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Norwegian Community Picnic

Date: 1873
Description: Slightly elevated view of a large, multi-generational Norwegian family and friends gathered for a picnic celebration. In the foreground are picnic baskets ...
Painting

Mrs. Austin Quinney and Her Daughter Harriet

Date: 1849
Description: Portrait of Jane Quinney, (born Ashotomay) wife of Austin E. Quinney, chief of the Stockbridge nation, and their daughter, Harriet.
Photograph

Portrait of Winnebago Indians

Date: 1890
Description: A studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Winnebago Indians: John Hazen Hill, Alex Lonetree, daughter of Alex Lonetree, Mrs. Alex Lonetree, and W...
Photograph

Lynn Fontanne and Family

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Description: Lynn Fontanne as a girl poses with her family. Seated are Frances Ellen and Jules Pierre Antoine Fontanne. Standing left to right are Lynn, Mai, and Antoin...
Photograph

Martha and Notley Henderson

Date: 1885
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Martha and Notley Henderson with their three children. Their son Allen is standing. The Hendersons were e...
Print

"Chippeway [Ojibwa] Squaw and Child"

Date: 1826
Description: Portrait of a Chippewa (Ojibwa) woman and her child, originally titled "Chippeway Squaw and Child." Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, ...
Photograph

Unveiling Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Statue

Date: 1929
Description: Members of the La Follette family and guests in front of the Robert M. La Follette, Sr., statue in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol at the time of its unv...
Poster

The Ringling Brothers Poster

Date: 1905
Description: A Ringling Brothers poster of "Kings of the Circus World", depicting Alf. T., Al., Chas., John and Otto Ringling.
Photograph

Sybil Hanks and Family

Date: 06 07 1880
Description: Formal studio portrait of Sybil P. Hanks, her two sisters, DeWitt Ramsey, and another man.
Photograph

Family Cast

Date: 02 12 1963
Description: Six members of the same family form the complete cast of a library playhouse production that was to be televised.
Photograph

Weber Family Studio Portrait

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Description: Studio portrait of Chet and Ella Weber, and Holly Weber sitting around a table and looking at stereograph cards. There is a guitar leaning against the wall...
Photograph

Bennett Family Popcorn Party

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Description: Interior portrait of the Bennett family posing around a bowl of popcorn. They are sitting in an alcove with the pocket doors open, and three stringed instr...
Photograph

Mountain Wolf Woman

Date: 1907
Description: Studio portrait of Mountain Wolf Woman, also known as Stella Blowsnake Whitepine Stacy (HayAhChoWinKah), sitting and holding her two daughters, Josephine W...
Print

General Ulysses S. Grant and Family

Date: 
Description: Engraving from a photograph of Ulysses S. Grant with his family.
Photograph

Short Wave Communication

Date: 01 26 1956
Description: Sitting in a car, a woman and her daughter are talking to another daughter who is at Albrook Air Force Base in the Canal Zone.
Photograph

Family Group at WIBU Radio Station

Date: 12 29 1944
Description: Reverend C.O. and Mrs. Grobber and daughters at WIBU radio station studio. Reverend Grobber is sitting in front of a microphone, Mrs. Grobber and daughters...
Photograph

Grobber Family at WIBU, Portage Radio Station

Date: 12 29 1944
Description: Reverend C.O. and Mrs. Grobber and two daughters at WIBU radio station studio. Reverend Grobber is sitting in front of a microphone, Mrs. Grobber is at the...
Photograph

Schneider Family with Musical Instruments

Date: 03 24 1944
Description: Melvin and Naomi Schneider and their five children with musical instruments. Photograph was taken for the Wisconsin School of Music.
Photograph

Dieder Family

Date: 07 04 1936
Description: Group portrait of five adults standing behind four adults who are sitting on a sofa in a living room. All of the adults are members of the Dieder family. A...
Photograph

Hollywood Proteges

Date: 06 21 1934
Description: Portrait of boy and girl, Jackie and Patsy Paige, stage names of child film actors, children of Mr. & Mrs. Lincoln Rengstorff. They were in town visiting t...

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