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Clippers Baseball Team

Date: 1886
Description: The Neillsville "Clippers" baseball team pose for portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
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Football Team

Date: 1899
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of members of a Whitewater, Wisconsin football team.
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Group of People with International Scout

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Description: Color advertising photograph depicting people in various professions and walks of life surrounding a new International Scout.
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Mail Carrier

Date: 1905
Description: Carte-de-visite of a mailman dressed in his full uniform gazing at a piece of mail he is holding in his hands. He is carrying his mail pouch over his shoul...
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Loyd Harris's Wedding Portrait

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Description: Wedding portrait of Lieutenant Loyd G. Harris, his bride and two attendants.
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Gesell Boys in Baseball Pose

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two of the Gesell boys in a baseball pose.
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Gerhard Gesell, Jr., in Baseball Uniform

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Gerhard Gesell, Jr., wearing a baseball uniform.
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Wittenberg Grays Baseball Team

Date: 1920
Description: Studio portrait of Wittenberg Grays baseball team in uniform with balls, bats and gloves in foreground. Third player from the left is Melvin Schlytter (ca...
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Fire Fighter Frederick Moessner

Date: 1858
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Frederick Moessner wearing a fireman's hat for Madison Engine Co. No. 2. He was one of the original members of Madison Fire Co...
Postcard

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...
Postcard

Portrait of Basketball Player

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Rudolph Faust holding up a basketball.
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Cross Plains Baseball Team

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Description: Studio portrait of six members of the baseball team posing in front of a painted backdrop. Left to right, seated: Nick Marking, Peter Burke. Standing: Matt...
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Four Men Posing with Cigarettes

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four men with cigarettes. From left to right, Mel Pick, Charlie Lenter of Milwaukee, Alphouse Frank, and ...
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Two Basketball Players

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of two brothers in basketball uniforms with their arms around each other's shoulders. They are standing in front...
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Studio Portrait of Eliza Decorah Lowe and Daughter

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman, Eliza Decorah Lowe, posing sitting, with her daughter standing beside her, wearing what...
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Studio Portrait of Esau Prescott in Uniform

Date: 1915
Description: Studio full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk boy, Esau Prescott, who is wearing a boarding school uniform. He is posing standin...
Postcard

Luell's Orchestra

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Description: Indoor group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Luell's Orchestra consisting of five men. Each member holds an instrument and there are several oth...
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Baraboo Basketball Team

Date: 1916
Description: A group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the 1916 Baraboo basketball team, winners of the Wisconsin State Basketball Tournament held at Lawrence ...
Postcard

Hayward Indian School Students

Date: 1889
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of five Hayward Indian School students, possibly a basketball team, from L to R: John C...
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A Girl and Boy Dressed as Nurse and Soldier

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a girl dressed as a nurse and a boy dressed as a soldier standing in front of a painted backdrop. He holds a rifle and she i...

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