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Painting

Nellie Jane Manning

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Description: Full-length portrait of Nellie Jane Manning.
Photograph

Women in the Rain

Date: 1900
Description: Three women in hats and long skirts walk with umbrellas in the rain.
Photograph

Professor Edward Ross in Tahiti

Date: 07 11 1933
Description: Group portrait of Professor Ross and five friends in native dress in Tahiti. Two of the people are sitting on a stack of logs, with a cat sitting between t...
Book or Pamphlet

46 - Woman Holding Angora Rabbit

Date: 1943
Description: Angora rabbit being held on table by woman, in preparation for the shearing of the rabbit fur. Text on page says, "Angora-Wollschur".
Book or Pamphlet

48 - Woman Shearing Angora Rabbit

Date: 1943
Description: Woman shearing angora rabbit on table. The rabbit is shown in various stages of being shaved, and there is also a group of woman shearing rabbits on a long...
Photograph

Ho-Chunk Woman and Two European American Women in Ho-Chunk Dress

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Description: A portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman posing standing between two European American women also posing standing. All are wearing Ho-Chunk regalia, and are in a roo...
Photograph

Seminole Family

Date: 1904
Description: A large Seminole Native American family posed outdoors as a group, including men, women and children who are all wearing Seminole native clothing. There ar...
Photograph

Ponca Tribe Adoption

Date: 1908
Description: A view of two men on horses with many banners in the background. This was during the adoption of George Miller of the 101 Ranch, one of the early focal poi...
Photograph

Woman Holding Trout and Fly-Fishing Rod

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Description: A woman wearing waders and a hat holds up a trout in her right hand and a fly-fishing rod in her left hand. Attached to her hat are fly-fishing flies, and ...
Photograph

Dr. Eloise Gerry

Date: 08 03 1956
Description: Dr. Eloise Gerry poses with "Black Mint of the Congo," a Basenji or barkless dog of Africa. Dr. Gerry, retired from the United States Forest Products Labor...
Photograph

Sarah Krueger Bhend Feeding Cats

Date: 1899
Description: Sarah Krueger Bhend feeding kittens in front of a farm building.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Man, Woman and Dog

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man sitting on a stump, a woman standing, and a dog lying on the ground, all posed in front of a prop ...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Ten Women and Dog

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of nine women, six standing and three sitting, and a dog by a prop wooden fence. The women stand...
Photograph

Family in Front of Frame House

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Description: Group portrait of a man, woman, two boys, two girls, and a dog posing standing in the yard in front of a frame house and farm buildings.
Photograph

People Posing in Front of House

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Description: Three people are posing in front of the entrance to a log house with a frame board addition. On the left a young woman is holding an open umbrella to block...
Photograph

Large Group of People in Yard Outside Log House

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Description: Large group, thirty or so, of men, women, children and infants posing standing in the yard of a house in front of and behind a wooden fence. In the center ...
Photograph

Group of People Near House and Buggy

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Description: Near a porch on the left, a man and two women are posing standing. On the right, a young man and a boy are sitting in a buggy pulled by a single horse. Far...
Photograph

Family in Front of Frame House

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Description: Group portrait of men, women and children posing in front of a single-story frame house. The man on the left is holding a shotgun, the man next to him is h...
Photograph

Emma Schmitt Gillett and Monday

Date: 1933
Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Gillett with their German Shepherd, Monday.
Photograph

Madison Beekeeper and Child

Date: 1916
Description: A.C. Bunnill, a beekeeper from Madison, and his child.

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