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Increase Lapham Examining a Meteorite

Date: 1871
Description: Stereograph portrait of Increase Allen Lapham (1811-1875) examining the sixth fragment of a 33 lb. meteorite found in Trenton, Washington County, Wisconsin...
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Playing Chess

Date: 1898
Description: Reverend Henry Faville and his son, Ted, are seated around a small table playing chess in their home.
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Interior Barber Shop

Date: 1874
Description: A highly decorated barber shop interior, possibly Wellman's, with a view of chairs, mirrors and a glass display case with cigars. In the back of the shop i...
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Mrs. Roseline Peck

Date: 1874
Description: Mrs. Roseline Peck, born 1808 - died 1898, first white woman in Madison, Wisconsin. She was the wife of the first tavern keeper, Eben Peck.
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Gerhard and Christine Gesell

Date: 1879
Description: Studio portrait of photographer Gerhard Gesell, Sr. and his wife Christine Giesen Gesell taken shortly after their marriage in 1879. She is sitting in a ch...
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Studio Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1890
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk men posing in front of a painted backdrop. They are both wearing suits and ties. The unidentified man sit...
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Studio Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1890
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk men, Frank Bigsoldier (KeKahUnGah), sitting on the left, and a man possibly identified...
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Studio Portrait of Four Young Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in front of two men posing standing, William Hall (HunkKah), left, ...
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Leroy J. Burlingame

Date: 1896
Description: Leroy J. Burlingame, sitting in a chair in the Montello home of his son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. Edward A. Bass. Another person, obscured, is stan...
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Gunder Larson and Family

Date: 1888
Description: Full-length studio portrait of the Gunder Larson Family. Front row: Mary Jane Rodgers Larson, Arthur Larson, Gunder Larson. Back row: Margaret Slossen Lars...
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Examining the Wisconsin Meteorite

Date: 1868
Description: Stereograph of Increase Lapham examining a fragment of a meteorite.
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Dousman and Sturgis Studio Portrait

Date: 1873
Description: Nina Lynn Sturgis and Hercules Louis Dousman pose together in a studio in front of a painted backdrop. Hercules is wearing a suit and is seated with his ar...
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Men in an Office

Date: 1895
Description: Two men in a small office, probably a railroad station. On the right is a map on the wall, and below it is a Herring Hall Marvin safe.
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The Conrad Schmitt Family

Date: 1892
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Conrad Schmitt family of Muscoda. Emma Schmitt married Sherwin Gillett in 1906.
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Alfred P. Edgerton

Date: 1865
Description: Formal portrait of Alfred P. Edgerton seated at a small table.
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Ferdinand Hotz in Office

Date: 1895
Description: A young Ferdinand Hotz sits behind a large desk in his Chicago office. There is an art print and a framed collection of moths and butterflies on the wall b...
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Philip L. Spooner and Associates

Date: 1886
Description: Philip L. Spooner, Wisconsin State Insurance Commissioner, in his office with associates.
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Portrait of Captain Boyd

Date: 1895
Description: Informal portrait of “Captain Boyd” seated in what appears to be an office.
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La Follette, Harper, Roe & Zimmerman Law Office

Date: 1899
Description: Two views of the interior of the La Follette, Harper, Roe & Zimmerman law office. Mr. Zimmerman is sitting in his inner office; the lady in the foreground ...
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S.M. Babcock

Date: 1888
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of group of nine men, identified on the reverse as associates of the Geneva, New York Experiment Station. St...

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