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"You Can't Saw Wood with a Hammer"

Date: 1910
Description: Photo montage, with a sign reading "You can't saw wood with a hammer," along with a machine part, and a young man. The photograph may have been taken at In...
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Ho-Chunk Man and Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Thomas Thunder (Hoonk Ha Ga Kah) (Son of [Wa Con Cha Kah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [We Hon Pe Kaw] Lucy Bear, Thunde...
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Daily News and Henry Reimer's Photo Materials Buildings

Date: 06 08 1905
Description: The Daily News and Henry Reimer's Photo Materials store, located on the west side of North Plankinton Avenue, between West Wisconsin Avenue and West Wells ...
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Dr. John Maynard Woodworth in Fur Clothing

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. John Maynard Woodworth (1837-1879), an American physician and naturalist who is shown in a Russian-American fur trapper's c...
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Theodatus Garlick, Sculptor and Plastic Surgeon

Date: 1872
Description: Reproduction of a carte-de-visite portrait of Theodatus Garlick (1805-1884), American surgeon and sculptor. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, Garlick was one of th...
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Bried Family Portrait

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Description: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bried and family, consisting of three women and two men.
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Field Photographer

Date: 1921
Description: A photographer, likely an employee of International Harvester, and his hand-crank motion picture camera standing in a field in front of man on top of a wag...
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Three Men and Stringed Instruments

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Description: Three men, two of them standing with string instruments and the other seated.
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Girl Standing in Snow

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of a young girl, clothed in a winter coat, bonnet, and muff, with fake snow on the ground and falling all around her.
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Madison Youth Council Movie Makers

Date: 11 11 1947
Description: Four members of Madison Youth Council are shown lounging around a movie camera in a woodland setting. They were making a movie, "Make Way for Youth".
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Two Basketball Players

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Rudolph Faust and his brother jointly holding up a basketball in front of a painted backdrop. The Faust brother on the right...
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Two Men In Conversation

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of two men in front of a painted backdrop. The men are dressed in business suits, holding cigars in their hands and using hand ...
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Mother and Child

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Description: Studio portrait of mother and child in front of a painted backdrop. The woman is seated and wearing a black dress, the toddler is standing and dressed in w...
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Fathers and Sons Drinking

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Description: Studio portrait of two fathers and their sons holding drinks in front of a painted backdrop. In the front row, from left to right, are Jacob Birrenkott of ...
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Two Fashionable Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of two women standing in front of a painted backdrop. They are dressed in black and are wearing fashionable coats, muffs and ha...
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Six Bollenbeck Sisters

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Description: Studio portrait of the Bollenbeck sisters, three of whom were nuns, in front of a painted backdrop. First row from left to right: Mary Haack, Sister Claudi...
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Man Wearing Coat and Hat

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a man wearing a long overcoat and a bow tie in front of a painted backdrop. His hat is tilted at a jaunty angle.
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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...
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Portrait of Two Young Children

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Description: Studio portrait of two children in front of a painted backdrop. The infant is sitting on a stool, and a young girl is standing on a platform.
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Young Boy with Tricycle

Date: 1908
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young boy with a tricycle.

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