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Chet Huntley with Equipment

Date: 1956
Description: Chet Huntley, manning a portable television unit, for coverage of 1956 political conventions.
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Photograph Gallery of Charles Van Schaick

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Description: Man petting dog, who is sitting on a chair, inside the photographic studio. There is a large studio camera on the left, several pieces of studio furniture,...
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Video Portraits

Date: 04 02 1987
Description: Three school children are posing for a video camera portrait, one attraction at a school fair sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA).
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Milwaukee Journal Photographer

Date: 1950
Description: Milwaukee Journal photographer with display of cameras and flash units. He is dramatically demonstrating the use of flash powder.
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Group of Young People on Dock

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Description: Group of six young men and women standing on dock of an Apostle Island.
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J. Robert Taylor with Camera

Date: 1936
Description: J. Robert Taylor standing in the middle of a street, holding a large camera. On the left, a car is driving by, and a person is walking on the sidewalk in t...
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Man and Woman on Location for "Romance of the Reaper"

Date: 1929
Description: A production still for the Fox Hearst film "Romance of the Reaper." The film was produced by International Harvester at Walnut Grove to celebrate the Reape...
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Portrait of Robert Bloch: Laborer

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Description: Bloch dressed as a "laborer," worried about what he would do for a living if he couldn't write. The photograph was taken for the "History" scrapbook.
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Harold N. Hone and His Wife Vivian

Date: 1939
Description: A studio portrait of Harold and Vivian Hone posing with a camera.
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Man Posing with Camera

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Description: A studio portrait of a man posing with a camera in front of a painted background. He wears a white shirt, suspenders and a hat.
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Photographic Self-Portrait of David Gander

Date: 1916
Description: A photographic self-portrait of David Gander taken in a mirror. He is posed with a camera and is wearing a jacket and a hat. In the background appears to b...
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Gary MacDonald and Roger Grant

Date: 1990
Description: Gary MacDonald (left) and Roger Grant (right), photography professors at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, posing alongside a camera.
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David Schoenbrun

Date: 1967
Description: American journalist David Schoenbrun photographed during a two-week visit to North Vietnam.
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Paul Vanderbilt and his Camera

Date: 1963
Description: A candid portrait of Paul Vanderbilt in the field with his large format camera set up. He is standing next to a State Historical Society of Wisconsin vehic...
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Matthew Witt Posing with Camera

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Description: Photographer Matthew Witt poses with one of his cameras, holding the shutter release. It is placed on a table with a fringed tablecloth. He is wearing a su...
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Greg Langenfeld

Date: 02 1980
Description: "Dr. Greg Langenfeld is an avid photographer, shoots color film, and does his own processing."
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Dick Hanley

Date: 1944
Description: Casual portrait of photographer Sergeant Dick Hanley, smiling broadly and perched on the spare tire of a jeep, of YANK Army Weekly magazine. In his ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 400-412

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Description: We were promised, we were told
that candy came in stripes and boxes

But some was stacked,
like lost rewards, the chocolate-coated paradoxes
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Advance Registration for UW Freshmen

Date: 07 23 1959
Description: Joy Justesen of Sun Prairie poses for an identification photo as she participates in the advance registration process for University of Wisconsin freshmen.
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Man Photographing his Aunt

Date: 07 1982
Description: Dr. Greg Langenfeld photographs his aunt Clara Bandlow with his Leica camera.

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