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Domestic Staff with Work Utensils

Date: 1890
Description: The household staff (probably Swedish) for one family home, including laundresses, cooks, parlor maids, and scullery girls with their various work utensils...
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Portrait of Winnebago Indians

Date: 1890
Description: A studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Winnebago Indians: John Hazen Hill, Alex Lonetree, daughter of Alex Lonetree, Mrs. Alex Lonetree, and W...
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Men Dressed as Minstrels

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Description: Eight men posing together dressed as minstrels in blackface makeup.
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Mountain Wolf Woman

Date: 1907
Description: Studio portrait of Mountain Wolf Woman, also known as Stella Blowsnake Whitepine Stacy (HayAhChoWinKah), sitting and holding her two daughters, Josephine W...
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Studio Shenanigans

Date: 1900
Description: Four men use a ladder to pose on top of each other. There is a painted backdrop behind them. They are wearing suit jackets, vests with watch fobs, and trou...
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Studio Family Portrait

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of elderly couple with their grown children.
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Church Choir

Date: 1898
Description: A woman plays the organ, while two women, wearing hats, and three men, gather behind her, holding song books. They are enclosed by a low, circular railing;...
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Men in Headdresses

Date: 05 1913
Description: Group of a dozen men mugging for the camera. Poster on the wall advertises a "Grand Picnic and Dance in Miller's Bowery, Caroline, Wis., Sunday, May 18th 1...
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By the Piano

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Description: Two women and a man posing by a piano.
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Portrait of Family

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man and woman posing sitting, surrounded by two young men, a young woman, a girl and a boy.
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Girls with Tambourines

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Description: Studio group portrait of thirteen costumed girls posing standing and holding tambourines. They are wearing identical jumpers with puffy-sleeved blouses, an...
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Girls with Tambourines

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Description: Studio portrait of thirteen girls in costume, posing sitting, standing, and holding tambourines in front of a painted backdrop.
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High School Graduation in Opera House

Date: 1897
Description: Two young men and ten young women in white dresses sitting in a semi circle on the stage of the Black River Falls Opera House. The stage is decorated with ...
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Portrait of Young Women on Swing

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Description: Studio portrait of twelve young women posing, seven sitting and five standing, around and on a swing in front of a painted backdrop. Seated at left in the ...
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Double Image of Family and Two Boys

Date: 1898
Description: Two exposures of interior portraits. Left is a seated woman holding on to smaller boy both looking left, with seated man and standing older boy facing forw...
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick with Son Shirley

Date: 1898
Description: Studio portrait of a man, woman, and child sitting in a rowboat in front of a painted backdrop. Probably Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van Schaick and their son, Sh...
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Portrait of Eight Women and One Man

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of eight women, three of whom are sitting, and one seated man.
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Portrait of Young People

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait of three men and a woman standing, and four women sitting in front of a painted backdrop. Young man standing on the extreme right is probab...
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Group Posing by Organ

Date: 1899
Description: Group of people posing around an organ. A young woman in a white dress is sitting at the organ, facing left, with an older man behind her on the right. On ...
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Studio Portrait of Three Men

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait of three men standing, one of whom is a little person, standing in front of a painted backdrop. All of the men are wearing hats, and the ma...

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