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Alfred C. Clas

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of Alfred C. Clas (1859-1942), Milwaukee architect whose firm designed the Wisconsin Historical Society Headquarters building. The architectural f...
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Portrait of Charles May Family

Date: 11 05 1933
Description: Portrait of Charles May family. Father and mother, and three children.
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Reri Trying Cinderella Cosmetics

Date: 07 25 1932
Description: Reri (Anne Chevalier), Tahitian star of the Fanchon and Marco "Tahiti" show at the Orpheum theater trying Cinderella cosmetics in her dressing room with Mr...
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Gem Cutter

Date: 1950
Description: Arthur Virthaler, professor of art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in the studio with materials and tools for making jewelry. He was known for sim...
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Daisy Bates with President Eisenhower

Date: 1958
Description: Daisy Bates shakes hands with President Eisenhower at the Summit Conference.
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Mr. and Mrs. Wright

Date: 07 10 1956
Description: Unretouched waist-up portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright taken at the same time that each sat individually with Reierson for new passport photograp...
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Volunteers of America Dinner

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: William Thorp and Hattie Reed bow their heads in prayer before Thanksgiving dinner is served by the Volunteers of America to 56 members of its Sunset Club.
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Mr. and Mrs. John E. Wise, Sr.

Date: 01 08 1955
Description: Wisconsin's new Secretary of State, Glenn M. Wise, pours coffee for her husband, John E. Wise, Sr., who is an electrical engineer with the state Industrial...
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Lord and Lady Halifax Visit

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Lady Halifax conversing with Chief Justice Rosenberry while dining. Governor Walter Goodland is on right.
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Donald Davidson, Braves PR Director witth Lew Burdette

Date: 04 13 1961
Description: Donald Davidson (left), Director of Public Relations for the Milwaukee Braves, talks with pitcher Lew Burdette at an Elks club dinner.
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Daisy Bates at a Book Promotion

Date: 1962
Description: Daisy Bates speaking with unidentified man wearing eyeglasses. Copies of her memoir "The Long Shadow of Little Rock", and plaques from the NAACP for the ni...
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Daisy Bates, Little Rock Nine and Dr. James Levy

Date: 1958
Description: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine with officers of the NAACP at their 49th annual convention. Mrs. Bates and the nine students received an award for the...
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Studio Portrait of Edward Funmaker and Mary Johnson

Date: 1935
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man and woman in front of a painted backdrop. The man is posing sitting and is wearing a suit and hat. T...
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Portrait of Ho-Chunk Family

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man sitting and wearing modern dress, flanked by two Ho-Chunk women standing and wearing several necklaces and sh...
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Studio Portrait of Henry Thunder and Soldier Woman

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting and wearing a suit jacket, tie, and hat. Next to him on the rig...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Men Howard McKee and Frank Lincoln

Date: 1902
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men in front of a painted backdrop. They are identified as Frank Washington Lincoln (ChakShepKonNeKah), who is ...
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Portrait of George Monegar with Sister of John Stacy and Wife of George Lowe

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait of Ho-Chunk group, from left to right, the wife of George (Lyons) Lowe (AhHaZheeKah), George Monegar, (EwaOnaGinaKah) and the sister of Joh...
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Studio Portrait of the Martin and Green Families

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk couples. Albert Henry (HahNahKah) is standing with his wife, Martha Henry. Sitting in front ...
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Three Ho-Chunk Women and Two Men

Date: 1913
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three Ho-Chunk women posing sitting in a row, wearing several necklaces, earrings, file brace...
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Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men and Two Children

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posing standing wearing a winter coat and hat. On the left is a Ho-Chunk man sitting and w...

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