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Ganna Walska Holding a Cat

Date: 1921
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Ganna Walska, Polish opera singer, holding a cat. At the time this picture was taken, Ganna Walska was th...
Photograph

Portrait of Anna Berger

Date: 1903
Description: Young woman facing to the right with her head turned toward viewer, hand on hip, wearing wire-rimmed eyeglasses, a flower in her hair, in long white dress ...
Photograph

Belle Case La Follette

Date: 1905
Description: Formal, full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Belle Case La Follette, the wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Although the negative jacket ...
Postcard

Mr. & Mrs. Otto Radke

Date: 1930
Description: Photographic postcard of a three-quarter length studio portrait of Mrs. & Mrs. Otto Radke in front of a painted backdrop. They both wear hats and she holds...
Photograph

Portrait of Mother and Daughters

Date: 1930
Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman wearing a shawl and head scarf, posing sitting in front of her daughters, who are standing, in circa 1920s dress and sh...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Emma Climer

Date: 1930
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting. She is wearing a dark coat with a fur-lined collar, gloves, cloche hat, ...
Photograph

Irene Castle and her pet dog

Date: 1914
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...
Photograph

Publicity Portrait of Irene Castle

Date: 1916
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...
Photograph

Edgewood College Style Show

Date: 03 13 1952
Description: Models Patrica Quisling and Marcia Pilon are shown wearing spring fashions from Manchesters Department Store.
Postcard

Miriam Bennett

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of Miriam Bennett in front of a painted backdrop with postcard conventions on back.
Photograph

Dorothy Werner

Date: 1932
Description: Formal full-length portrait of Dorothy Werner standing at a fireplace. She wears a dress that is now held by the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Photograph

Belle Case La Follette

Date: 1905
Description: Formal, full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Belle Case La Follette, the wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. Although the negative jacket ...
Photograph

Alma Seipp

Date: 1909
Description: Seated, full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Alma Seipp (1876-1966), daughter of prominent Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp. She is seated on ...
Photograph

Bartholomay Family

Date: 1908
Description: Clara Seipp Bartholomay (1871-1956) and her husband, Henry Bartholomay, Jr. pose with their children, from left, Henry Conrad, Catherine, and Elsa Marie fo...
Photograph

Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Fargo

Date: 1903
Description: A souvenir photograph of Frank B. and Louise Morilla Mears Fargo, taken in Atlantic City. The couple is posing against a prop split rail fence in front of ...
Historical Object

Louise Mears Fargo and Her Children

Date: 08 1901
Description: A photograph of Louise Mears Fargo and her children is mounted on an album page decorated with a hand-painted wild rose. In the photograph, Louise, wearing...
Photograph

Madison Art Association Exhibit

Date: 10 15 1953
Description: Hostess Marian Stevens chats with Margaret Broadfoot and Doris Brobst at the preview of the Madison Art Association art exhibit in Scanlan Hall at the Voca...
Photograph

Henriette Brumder Birthday Celebration

Date: 04 02 1921
Description: Henriette Brandhorst Brumder, sitting in the center holding two of her infant grandchildren, posing with family members for a portrait on her 80th birthday...
Photograph

Straightline Navy Suit

Date: 05 23 1919
Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman wearing a hat and dress, and holding a cane under her arm. Caption reads: "Straightline suit...
Photograph

Belle Case La Follette

Date: 1901
Description: Full-length studio portrait of activist Belle Case La Follette, wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

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