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Museum Patrons View the Gaugin Exhibit

Date: 03 17 1959
Description: Spectators view paintings by Paul Gaugin at the opening of an art exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Window Display of A. Dean Swift's Art Work

Date: 06 25 1946
Description: Display of A. Dean Swift's art work and two mannequins wearing Savidusky's fur coats. Sign says "He brings outdoors, indoors! Wisconsin murals by A. Dean S...
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Wilma Gesell in Feathered Hat

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Wilma Gesell in a feathered hat, fur stole and muff.
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Chief Little Black Hawk

Date: 1895
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...
Postcard

Woman with Dead Geese

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman dressed in a fur coat and wearing a hat standing next to a display of defeathered geese.
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Two Women with Fur Muffs and Shawls

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Description: Studio portrait of two women wearing fashionable fur muffs, shawls and hats posing in front of a painted backdrop. On the left is Angeline Saeman Kalschuer...
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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...
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Three Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1931
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of three young Ho-Chunk women. One of the women is posing standing in the center behind the other two woman posing sit...
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Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on the left wearing with a plaid shawl over her shoulders, and a young Ho...
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Studio Portrait of Ed Greengrass and Jennie Blackhawk

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man and woman posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. They are identified as Ed Greengrass (CheWinCheKayRayHeKah) and ...
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Older Ho-Chunk Man Wearing Fur Coat

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of an older Ho-Chunk man posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is holding a dog (blurred by movement) in his lap, and ...
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Ho-Chunk Man in Fur Coat

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a long fur coat and a Scotch cap.
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Women Wearing Furs and Hats

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of two women posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. Both women are wearing elaborate hats and fur shawls, and...
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Woman Posing with Dog

Date: 1888
Description: Woman in a long dress wearing a glove and holding a book [?] in her hand posing before a painted backdrop. There is a small white dog seated on a fur rug a...
Postcard

Woman in Coat with Fur Muff

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Kathryn Dahman standing in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a long coat, a velvet hat with a feather plume, and i...
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Woman with Fur Muff and Cape

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Frances Dahman, standing, wearing a dress in front of a painted backdrop. Over it she has a fur cape and muff, and is wearin...
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Dorothy Jardon in "The Merry-Go-Round"

Date: 1908
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...
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Group Studio Portrait

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of two men and two women in front of a painted backdrop. Two are seated, the other two are standing. They are dressed in winter...
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Studio Portrait of Three Young Women

Date: 1916
Description: Full-length studio portrait of three women in front of a painted backdrop. Two women are seated, the third woman is standing behind and has her hands on th...
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Young Child Wearing Frilly Hat

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a little girl wearing a dress and a frilly hat is posing on a bench. At her feet is a fur rug.

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