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Pocahontas

Date: 1832
Description: Portrait of Pocahontas.
Postcard

Children Posing with Nun

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Description: Studio portrait of three children with flower bouquets in front of a painted backdrop. One boy is seated and two girls are standing. All of the children ar...
Postcard

Young Girl Holding Rose

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young girl standing on a chair, holding a rose in her hand. The young girl's hair is pulled...
Postcard

Girl with Certificate

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of young girl with a scroll on a table, probably a graduation diploma. She is wearing all white and has a fa...
Postcard

Two Children and a Rose

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Description: Studio portrait of two children, Liane Faust Hilgers and Harold Pick, sitting on stools in front of a painted backdrop. Harold is holding up a rose and Lia...
Postcard

Girls on Their Graduation

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of two girls on the occasion of their graduation. They are dressed in white dresses with bows in their hair, cor...
Postcard

Young Woman on Her Graduation

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of a young woman on the occasion of her graduation. She wears a white dress with a corsage pinned to...
Photograph

Woman with Basket

Date: 1930
Description: A young woman poses with a basket of flowers over one arm. She wears an old-fashioned costume and stands in front of a painted backdrop which mimics a ston...
Photograph

Switzer Foundation for Girls

Date: 1920
Description: A painting, possibly a portrait of the two founders of the Switzer Foundation for Girls, Margaret and Sarah Switzer. A woman on the left is holding a scrol...
Print

Loving Greeting

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Description: Valentine's Day card with a cherub seated in front of an easel. She is holding a brush and palette and is painting a heart and flowers with the text: "Lovi...
Photograph

Photo Playhouse

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Description: Tintype of Estella Moessner Goldenberger of Madison, (in the window), with her friend Celia Gibson posing in front of a painted backdrop.
Postcard

Young Men and Women Posing with Nun

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of a nun, one young man and five young women in front of a painted backdrop. The children are all ho...
Postcard

Mock Wedding with Children

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a group of children. They are posed as a mock wedding party. The bride carries a bouquet and wears a circ...
Postcard

Santa and Girl in Sleigh

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Description: Photographic postcard of Santa and a young girl, Mary Jane Turner, in his sleigh. Her head is next to his and her arm is around his shoulders. Reindeer can...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Seven Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three women posed standing, and four women posed sitting. The woman sitting on the floor on t...
Photograph

Genevieve Milward

Date: 06 1921
Description: Full-length studio graduation portrait of Genevieve Milward (later McVicar), (1902-1987) of Madison, Wisconsin, standing in front of a painted backdrop. Sh...
Photograph

Woman Gazing into a Pond

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman posing gazing into a mirror 'pond' while reading a book.
Photograph

Emma and Elena Schmitt

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Description: Portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Schmitt (the future Mrs. Sherwin Gillett) and her sister Elena. The frame has the S. Gillett imprint, but t...
Photograph

Unknown Wedding Party

Date: 1920
Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified wedding party, including the bride, groom, best man, maid of honor and a flower gir...
Photograph

Portrait of Laura (Smith) Kaun

Date: 1894
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Laura (Smith) Kaun (1875-1937) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is wearing a dress with ...

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