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Reuben Gold Thwaites

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Reuben Gold Thwaites, second Director of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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Portrait of Mrs. Sutherland

Date: 12 10 1927
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Sutherland.
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Portrait of Mr. Rottman

Date: 12 10 1927
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Mr. Rottman.
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Portrait of Mr. Rottman

Date: 12 10 1927
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Mr. Rottman.
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John Nuwi

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Description: Three-quarter length formal portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John Nuwi, a Mascouten (or Prairie) Potawatomi, who lived at Skunk Hill in Wood Coun...
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Isabel Bacon La Follette

Date: 1920
Description: Studio portrait of Isabel Bacon La Follette, familiarly known as Isen, taken about one year before her graduation from the University of Wisconsin. She ma...
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Sojourner Truth

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Description: Three-quarter length carte-de-visite of Sojourner Truth. The text at the bottom reads: "I sell the shadow to support the substance. Sojourner Truth."
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John W. Sterling

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Description: Vignetted head and shoulders portrait of John W. Sterling (1816-1885), one of the first members of the faculty of the University of Wisconsin and briefly a...
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Signed Arnold Gesell Portrait

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Arnold Gesell, which includes his autograph.
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Portrait of J. Robert Taylor

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Description: Studio portrait of J. Robert Taylor with a pipe in his mouth.
Postcard

Unidentified Girl on Her Communion

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of an unidentified girl on the occasion of her First Communion. She is wearing gloves, a white dress...
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John Davis in Modern Dress

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Description: Studio portrait of John Davis posing sitting and wearing a white shirt, tie, eyeglasses, and a hat. He is sitting in front of a painted backdrop.
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Studio Portrait of George Greengrass

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man, George Greengrass, wearing a suit, tie, hat, and eyeglasses.
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John W. Campsie

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John W. Campsie, Milwaukee company manager.
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Studio Portrait of Elderly Ho-Chunk Man

Date: 1925
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of an elderly Ho-Chunk man posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit jacket and eyeglasses, and is ident...
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Studio Portrait of Four Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1934
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two adolescent Ho-Chunk women posing standing behind two adolescent Ho-Chunk women posing sitting. They a...
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Adelbert J. Hedding

Date: 06 14 1921
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Adelbet J. Hedding, Milwaukee judge.
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Studio Portrait of Kate Massey

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting and wearing several necklaces, a bandana, earrings, and eyeglass...
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Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men posing sitting. They are wearing suit coats and vests, the man on the left is wearing a hat and turtleneck swe...
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Harold Van Schaick

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a seated Harold Van Schaick in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a coat, hat, and jacket.

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