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Theodora Youmans Holding Wisconsin Flag

Date: 1915
Description: Portrait of Theodora Youmans (Mrs. Henry), President of the Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Association, holding a Wisconsin flag and standing in front of a paint...
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Henry Mathews

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Description: Portrait of Henry Mathews, 1866-1941, an early African American resident, holding the tools of his trade in front of a painted backdrop. He was a stone mas...
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George and Fannie Stacy Lincoln Monegar

Date: 1920
Description: Studio portrait of George Monegar (EwaOnaGinKah) and Fannie Stacy Lincoln Monegar (LeBaWinKah) posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearin...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman and Child

Date: 05 07 1913
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of a woman in Ho-Chunk regalia wrapped in a blanket, with a child on her back. The child is wearing a fur hat, and the woman...
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Helen Farnsworth Mears

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Description: Helen Farnsworth Mears sitting on a ladder and resting her head against her hand.
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Studio Portrait of Alex Lonetree and his Wife

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Alex Lonetree, sitting and his wife, standing. They came to live with the Winnebagos after the last remov...
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Paul Bunyan statue

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Description: A man and boy pose in front of a giant Paul Bunyan statue.
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Anna M. Fox

Date: 1890
Description: Formal studio portrait in front of a painted background of Anna Fox, who married William F. Vilas of Madison, Wisconsin. This photograph was taken in Washi...
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Mrs. Ketch Ka Mi

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Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Mrs. Ketch ka mi, daughter of Potowatomi Indian Chief John Young.
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Vinnie Ream Hoxie

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Vinnie Ream Hoxie, Wisconsin sculptor. The only sculptor for whom Lincoln posed, Ream received the controversial commission ...
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Houdini, Harry

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Description: Harry Houdini in chains and ropes. He is tied to a wheel on a locomotive.
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Jack Carson

Date: 1920
Description: Jack Carson at the age of ten posing on front steps wearing a hat and leaning on a walking cane.
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Spencer Tracy in Sailor Hat

Date: 1918
Description: Double head and shoulders shot of Spencer Tracy in a sailor hat, from when he was in the Navy in the last days of World War I.
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Frederic March on Fraternity House Steps

Date: 1920
Description: Frederic March as Freddy Bickel, photographed on the steps of his fraternity house when he was president of the 1920 senior class.
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Young Vinnie Ream Hoxie

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Description: Head and shoulders oval-framed formal studio portrait of Vinnie Ream Hoxie.
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Portrait of Vinnie Ream Hoxie

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Vinnie Ream Hoxie, when she was a clerk in the Post Office Department and at the beginning of her art career, age 15.
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Interior of Pond House

Date: 1920
Description: Interior view of home, perhaps taken through an open window. The sash and sill are in the foreground. A woman is sitting on the piano bench in front of a g...
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"Buffalo Bill" Cody and White Beaver

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Description: "Buffalo Bill" Cody and David Franklin Powell ("White Beaver") posing in in front of a painted backdrop in a Racine, Wisconsin gallery. This image was in t...
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Agnes Moorehead as a Child

Date: 1903
Description: Agnes Moorehead is shown at about 4 years of age. She wears a white dress stands beside a flowering bush.
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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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