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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | The household staff (probably Swedish) for one family home, including laundresses, cooks, parlor maids, and scullery girls with their various work utensils... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Martha and Notley Henderson with their three children. Their son Allen is standing. The Hendersons were e... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Seated portrait in front of a painted background of a young woman with the notation: "from cousin Lora." Unknown relationship to the Dousman family. |
| Date: | 06 07 1880 |
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| Description: | Formal studio portrait of Sybil P. Hanks, her two sisters, DeWitt Ramsey, and another man. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Men from Wisconsin Rapids who bore arms against Spain in the Spanish-American War. From left to right in front of a painted backdrop are Charles N. Laramie... |
| Date: | 06 1887 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Protz, an unidentified woman (likely Julia Protz), and Clara Tester posing with "schuetzen-rifles." ... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Early carte-de-visite of a Ho-Chunk man identified as Moccasin. The backdrop indicates the photograph came from Charles Van Schaick’s studio, but it may ha... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of George Blackhawk (WonkShiekChoNeeKah), sitting, and an unidentified man who is standing and w... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified Ho-Chunk man with long hair posing sitting with his legs crossed. He is wearing a suit, b... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three Ho-Chunk men posing standing behind a prop wooden fence. They are all wearing differently cut suit ... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of twins Emma (1893-1974) and Marge (1893-1973) Willms of Milwaukee, Wisconsin standing in front of a painted backdrop. They are weari... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Studio wedding portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Gustav Willms (c. 1854-1917) and Kunigunde (Dorn) Willms (1857-1941) in their wedding outfits. Ku... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Ann Willms (b. 1881) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is wearing a dress, necklace, earrings and ... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View of a woman wearing gauzy clothing and posing in front of a painted backdrop. Her hair is styled in a pompadour. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young Adda Howie wearing a formal gown, gloves, and a wig. She is holding a feathered hand ... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Ojibwa Chiefs from Bad River, Lac Courte Oreilles, and Lac du Flambeau, in Washington, D.C. The reason they were there is in dispute. Rec... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of Helen Klente, wearing a hair comb in her hair, and a tie pin at her collar, standing in front of a painted backdrop. She is ... |
| Date: | 06 19 1890 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman and man posing together. The man is sitting in a chair holding a hat and an umbrella. The woman i... |
| Date: | 01 1896 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Brumder (1870-1962), daughter of George and Henriette Brandhorst Brumder. She is sitting... |
| Date: | 07 1899 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Alfred (left) and Jeannette (right) Holt having a tea party. Both children are wearing dresses. A miniatu... |
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