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Medicine Wagon Driving through Town

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Description: Dr. Eugene Krohn driving his medicine wagon. The man behind the wagon is either Rufus Jones or Warren C. Jones.
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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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William Tennant with Prosthetic Legs

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of William Tennant, standing with short pants that reveal his prosthetic legs. He holds a newspaper in his ...
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Doctor's Office

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Description: Two young men seated in a doctor's office, possibly Irwin and Robert Krohn.
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Man Displaying Horse

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Description: Man displaying a horse with an abnormal rear left leg.
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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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Medical Students Playing with Skeleton

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Description: Three medical students, right to left: Roy Van Schaick, Price Arnold, and Clyde Harmer play with medical equipment and a skeleton. Reportedly, the name of ...
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Medical Students Playing with Equipment

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Description: Three men horse-play with a skeleton and medical equipment. From right to left, Roy Van Schaick, Price Arnold, and Clyde Harmer. Reportedly, the name of th...
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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 on Crutches

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Description: A man stands for a portrait in front of a painted backdrop on crutches. He is wearing a long coat over a vest with a watch fob, and holds a hat in his righ...
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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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Portrait of William Tennant

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Description: Studio portrait of William Tennant standing 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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