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Medical Students Horseplay

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Description: A medical student is playing with electric shock equipment as Dr. Eugene Krohn, sitting at his desk with his feet up, is looking on. This is a carefully po...
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The Overbys in their Parlor

Date: 1916
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a...
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Woman Sitting in Chair with Cane

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Description: Woman posing sitting in a chair and holding a cane in the yard of a house, probably Mrs. Hassel Phillips.
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Doctor Treating Patient's Arm

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Description: A doctor gives a patient an inoculation in an office. The two men could possibly be two medical students horse-playing. The man on the right is probably Dr...
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Mock Operation

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Description: Three men, probably medical students, mimic an operation on a prostrate male. The men are identified left to right as: Price Arnold, Roy Van Schaick, Clyde...
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Traveling Medicine Show

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Description: A group of people posed among tents, probably a traveling medicine show. On the table in the foreground, a contortionist is visible. A banner above a stage...
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Doctor and Woman in Tent

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Description: A woman sits and a man stands at the opening of a tent, probably Dr. Matthews of a traveling medicine show. Inside the open tent there is a table with a di...
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Portrait of Man with Crutches

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Description: A man with a bandaged foot sits in a chair holding crutches for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit jacket, hat, and tro...
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Portrait of Man Without Arms

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Description: A man without arms stands for a portrait in front of a painted backdrop, behind a table that holds a prosthetic arm, a towel and other miscellaneous items.
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Six Men Pulling Another Man's Tooth

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Description: Studio portrait of six young men pretending to pull a seated young man's tooth with pliers. One man is on the floor holding the dental patient's legs. Thre...
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Studio Portrait Ho-Chunk Family

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk family. Sitting (l to r) Will Thunder (NaKikSayWaHeKah) (son of [WaConChaKah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [W...
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Studio Portrait of Will Thunder

Date: 1902
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Will Thunder (NaKikSayWaHeKah) (son of [WaConChaKah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [WeHonPeKaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder) sitti...
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Studio Portrait of Benjamin Thundercloud

Date: 1912
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man posing in front of a painted backdrop. Benjamin Raymond Thundercloud (NySaGaShiskKah), son of Annie Blo...
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Two Ho-Chunk Girls with Smallpox

Date: 1900
Description: Two unidentified young Ho-Chunk girls with smallpox are kneeling outside their lodge. Some of the Ho-Chunk suffering from smallpox were quarantined during ...
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Studio Portrait of William Tennant

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Description: Studio portrait of William Tennant sitting and wearing a suit and hat in front of a painted backdrop. He was a newspaper and magazine agent in Black River ...
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Dentist Office and Church

Date: 1900
Description: View from across street of a dentist office and Baptist Church along a road. Two horse-drawn carriages are being driven in opposite directions on the road.
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Couple Posing in front of House

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Description: View across road towards a man and woman posing standing behind a picket fence in front of a frame house. The man appears to be holding a cane in his left ...
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Woman with Cane and Two Girls — Double Negative

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Description: On left: Woman posed sitting in a chair and holding a cane in the yard of a house, probably Mrs. Hassel Phillips. On right: Studio portrait of two young gi...
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Group Portrait of People in the Home of Amos Elliot

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Description: Indoor group portrait of five European American woman posing sitting and standing, and a European American man posing sitting around a large table. The man...

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