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Central High School Athletic Ushers

Date: 03 18 1929
Description: Central High School athletic ushers outdoor group portrait. They are standing on steps in front of a building.
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Halle Steensland and Family

Date: 1875
Description: Halle Steensland and his wife Sophia pose with their five children (left to right: Morten, Henry, Edward, Halbert and Helen) in front of their home in Mapl...
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Studio Portrait of Ulysses White

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Description: Studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man, Ulysses White, posing standing and leaning on a prop stone column in front of a painted backdrop.
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Senator George Norris

Date: 1917
Description: Senator George Willliam Norris posed at the base of a fluted column on the portico of the United States Capitol building. He holds a document in his right ...
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Obey and Stitt

Date: 06 1970
Description: Congressman David R. Obey with his administrative assistant Lyle Stitt walking down a hall in the United States Capitol building. Statues are along the wal...
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The Gillett Children

Date: 1916
Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Gillett children, left to right: Sherry (b. 1913), Lorin (b. 1915), and Harry (b. 1910).
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Sherwin and Emma Gillett at the Legion of Honor

Date: 1957
Description: Outdoor portrait of Sherwin and Emma Gillett standing between the columns at the Legion of Honor. Part of the marble arch is visible behind them.
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Group of Adults on Porch

Date: 1902
Description: Group portrait of nine men and two women seated on a porch. A few of the men are holding cigars, and both of the women are holding umbrellas.
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Main Building — Schofield Cottage Hotel

Date: 1927
Description: The main building of Schofield Cottage Hotel with a large porch and stone columns. On the lawn in front posing is a man standing, and two children sitting,...
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Wilbur J. Cohen Swearing-In as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

Date: 05 16 1968
Description: Group portrait of family and friends at Wilbur Cohen's swearing-in as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. From left to right: Bruce Cohen, Wilbur's...
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Smith Family on Porch

Date: 1910
Description: View from walk of several members of Dr. Joseph Smith's family grouped together on a porch. Mary E. Smith is standing in the center.
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Congressman David Obey and His Son Craig

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Description: Congressman David Obey and his son Craig pose for a photo in the nation's Capitol. A line of people appear in the background.
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Family Posing in Yard

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Description: Stereograph of unidentified family posing around two tables in a yard. Includes mother, father, and seven children. In the background is a large, three-sto...
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Obey and Proxmire

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Description: Congressman David R. Obey and Senator William Proxmire outside the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
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Hans and Clara Skott

Date: 10 1944
Description: Full-length outdoor portrait of Hans and Clara Skott standing on the lawn in front of a brick building with white columns. Hans and Clara were the parents ...
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Omnibus Line in Front of Park Hotel

Date: 1878
Description: View from the street of a man holding the reins for a team of two horses and sitting in the driver's seat of the Omnibus Line in front of the Park Hotel on...
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Man on Horse-Drawn Mower with Ruins of Building

Date: 1900
Description: Man posing on a horse-drawn mower in front of the ruins of a building surrounded by a fence. The building is probably a church as there are wreaths on grav...
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Governor Nelson Dewey and a Group of Wisconsin Legislators

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Description: Group portrait of men standing under the porch of a brick building. Nelson Dewey is the second man from the right in the front row with a long white beard ...
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Governor George W. Peck

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of George Peck on a cabinet card. He is wearing a suit and necktie and is resting his right fo...
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John Blaine with a Kissel Automobile

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Description: John J. Blaine is standing outside the entrance steps to the Wisconsin State Capitol building in front of a Kissel automobile. He is wearing a light-colore...

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