1908
Description: Photographic postcard of Qua-bas-er-o-qua, an Ojibwa (Chippewa) woman. She is seated on the ground in a low woven chair, and is wearing traditional clothin...
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Downer College Graduation

Date: 1908
Description: Outdoor group portrait of women graduating from Downer College standing in front of a vine covered wall. The woman are wearing long white dresses with high...
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State Board of Health and Vital Statistics

Date: 1908
Description: Seven people are posing together. The women are wearing coats and dresses, and the man in the center is wearing a coat and necktie. The postcard was addres...

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