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Dickey Chapelle on the USS "Boxer"

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Description: Dickey Chapelle is sitting on the USS "Boxer" with cameras around her neck and luggage at her side.
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Man Posing with Camera

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Description: A studio portrait of a man posing with a camera in front of a painted background. He wears a white shirt, suspenders and a hat.
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McVicar Photo Service Sign on Ford Coupe

Date: 1930
Description: A McVicar Photo Service sign on the spare tire cover on the back of a Ford coupe. The full text of the sign reads, "McVICAR PHOTO SERVICE, Specialists in C...
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Advertisement for Fake Rocks

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Description: A photographic postcard of studio props (#84 PAPIER MACME ROCKS) in front of a painted backdrop. There are 8 different rocks in different sizes. The prices...
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Advertisment for Balustrade and Painted Backdrop

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Description: A photographic postcard for a painted backdrop, #86. It has a wooded background, a column and a balustrade. Below is the text "PROFILE BALUSTRADE #8."
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Woman at Lookout Cliff

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Description: View of a woman taking a photograph from Lookout Cliff at Devil's Lake. Below, a train runs through a field surrounded by trees.
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Blanche Budd McFetridge

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Blanche Budd McFetridge in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a dress with a matching jacket and a hat with feather...
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Miriam Bennett Working in Studio

Date: 1969
Description: Close-up of Miriam Bennett working on a photographic print at the Bennett studio. Possibly taken by Ruth Bennett Dyer or Oliver Reese.
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George T. Spaulding

Date: 1861
Description: Tintype studio portrait in front of a painted background of George Spaulding of Brodhead, Wisconsin, member of the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry band. He is seate...
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Villa Louis Grounds

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Description: Composite panoramic view showing gazebo, star bed, and southeast corner of the lawn.
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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.
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Ben Bergor Billboard

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Description: Madison magician Ben Bergor standing in front of the Leota Theatre. Bergor was born Ben Goldenberger, and first performed in vaudeville as Bennie Golden Be...
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Portrait of Michael Stutzman

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Description: Civil War soldier Micheal Stutzman who served in the Wisconsin Infantry, 50th Company F.
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John Johnston

Date: 1855
Description: Studio portrait of John Johnston (1836-1904) as a young man. John was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He came to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1856 and became a...
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George and Margaret (Mitchell) Johnston

Date: 1855
Description: Seated studio portrait of Margaret (Mitchell) Johnston (1805-1861) and her husband George Johnston (1803-1893) of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. They were the pa...
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Rogers Family

Date: 1917
Description: Portrait of some of the William Henry Rogers family. Pictured are Maude Rogers Taylor, her parents, William and Martha, and her second son, Lynn H. Taylor.
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Victor L. Berger Posed with a Group

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Description: Victor L. Berger posed with a group for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. He was a founding member of the Socialist Party of America.
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Jesse Jackson at ACORN Event

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Description: Jesse Jackson stands beneath an ACORN banner as he is photographed by a crowd of people.
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William Goetsch Family

Date: 1875
Description: William Goetsch family portrait copied from tintype. Left to right: Ernstina Goetsch Bigalk, standing, Lydia Goetsch Volkman Blatter, sitting, Hannah Goets...
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Charlotte and William Goetsch

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Description: Full-length portrait of Charlotte Liermans Goetsch and William Goetsch, parents of Mary Goestch Krueger, and grandparents of the photographer, Alexander Kr...

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