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Mathilde Franziska Anneke

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Description: Formal studio portrait of Mathilde Franziska Anneke wearing dark dress and coat.
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Elizabeth Therese Baird

Date: 1879
Description: Formal full-length studio portrait of Elizabeth Therese Baird wearing a long, black dress.
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Crowning of Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1952
Description: Beverly Ann Steffen of Appleton is crowned the 1952 Alice in Dairyland.
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Jacob Brant

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Description: A carte-de-visite portrait of Jacob Brant of Brodhead, Wisconsin, a member of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps Band. Mustered out July 8th, ...
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Mrs. Nellie Brant

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Description: A carte-de-visite portrait of Mrs. Nellie Brant of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
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Esther Smilie Vilas

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Esther Green Smilie Vilas (born ca. 1819), the wife of Levi B. Vilas, a prominent Madison businessman, and the mother of...
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Boss Elisha Keyes

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Elisha W. Keyes (1828-1910) a prominent Madison attorney who was appointed Madison postmaster by Abraham Lincoln in 1861. From ...
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Mary Elizabeth and Judith Bunce

Date: 06 07 1944
Description: Mrs. Edgar Fenn Bunce Jr., nee Mary Elizabeth Crawford, with her 6-month daughter Judith Bunce.
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Anita McCormick as Bridesmaid

Date: 03 05 1889
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite of Anita McCormick Blaine (1866-1954) dressed as a bridesmaid for the wedding of her brother Cyrus McCormick, Jr. (1859-1936) t...
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Evelyn and John Christian Brown

Date: 02 19 1947
Description: Pictured are newcomers to Madison, Mrs. John W. (Evelyn) Brown, 2643 Van Hise Avenue, and her six-month-old son, John Christian.
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Charles Christopher Parry, Botanist

Date: 1865
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Charles C. Parry (1823-1890), American Botanist. Parry is most famous for his botanical research in the southern Ro...
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Ada Bass

Date: 1890
Description: Ada Bass, the photographer's wife, posing in costume indoors.
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Ethel Steussy

Date: 07 30 1948
Description: Mrs. Robin (Ethel) Steussy, seated in a chair, is visiting Mrs. and Mrs. E.E. Steussy, 3847 Nakoma Road.
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Gerhard and Christine Gesell

Date: 1879
Description: Studio portrait of photographer Gerhard Gesell, Sr. and his wife Christine Giesen Gesell taken shortly after their marriage in 1879. She is sitting in a ch...
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Ada and Everetta Bass

Date: 1895
Description: Ada Bass and her daughter Everetta in their parlor.
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Mrs. Frederick F. Kessenich and Son

Date: 06 12 1950
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Frederick F. Kessenich with her 3 year old son Peter.
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Children and Their Pets

Date: 12 05 1950
Description: Brothers Billy Jasper, age 6, and Tommy Jasper, age 2, posing on shag carpeting with their Springer Spaniels, "Cissie" and "Mike."
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Jaycette Fashion Show

Date: 02 25 1951
Description: Betty Ann Vaughan modeling a cocktail dress for the Jaycette fashion show.
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Daisy and L.C. Bates

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Description: Informal portrait of Daisy and L.C. Bates seated in front of a curtain.
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King Pin Peeking through the Curtains

Date: 04 24 1948
Description: A man with a "King Pin" bowling pin crown on his head peers through curtains at the Lithographers Intercity Bowling Dinner Dance.

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