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Ballet Classes in Lake Mills Garage

Date: 12 05 1958
Description: Tibor L. Zana, a 23 year old Hungarian dance instructor and student at Carroll College, teaches ballet to about 60 residents of Lake Mills in a room over a...
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Ballet Classes in Lake Mills Garage

Date: 12 05 1958
Description: Tibor L. Zana, a 23 year old Hungarian dance instructor and student at Carroll College, teaches ballet to about 60 residents of Lake Mills in a room over a...
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UW Graduate Teaching Assistant Gets Post at Lycoming College

Date: 05 15 1959
Description: Sigmund Birkenmayer, a graduate teaching assistant in Slavic languages at the University of Wisconsin, has been appointed an assistant professor in Russian...
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Arkady Joseph Sack

Date: 11 12 1917
Description: Waist-up portrait of A. J. Sack, who was director of the Russian Information Bureau and author of The Birth of the Russian Democracy, America's P...
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George Gillette

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait. Caption reads: "George Gillette. Born in London, England in 1811, died Swaledale, Iowa in December 1908. Farmed at Springfield Corners, Wisconsin...
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Edward Gilley

Date: 1890
Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite of Edward Gilley, an English immigrant and farmer near Cooksville.
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Reverend James A. Gillespie

Date: 1870
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of a man seated, with a woman standing next to him. Caption reads: "Rev. Jas. Gillespie & wife. Preached in Necedah over 50 years ...
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Lars Aaker

Date: 1881
Description: Oval-framed waist-up portrait of Lars K. Aaker, a Norse immigrant, farmer, Civil War veteran and Minnesota state legislator. He emigrated to the United Sta...
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Reverend Monseigneur P. M. Abbelen

Date: 1890
Description: Oval-framed quarter-length portrait of Reverend Monseigneur Peter Matthias Abbelen, who was vicar general of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, and later spirit...
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Dr. Henry William Abraham

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Description: Vignetted waist-up portrait of Dr. Henry William Abraham, a German immigrant, physician, and president of the Fox River Valley Medical Society.
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Christian Abrahamsen Painting

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Description: A man poses holding an easel, next to a portrait painting. The artist is Christian Abrahamsen, a Norwegian-born painter who was active in Chicago. The subj...
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Solomon Adler

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Description: Engraving of a portrait of Solomon Adler, a clothing merchant and brother to David Adler. He assisted in conducting the first Jewish service in Wisconsin, ...
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Hans and Aslaug Jordee Albertson

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Description: Portrait of a couple. Caption reads: "Hans Albertson (Kellesvig - Norway name) and Aslaug Jordee Albertson. "Most of life on her father's homestead. Amund ...
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Moses Alexander

Date: 1917
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Moses Alexander, 19th and 21st Mayor of Boise, Idaho (1897-1899, 1901-1903) and 11th Governor of Idaho (1915-1919).
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John Alcock

Date: 1880
Description: Oval-framed tintype portrait of John Alcock, a professor of phonography/shorthand at Bayless' Business College of Dubuque. He moved to Platteville and foun...
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John Peter Altgeld

Date: 1893
Description: Portrait of John Peter Altgeld, a Union veteran of the Civil War, judge, lawyer, and politician. Altgeld was a Progressive Democrat and the 20th Governor o...
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Reverend Ole Amble

Date: 1880
Description: Waist-up portrait of Reverend Ole Amble, a Norwegian immigrant and Lutheran pastor. Amble emigrated to the United States in 1871. He was ordained a year la...
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Reverend Ole Amble

Date: 1872
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Reverend Ole Amble, a Norwegian immigrant and Lutheran pastor, taken around the time he was a seminarian at Augsburg S...

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