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Outdoor Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Susie Redhorn "HiNukIGa" (Woman), daughter of Frank Redhorn and Lucy Prettyman, shown in later years posing by two baskets. The photograph was taken at the...
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William Tennant Sitting

Date: 1912
Description: Studio portrait of William Tennant, a magazine and newspaper agent in Black River Falls, sitting in a chair holding a magazine. His artificial legs are pr...
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Old Ladies' Home

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of an "old ladies' home." Caption reads: "Old Ladies' Home, Racine, Wis."
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Tall-tale Postcard: Onions

Date: 10 30 1909
Description: An elderly, bearded man hauls a giant onion using a dolly. The man is wearing a black hat and white work gloves. The background shows the side of a barn....
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Two Elderly Men

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two elderly men in suits, one standing and the other, James Gorman, sitting on a table.
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Protestant Home for the Aged

Date: 1911
Description: Four-story extended building. A woman with an umbrella is near the left entrance, and a man is walking across the raised lawn near the center right. Captio...
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Protestant Home for the Aged

Date: 1910
Description: Four-story building from the right front. An entrance is on each end, and a flag pole is on the far right roof. Caption reads: "Milwaukee Protestant Home f...
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Singer Advertising Card - Indian Group

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a group of men from India in "native" Indian costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All Nations,"...
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John Johnson

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of John Johnson, a private in Company D, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Regimental an...
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McCormick Memorial Home

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Description: Color photographic postcard of the driveway and front entrance to the the McCormick Memorial Home for the Aged located at 212 Iroquois Street. Trees along ...
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Four Generation Portrait

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Description: Four generation group portrait of (left to right), Mrs. Kalscheur, Mrs. Frank Brunner, Josephine Laufenberg (baby) and Priscilla Bowar in front of a painte...

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