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William Tennant with Prosthetic Legs

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of William Tennant, standing with short pants that reveal his prosthetic legs. He holds a newspaper in his ...
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Portrait of William Tennant

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait of William Tennant in front of a painted backdrop. He was a newspaper and magazine agent in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, who lost both his...
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Portrait of Man Reading Newspaper

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Description: A man sits for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop, smoking a corn-cob pipe and reading a Chicago newspaper. He is wearing a hat, suit jacket,...
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Charles F. Rausen

Date: 09 18 1914
Description: Quarter-length seated studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Charles F. Rausen, Milwaukee merchant.
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Peter Reiss

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Description: Three-quarter length seated studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Peter Reiss, Sheboygan merchant.
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Civil War Portraits and Relics

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Description: View of a room filled with portraits and relics from the Civil War. A piano is placed below a window across the room, and the walls are lined with framed p...
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Portrait of William Tennant

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Description: Studio portrait of William Tennant standing and wearing a suit and hat in front of a painted backdrop. He was a newspaper and magazine agent in Black River...
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Studio Portrait of Newsboy

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait of an African American boy dressed in the costume of a stereotypical newsboy. The child holds up a newspaper in one hand and holding a stac...
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Studio Portrait of European American Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American man with a moustache holding a rolled-up newspaper in his ...
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The Ogden Family

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Description: Indoor portrait of two European American men and two European American women posing sitting. The man is reading a newspaper, "The Northwestern Mail." Ident...

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