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Basketball Team

Date: 1908
Description: Basketball team poses for a group portrait.
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Engine Assembly at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1908
Description: Men working on stationary engines at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. Some of the engines are marked with the letters "FAM" which may refer to th...
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1908
Description: Portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
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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."
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William Howard Taft

Date: 1908
Description: Studio portrait of William Howard Taft prior to his tenure as president of the United States.
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Patients at Wisconsin State Tuberculosis Sanitorium

Date: 1908
Description: View of a group of men dressed in winter clothes, under blankets, sitting in an outdoor porch at the Wisconsin State Tuberculosis Sanitorium in Wales. Capt...
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Tuberculosis Ward at River Pines Sanatorium

Date: 1908
Description: Snow-filled porch at the River Pines Tuberculosis Sanitorium.
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Young Boy with Tricycle

Date: 1908
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young boy with a tricycle.
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Portrait of Four Young Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1908
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in front of two Ho-Chunk men posing standing. All the men are...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1908
Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing several necklaces, earrings, and rings. Both have sh...
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Studio Portrait of Carrie Elk and Unidentified Woman

Date: 1908
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk women, Carrie Elk (ENooKah) posing sitting with a fringed shawl on her lap, and an unidentif...
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Studio Portrait of Esther White

Date: 1908
Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk girl posing sitting on a cloth-covered chair in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing several necklaces, file bracelets...
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Portrait of Alice Mary Blackdeer Hopkinah

Date: 1908
Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman, Alice Mary Blackdeer Hopkinah (NautchGePinWinKah), posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a wom...
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Studio Portrait of Winneshiek Children

Date: 1908
Description: Studio portrait of three Ho-Chunk children posing in front of a painted backdrop. Identified as the children of Chief George Winneshiek (WaConChawNeeKah) a...
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Historical Society Reading Room

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated view of the length of the Historical Society Library Reading Room, including tables, chairs, lamps and skylight.
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John Muir with a Book

Date: 1908
Description: Portrait of John Muir. He is seated and is reading a book.
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Clara Resting

Date: 1908
Description: Clara Middleton lies on a love seat with her feet supported on a folding rocking chair.
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Dorothy Jardon in "The Merry-Go-Round"

Date: 1908
Description: Dorothy Jardon in a White Studio publicity photograph for her first Broadway appearance, the musical comedy "The Merry-Go-Round," which opened at the Circl...
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Portrait of a Man

Date: 1908
Description: A copy print of a studio portrait of a seated African American man with a full beard. He wears a tattered hat and soiled overalls and jacket.
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Bar Interior

Date: 1908
Description: Two men standing at a bar with a bartender. The back of the bar is mirrored and reflects some of the room, with a wood stove seen in the reflection. A cash...

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