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Manchesters Bathing Suit Window Display

Date: 06 10 1946
Description: Manchesters Inc. display window containing two mannequins wearing "Petti" bathing suits, and a life-size poster of a girl in a "Petti" bathing suit.
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Double Exposure with a Ho-Chunk Girl and Woman

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Description: Double exposure, one exposure of a studio full-length portrait of a Ho-Chunk girl posing standing in front of a painted backdrop wearing several necklaces,...
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Gauer, Bloch, and Unknown Man in Doorway

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Description: Harold Gauer, Robert Bloch, and an unidentified man holding a cigarette, stand in front of an open doorway in a weathered building. Around the entrance is ...
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Barn Painting

Date: 09 25 1980
Description: Pastoral panoramic painting on the side of a barn. Two people on scaffolding can be seen working on the mural at right. A silo juts above the barn. There i...
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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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Man Standing Atop Truck Trailer with Big Cat Mural

Date: 1975
Description: View of a man in a red jacket holding paint brushes and a palette while standing atop a truck trailer. The side of the trailer is painted with a mural of f...
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Truck Trailer with Mural of Endangered Animals

Date: 1975
Description: Three men are looking at a trailer with a woman posing on roof holding a paintbrush to a painted mural. One of the men is Ricardo Alonzo, muralist and dire...
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Children Looking at "Save Our Cats" Mural on Trailer

Date: 1975
Description: View of a group of children in jackets and an adult looking at a mural of endangered big cat species painted on a trailer. The painting was part of one of ...
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Studio Portrait of European-American Man

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Description: Studio portrait of man posing standing with his left hand resting on a chair on the right. He is wearing a dark-colored suit coat, vest, and trousers.
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Dealership in Russia

Date: 1900
Description: View from street of a dealership building in Russia. Two men are standing on the sidewalk on the left. There are three murals or paintings posted on the wa...
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Governor George W. Peck

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of George Peck on a cabinet card. He is wearing a suit and necktie and is resting his right fo...
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Clara Frances Tyrrell

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype of Clara Frances Tyrrell. Three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing halfway to the right, with hands resting on a garden balustrade...
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Chicano Mural

Date: 1976
Description: Artists working on a mural at 5th and National in Milwaukee.

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