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Olgivanna and Iovanna Wright

Date: 1926
Description: Olgivanna Wright holds her daughter, Iovanna, possibly at Hillside School on the Taliesin grounds.
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Olgivanna and Iovanna Wright

Date: 1926
Description: Olgivanna Wright holding Iovanna, her daughter.
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Frederick Mason Brown

Date: 1926
Description: Frederick Mason Brown, age 64.
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Harold Smith and Max

Date: 1926
Description: Harold Smith, wearing a hat, coat, and gloves, sits on a porch step with Max the dog. He is holding a pipe in his right hand.
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Studio Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Man Wearing Winter Clothing

Date: 1926
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting and wearing a heavy winter suit coat, scarf, and hat. The Ho-Chunk powwow g...
Postcard

Summer White House on the Brule

Date: 1926
Description: Black and white postcard view of Cedar Island Lodge, located on the Brule River, owned by Henry Clay Pierce, businessman and financier. It was dubbed the S...
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Mr. & Mrs. Houdini

Date: 1926
Description: Harry and Bess (Beatrice) Houdini in formal attire, the year of his death from acute appendicitis.
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Man and Woman Wrapped in Wire Fencing

Date: 1926
Description: Portrait of a man and a woman posed together, wrapped in wire fencing. It must be a prank because they are both smiling. She is wearing a hat with a plume ...
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John Gilbert and Ramon Novarro

Date: 1926
Description: Actors John Gilbert and Ramon Novarro compare their moustaches. Gilbert is in costume.
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Album: 1st and 2nd Residents

Date: 1926
Description: First page of an album kept by Neighborhood House, with individual images of head resident Gay Braxton, second resident Mary Lee Griggs, and two exterior v...
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Dorothy Sunne in Winter Coat and Cap

Date: 1926
Description: Dorothy Sunne (b. 1922) stands on a stump in front of her house. She is wearing a winter coat with a cap, stockings and shoes.
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Chief "White Wing" at Pow Wow

Date: 1926
Description: Portrait of Native American man sitting in the grass wearing headdress, beaded pants and moccasins. An axe is lying in the grass at his side.
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Man and Woman Wrapped in Wire Fencing

Date: 1926
Description: Portrait of a man and a woman posed together, wrapped in wire fencing. It must be a prank because they are both smiling. She is wearing a hat with a plume ...
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Young Couple in a Landscape

Date: 1926
Description: A young couple wearing coats and hats are posing outdoors.
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Posing with Chevy Sedan

Date: 1926
Description: Florentina and Alexander Krueger posing in front of a Chevy Sedan.
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John Nuwi

Date: 1926
Description: John Nuwi wrapped in a blanket and seated in a chair in front of his summer tent at Skunk Hill..
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William F. and Conrad Petersen

Date: 1926
Description: William F. Petersen holds his son Conrad in the waters of Geneva Lake off the shore of Black Point. There are sailboats in the background.
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Man Sitting on Harley-Davidson Motorcycle

Date: 1926
Description: Raymond (Ray) Griesemer is sitting on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle. He is wearing leather gloves, a jacket with sheepskin lining, dark pants, lace-up boo...
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Bicycle

Date: 1926
Description: Barbara Brumder, daughter of Herbert P. and Margaret Bouer Brumder, is posing standing with a bicycle on the flagstone patio of the family's summer home on...
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Barbara and Dog

Date: 1926
Description: Barbara Brumder, daughter of Herbert P. and Margaret Bouer Brumder, sitting on a garden bench with her arm around a spaniel-type dog.

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