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Portrait of a Clown

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Description: Portrait of a clown.
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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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Lumber Camp Bunkhouse

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Description: Loggers gathered in the bunk house. Boots and socks dry above the stove.
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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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Clowns with Circus Performer

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Description: A group of 11 circus clowns poses with a pretty young female performer in a circus tent. This could possibly be part of a movie set.
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Revlon "Fatal Apple" Cosmetics Display

Date: 02 01 1946
Description: Revlon "Fatal Apple" cosmetics display in Rennebohm's drug store at 676 State Street.
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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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Mr. Sinykin Penciling Reri's Eyebrows

Date: 07 25 1932
Description: Reri (Anne Chevalier), Tahitian star of the Fanchon and Marco "Tahiti" show at the Orpheum theater, having her eyebrows penciled in her dressing room by Mr...
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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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Reri Trying Cinderella Cosmetics

Date: 07 25 1932
Description: Reri (Anne Chevalier), Tahitian star of the Fanchon and Marco "Tahiti" show at the Orpheum theater trying Cinderella cosmetics in her dressing room with Mr...
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Reri in Cosmetics Department at Manchesters

Date: 07 22 1932
Description: Reri (Anne Chevalier), Tahitian star of the Fanchon and Marco "Tahiti" show at the Orpheum Theatre, being made up by Max Factor representative, Mabelle Heg...
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Women at Cara Nome Meeting

Date: 11 19 1946
Description: Twenty-four women seated in front of individual mirrors on two tables ready for instruction about Cara Nome cosmetics. Sign says: "Knowledge, Work, Persona...
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Stoliker's Gift Shop Compact Display

Date: 12 08 1948
Description: Showcase in Stoliker's Gift Shop, 466 State Street, with Elgin-American ladies powder make-up compacts.
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Masonic Party

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Description: A group of children and adults pose in blackface at a Masonic party.
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Shadomo

Date: 1891
Description: Tintype (ferrotype) portrait of Shadomo, or Dirty Pelican, a Chippewa (Ojibwa) from the Odanah Reservation near Ashland.
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Woman at Perfume Shop

Date: 01 10 1945
Description: Maralyn Morency is sitting before the "make up bar," a feature of the newest Perfume Shop at 527 State Street. Miss Morency is applying one of six shades o...
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Costume Party

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Description: Group of Caucasian individuals dressed up as African Americans, in blackface and eating watermelon.
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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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