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Ganna Walska Holding a Cat

Date: 1921
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Ganna Walska, Polish opera singer, holding a cat. At the time this picture was taken, Ganna Walska was th...
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University of Wisconsin Coeds

Date: 1920
Description: University of Wisconsin students sitting on the base of the Lincoln statue on Bascom Hill.
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International Bus

Date: 11 09 1926
Description: Laura Stewart and her Jazz Pirates pose alongside an International bus. The bus features windows with curtains and luggage rack(?) on top. There is a monum...
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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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Woman Displaying an International Harvester Motor Coach

Date: 05 28 1925
Description: A woman dressed in furs, patterned dress, and high heels is posing in front of an International Harvester motor coach, or bus. She seems to be pointing to ...
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Boy in a Sailor Suit

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., posed at the beach wearing a sailor suit and hat. The photograph was probably taken during a family vacation to the Biloxi area. J...
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Fortune's Car

Date: 1928
Description: George Fortune of River Falls sitting in his new car, with his dog in the back seat.
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Rudolph Valentino with Voisin Car

Date: 1923
Description: Rudolph Valentino and his wife Natacha Rambova pose with their Voisin automobile.
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Dressmaker Addie Noll

Date: 1922
Description: Lakeside portrait of dressmaker Addie Noll of Milwaukee and her family.
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Mowing the Lawn

Date: 1922
Description: A fashionably dressed young woman mows the lawn with a push mower at the cottage. She is in front of an open shed, and a clothesline hangs from it. A house...
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Two Young Men

Date: 1922
Description: Two young men stand together in a jaunty pose. A group of boys are in the background.
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Brandels on Main Street

Date: 1922
Description: Members of the Brandel family (probably), two men and one woman, pose on Main Street.
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The Brandels and the Taylors

Date: 1923
Description: E.W. Brandel, Mrs. Brandel, and the Taylors pose in chairs in front of a building. The man on the right is smoking a cigar, and behind them are windows wit...
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Mary Brandel and Friend with Car

Date: 1925
Description: Mary Brandel and a friend pose on the sideboard of a parked car in what appear to be bathing suits. They are near a drive near a small building on the left...
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Mary Brandel

Date: 1925
Description: Close-up portrait of Mary Brandel, with a house behind her.
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Women in Fur Coats

Date: 1926
Description: Three women pose together wearing fur coats and fashionable hats. The woman in the middle is perched on a column near a storefront, and the woman on the ri...
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Women on a Railroad Train Car

Date: 1926
Description: View looking up at two women in fashionable clothing and hats posing at the top of a railroad train car. One of the woman is standing on a ladder looking d...
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Harold Smith and Max

Date: 1926
Description: Harold Smith, wearing a hat, coat, and gloves, sits on a porch step with Max the dog. He is holding a pipe in his right hand.
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Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Gish

Date: 1923
Description: Backlit publicity still of Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, and Dorothy Gish.
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Ruth Stonehouse and her Cat, Leo

Date: 1920
Description: Original caption: "Ruth Stonehouse, one of the featured players in the all star cast of The Hope, the latest in Metro's series of pictures founded ...

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