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Alma and J. Robert Taylor

Date: 1905
Description: A studio portrait of Alma and J. Robert Taylor. Alma is sitting in a chair holding a sock to be darned, while putting her hand over J. Robert's mouth. He i...
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Frank P. Blumenfeld

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of Frank P. Blumenfeld, Milwaukee company president, standing in front of a painted backdrop.
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George C. Dutcher

Date: 05 17 1921
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of George C. Dutcher, Milwaukee attorney.
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Edward Savage

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Description: Full-length carte-de-viste portrait of Edward Savage of Company B from the 28th Wisconsin Infantry standing near a curtain.
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Lewis S. Burton

Date: 1862
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Captain Lewis S. Burton, Company B, 30th Wisconsin Infantry, standing in full uniform with his sword on his left si...
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John Johnston and Curling Team Members

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker, seated second from right, with three other curl...
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Hilda and Jack Johnston

Date: 1887
Description: Full-length cabinet card of two young children in front of a painted backdrop of the ocean. They are attired in coats, dresses and hats, and are holding ha...
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Ethelinda (Thorsen) Johnston of Milwaukee

Date: 1898
Description: Cabinet card of Ethelinda (Thorsen) Johnston (1856-1947), wife of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker, wearing a printed silk dress an...
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Milwaukee Turners Drum Corps

Date: 1898
Description: The ten members of the Drum Corps of the Milwaukee Turners posed in front of a painted backdrop. They are dressed in band uniforms with hats and are holdin...
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Mrs. Alexander Mitchell

Date: 1880
Description: Cabinet card of a full-length studio portrait of Mrs. Alexander Mitchell standing in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a floor-length dark-colore...
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Fern L. Reinhardt

Date: 1934
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Fern L. Reinhardt, smiling on the occasion of her graduation from Nurse's Training. She is wearing her uniform and cap wi...
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Frederick Layton

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Description: Ferrotype of Frederick Layton posing on a bench holding an umbrella in front of a painted background. Frederick Layton was the son of a Milwaukee butcher a...
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Frederick Layton

Date: 1907
Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Frederick Layton in late middle age. He is holding a cane in one hand and a hat in the other. He die...
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Unidentified Men

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype full-length portrait of three young unidentified men wearing hats, sitting on a twig bench in front of a painted backdrop, facing forward...
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Willie Klopfenstein: Skier At Work

Date: 01 13 1959
Description: A man is leaning over a large sculpture of a woman and carving it. He is wearing a beret, a scarf, and a workshirt. Several other sculptures — all apparent...
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Alice Tobey as Joan of Arc

Date: 04 21 1876
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Alice Tobey, in costume as Joan of Arc from Friedrich Schiller's The Maid of Orleans (Die Jungfrau von Orleans).
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Frank Cramer as Faust

Date: 04 21 1876
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Frank Cramer, in costume as Faust from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play Faust.
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Jim Whaling as Mephistopheles

Date: 04 21 1876
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Jim [James] Whaling, in costume as Mephistopheles from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play Faust.
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Milwaukeeans as Characters from Faust

Date: 04 21 1876
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Jim [James] Whaling, Frank Cramer, and Lina Martin in costume as Mephistopheles, Faust, and Marguerite from Johann Wolfgang von...
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Sidney Hauxhurst as Kalaf

Date: 04 21 1876
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Sidney Hauxhurst, in costume as Kalaf, prince of Astrakhan from Friedrich Schiller's play Turandot (Turandot, Prinzes...

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