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Florence Lawrence in dressing room

Date: 1914
Description: Actress Florence Lawrence seated at the vanity mirror in her dressing room wearing a white satin dressing gown and night cap.
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Men Dressed as Minstrels

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Description: Eight men posing together dressed as minstrels in blackface makeup.
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Chach-scheb-nee-nick-ah (Young Eagle) Winnebago Indian

Date: 1904
Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man, Chach-scheb-nee-nick-ah (Young Eagle) looking off to the right.
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Branching Horns

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Description: Ho-Chunk man; Branching Horns.
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Franklin School Children on Stage

Date: 05 22 1935
Description: Group portrait of a large group of children in costume, some in blackface, on the stage at Franklin School. 305 W. Lakeside Street.
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Minstrel Show Actors

Date: 02 28 1933
Description: Minstrel show actors, sitting on stage, in costume and blackface with a small orchestra sitting below, at Luther Memorial Church, 1023 University Avenue.
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Raquel Torres at Manchesters Cosmetics Counter

Date: 08 12 1932
Description: Raquel Torres at Manchesters cosmetics counter with Max Factor representative, Mabelle Hege, and another woman holding a dog.
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Three Musicians in Blackface and Costume

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Description: Three musicians, two males with banjos and possibly a woman with a guitar, pose in blackface and costumes for a studio portrait in front of a painted backd...
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Sherilyn Fenn at Old World Wisconsin

Date: 1990
Description: Actress Sherilyn Fenn being made up for her role as Billie Freschette during the filming for "Dillinger," a made-for-TV movie filmed at Old World Wisconsin...
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East High Play

Date: 04 07 1949
Description: East High School actors being made up for a preformance of "Tish." Left to right: Pat Runstrom, Virginia Henrickson, Connie Connor, Leslie West, Rita Cleas...
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Studio Portrait of Elderly Man and Woman

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Description: Studio portrait of a seated elderly man wearing a suit jacket, vest, necktie, and trousers, and an elderly woman in a long dress with a lace collar, standi...
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Walter Long

Date: 1915
Description: A dramatic publicity still of Walter Long from the film Birth of a Nation. Long played Gus, a "renegrade negro," in blackface.
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European American Woman and Children Dressed in Ho-Chunk Regalia

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Description: A European American woman and two boys posing sitting and a European American girl posing standing, all dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia. They are in a room dec...
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European American Woman and Children Dressed in Ho-Chunk Regalia

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Description: A European American woman and boy posing sitting, and a European American girl and boy posing standing. They are all dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia. They are ...
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European American Woman and Children Dressed in Ho-Chunk Regalia

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Description: European American woman and boy posing sitting, and a European American girl and boy posing standing, all dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia, in a room decorated ...
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A European American Man in Ho-Chunk Dress

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Description: A studio portrait of Frank Long, a European American man with a moustache posing in front of a painted backdrop before going to a costume party. He is wear...
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European American Woman and Children Dressed in Ho-Chunk Regalia

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Description: European American woman posing sitting, and a European American girl and two boys posing standing, all dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia. They are in a room deco...
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Ho-Chunk Woman and European American Women in Ho-Chunk Dress

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Description: Group portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on a bed or sofa, and two European American women sitting on the floor, all dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia. ...
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Ho-Chunk Woman and European American Women in Ho-Chunk Dress

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Description: Two European American women posing reclining against a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on the floor against a couch. They are dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia. Th...
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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...

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