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Portrait of a Clown

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Description: Portrait of a clown.
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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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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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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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European American Woman and Children Dressed in Ho-Chunk Regalia

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Description: A European American woman and two boys posing sitting and a European American girl posing standing, all dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia. They are in a room dec...
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European American Woman and Children Dressed in Ho-Chunk Regalia

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Description: A European American woman and boy posing sitting, and a European American girl and boy posing standing. They are all dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia. They are ...
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Scene of a Humorous Murder

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Description: Harold Gauer, wearing makeup, a false nose and smoking a cigar, stands next to Alice Bedard, holding a revolver. They are standing over the body of Robert ...
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Bloch with Eyeholes Cut into His Hat

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Description: Robert Bloch sits on the edge of a bed with his hands up as in mock surrender wearing a hat pulled down over his eyes, but the hat has holes cut out of it ...
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A Geek Party

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Description: A group portrait of various costumed party attendees, including Chester Vonier (night editor at the Milwaukee Sentinel, wearing strongman garb and f...
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Harnishfeger Masquerade Ball

Date: 11 08 1947
Description: "Arabian" group at the Harnishfeger Masquerade Ball wearing embroidered and sequined costumes, eye makeup, fake beards and moustaches.
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Man in Military Costume

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man posing standing. He is wearing a military-themed theatrical costume and make-up.
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Blackface Musicians

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three European American men, posing sitting. The men are wearing blackface make-up, and playing a guitar ...
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Ladies' Perfume Maker

Date: 12 12 1961
Description: Adelaide Chaqueneau, who took over her father's business of making perfumes for women that would only be sold to men in men's stores or men's departments o...
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Womenless Wedding

Date: 1927
Description: A womenless group wedding portrait taken in a gymnasium. The large group of men are all dressed theatrically in male and female apparel. Some of the men ar...
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Eddie Cantor on Stage at Centurama Evening Performance

Date: 08 03 1946
Description: Eddie Cantor standing on stage wearing blackface. He is holding on to a microphone, and is facing towards the left. In the background audience members are ...
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How a Zor Shrine Clown Makes Up His Face

Date: 04 29 1954
Description: Zor Shrine clown J. Leigh's finished face with what would be a red nose. Leigh is also in full costume with hat and shirt.
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Glynis Johns

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Description: Glynis Johns watching unknown actor having makeup applied to his face by an unidentified man, possibly makeup artist Len Garde, on the set of the 1948 film...
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Louis Hayward

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Description: Actor Louis Hayward watching an unidentified makeup artist working on actor D'arcy Corrigan on a prison set for the 1939 film "The Man in Iron Mask."
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Dane County Amateur Theatrical Group

Date: 1923
Description: Nine young people posing on stage. One person is in blackface. Caption reads: "Dane County Wis Amateur theatrical group 1923".

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