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The Evolution of a Soldier

Date: 1917
Description: Four photographs with handwritten captions. The photograph at top left is a group portrait with a caption that reads: "Soon after reaching Waco, the 1st Wi...
Photograph

Black Civil War Soldiers

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Description: Two Black Civil War soldiers from Hughes and Metzer "Pictorial History of the Negro in America."
Photograph

Weber Family Studio Portrait

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Description: Studio portrait of Chet and Ella Weber, and Holly Weber sitting around a table and looking at stereograph cards. There is a guitar leaning against the wall...
Photograph

Atley Peterson Family

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Description: Eight members of the Atley Peterson family in a studio photograph.
Photograph

Vandenberg, Bruno, and Twining

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Description: Aviation publicist Harry Bruno flanked by two Air Force generals with Wisconsin ties who played a prominent role in shaping post-World War II air defense p...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Three Native Americans

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three Native Americans, two older men and a young girl, possibly Winnebagos. "Silbing Bear" is written on...
Photograph

Osage Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Black Bow's wife, with infant in a papoose, and Saucy Chief's squaw.
Photograph

Leroy Gates and Family

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Description: Studio portrait of LeRoy Gates and his family.
Photograph

Mrs. Fred (Marguerite Jenks) Snyder and Children

Date: 07 10 1945
Description: Group portrait of Mrs. Fred (Marguerite Jenks) Snyder and her daughters, Ruth and Peggy. Mrs. Snyder and her daughters are guests of her parents and grandf...
Photograph

A Family Group — Noatak

Date: 1928
Description: Seated portrait of a woman, man, and child.
Photograph

Women in Nightgowns

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Description: Four women, dressed in white nightgowns and nightcaps laying on a bed.
Photograph

American Dairy Association Group Portrait

Date: 1947
Description: American Dairy Association truck with 17 men standing in front. Six faces of men are imposed over the building in the background above the truck.
Photograph

College Workshop at Highlander

Date: 04 1959
Description: Group portrait of a college workshop group from Highlander Folk School.
Photograph

Family Portrait

Date: 01 25 1909
Description: Large family group of children posed around what appears to be their grandparents in a parlor. Standing in the middle, front row is Ellen Taylor Higgins.
Photograph

Students and Teachers at Keshena Schoolhouse

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Description: Group portrait of Menominee Indian students and teachers in front of the Keshena Schoolhouse.
Postcard

Group Portrait of People Wearing Hats

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio group portrait of two men and two women, standing in front of a painted backdrop. They are all wearing hats.
Photograph

Eight Group Portraits of Three Young Men

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Description: Eight group exposures of three men in a photography studio posing in front of a painted backdrop. From left to right, starting in the upper left corner: re...
Postcard

Mother and Children

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of an unidentified mother and her two children. The children both wear white dresses. They are posed in front of...
Photograph

Three Native American Women

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Description: A studio portrait of three Native American women in front of a painted backdrop, one standing and two seated. The two women in front are wearing blouses an...
Photograph

Group Portrait of Native Americans

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Description: A studio portrait of a group of Native Americans. A woman in a dress holds an infant in her lap, a man stands behind her, and two young men, one standing a...

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