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| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Richard Barthelmess, the future actor, is about 12-years-old in this studio portrait. He is dressed as a soldier, probably one of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough R... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Irene Castle in a black Persian lamb coat and hat holding one of her small Brussels Griffon d... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Full-length publicity portrait of Irene Castle posed in a studio in front of a painted backdrop. She looking over her shoulder at the camera and is wearing... |
| Date: | 03 01 1968 |
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| Description: | Teachers from St. Rose Catholic School, 514 N. 31st St., Sister Mathia (left) and Sister Geran, visited a show of the artworks of the 1930's in the mezzani... |
| Date: | 09 25 1980 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Pearl White stands in front of a painted studio background, sword in hand, wearing the female version of a U.S. Army cavalry uniform. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Lillie Langtry is in character as the adventuress Lena Despard from the play "As in a Looking-Glass." In this full-length portrait, she is seated, facing ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Dorothy Jardon in a White Studio publicity photograph for her first Broadway appearance, the musical comedy "The Merry-Go-Round," which opened at the Circl... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of actor John Gilbert wearing a tuxedo. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | This scene still for "As a Man Thinks" is set in an artist's studio in Paris. On the left wearing a painting smock and floppy tie is the artist Benjamin De... |
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| Description: | Waist-up seated portrait of Shirley Clarke. She is holding a microphone and wearing a bowler hat and a black outfit with a white shirt, as well as a "Portr... |
| Date: | 09 06 1968 |
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| Description: | View of the front wall left standing of the Trinity Lutheran Church. A man in the foreground us painting a portrait of the church. The artist is identified... |
| Date: | 06 13 2015 |
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| Description: | Modern tintype, full length, formal portrait, of Angela R. Davis, Development Officer, Wisconsin Historical Foundation. She is seated in a chair with her a... |
| Date: | 06 13 2015 |
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| Description: | Modern tintype, full length, formal portrait, of Ellsworth H. Brown, Ph.D., The Ruth and Hartley Barker Director, Wisconsin Historical Foundation. Developm... |
| Date: | 06 13 2015 |
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| Description: | Modern tintype, full length, formal portrait, of Scott and Kate Neitzel. Scott is the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Administration for the State... |
| Date: | 03 13 1989 |
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| Description: | A smiling man is petting a dog held by a woman. Caption reads: "Art Borowiak patted Buttons, a toy poodle owned by Ann Turney." |
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| Description: | Publicity photo of actress Myrtle Stedman. She is wearing a lace dress and a headpiece with one feather. She is standing in front of a wall made to look li... |
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| Description: | Alice Brady posing for a publicity photograph while sitting on a cushioned seat and leaning in one direction. She is wearing a wide brimmed hat and a dress... |
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| Description: | Theda Bara posing in front of a wall or backdrop that looks like a forest. She is holding strands of beads, which are attached to her dress, in each hand. ... |
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