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Ada Bass with her Hair Down

Date: 1895
Description: Ada Bass sits in a chair with her hair down, looking at a note, or possibly a photograph. An unidentified woman observes from the next room; decorative cor...
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Potting Plants

Date: 1911
Description: Group of women from the District Agricultural School, and gardener E.E. Harris on the far right. They are standing in a row potting plants at a potting tab...
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Family Group

Date: 1905
Description: A group portrait of two women, a man, a boy and a girl posing in a parlor; two other rooms are visible through doorways. The girl is seated in front of a p...
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Photo Playhouse

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Description: Tintype of Estella Moessner Goldenberger of Madison, (in the window), with her friend Celia Gibson posing in front of a painted backdrop.
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King Hussein

Date: 1975
Description: Congressmen David R. Obey of Wisconsin and Ed Koch of New York meeting with King Hussein of Jordan during a congressional tour of the Middle East.
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Obama and Obey

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Description: Congressman David R. Obey and President Barack Obama in the Oval Office in the White House. The photograph is autographed for Obey: "Congratulations for 40...
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Watching TV

Date: 04 1991
Description: Man watching a program on a large television. In front of him is a TV tray. There is a VCR on top of the television. Although unidentified it is likely tha...
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Woman Gazing into a Pond

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman posing gazing into a mirror 'pond' while reading a book.
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Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Gamma Delta Club

Date: 04 1939
Description: Gamma Delta Club members working on a card-making project and listening to the radio. The club was one of many sponsored by Neighborhood House.
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Santa and Two Friends

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Description: An African American Santa Claus has his arms around an African American man and woman in what appears to be a restaurant. There is wall paper and posters b...
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Eydie V. Watts

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Description: Photograph of Eydie V. Watts, member of the Milwaukee City Civil Service Commssion. Ms. Watts sits at her desk in an office. She is wearing a dress or blou...
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Emma and Elena Schmitt

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Description: Portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Schmitt (the future Mrs. Sherwin Gillett) and her sister Elena. The frame has the S. Gillett imprint, but t...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American woman posed standing and leaning with her left arm on the column of a s...
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Studio Portrait of European American Girl

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American girl standing near a wood stump. She is holding cattails in her left ha...
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Studio Portrait of European American Child

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified girl posing standing with flowers and reeds. She is wearing a dark-colored skirt, blouse,...
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Four Generations of Women

Date: 1910
Description: Four generations of women pose in the corner of a room. They include (left to right): Grandmother Klause, mother Ida Klause Miller, Great-Grandmother Wolf,...
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Group Portrait of Women

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Description: Indoor group portrait of ten European American women posing sitting and standing. The women are identified in the back row from left to right as: — Taylor,...
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Hawksworth Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 1910
Description: A group of five young women sit at tables in the Hawksworth Ice Cream Parlor. The woman in the center has been identified as Josephine Edith McEvoy (later ...
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Boy Standing at Gate

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored portrait of a boy standing in the arch of a decorative iron gate holding the door open with his right hand and holding a hand fan and handkerc...
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William Otto and Jane Browne Petersen

Date: 1978
Description: William Otto Petersen and his wife Jane Jordan Browne Petersen pose seated and holding hands for a portrait around the time of their wedding. He is wearing...

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