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Braddock's Defeat

Date: 1903
Description: An important event of the French and Indian War (1754-1763) was commissioned in 1903 by Robert Laird McCormick, president of the State Historical Society o...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Men with Cigars

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait of Jake Hubert (wearing the watch chain), and another man, both smoking cigars and wearing hats and standing in front of a painted backdrop...
Photograph

Two Linemen for Telephone Exchange

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Description: Studio portrait of two telephone linemen with some of their equipment in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing work clothes and hats, and hold ciga...
Postcard

Four Men Playing Cards

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four men sitting at a table playing cards, smoking cigarettes and ...
Photograph

Three Men Drinking Beer

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three unidentified white men dressed in bib overalls. One man is sitting in the center betwee...
Postcard

Two Men Smoking Cigars

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men smoking cigars and wearing summer hats. Joseph Bowar is sitting, and his brother, Jacob Bowar, is...
Postcard

Man Wearing Western Style Clothing

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Mike Virnig, standing with a cigarette in his hand. He is dressed in western style clothing, possibly for...
Postcard

Four Men Wearing Overalls

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four men, all dressed in overalls, standing together. One man is holding a cigar. The two men...
Postcard

Two Men in Suits

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of two unidentified men in front of a painted backdrop standing for their studio portrait. They are both dressed in suits and t...
Postcard

Two Men Looking at Document

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men looking at document that Mel Esser, sitting, is holding in his hand. Charlie "Breaky" Brendler, w...
Postcard

Man Rolling a Cigarette

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Description: Studio portrait of a man sitting in a chair rolling a cigarette in front of a painted backdrop. A tin of Prince Albert Tobacco sits on his knee.
Postcard

Four Men Posing with Cigarettes

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four men with cigarettes. From left to right, Mel Pick, Charlie Lenter of Milwaukee, Alphouse Frank, and ...
Photograph

Crater Players

Date: 06 25 1948
Description: Edwin Morgan, at bench, and James Price, shirtless with cigarette in his mouth, are painting scenery for the Crater Players production of "The Drunkard".
Photograph

Painting a McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler

Date: 08 19 1935
Description: A factory worker at International Harvester's West Pullman Works spray paints the interior of a 6-can McCormick-Deering milk cooler.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man and Boys

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio group portrait of young Ho-Chunk men. Standing (l to r) are George Otter (Hay Cho Kah), Johnnie Thunder (Hoonk Nee Kah), and George Bear...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Frank Browneagle and Annie Snake

Date: 1903
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Frank Browneagle (HeWaKaKayReKah), a Ho-Chunk man, and Annie Snake (KhaWinKeeSinchHayWinKah) ...
Photograph

Bar Room at Hotel Astor

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Description: Interior of the bar room at Hotel Astor, built in 1904. Waiters, bartenders, and patrons stand around the bar, decorated in the Old World style.
Print

I Love You, A Sign Of Love

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Description: Valentine's Day card of a boy in a painter's uniform and gloves. He holds a brush dripping red paint in his right hand. He has just painted "I Love You!" o...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Two Unidentified European American Men

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young men wearing hats and suits. The man on the left is posing standing with a cigar in ...

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