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Stephen and Clara Medhurst Willingham Chilton

Date: 12 25 1934
Description: Holiday postcard featuring a photograph of Stephen Chilton and Clara Medhurst Willingham Chilton, grandparents of Aunt Clara Bewick Colby.
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Walter and Virginia Ross at Ross Teal Lake Lodge

Date: 1948
Description: Walter and Virginia Ross relaxing indoors by the fireplace at Ross Teal Lake Lodge. Caption reads: "Mr. & Mrs. W.R. Ross at Ross' Teal Lake Lodge on Teal L...
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Mr. & Mrs. Otto Radke

Date: 1930
Description: Photographic postcard of a three-quarter length studio portrait of Mrs. & Mrs. Otto Radke in front of a painted backdrop. They both wear hats and she holds...
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Virginia Ross in Kitchen

Date: 1950
Description: Virginia Ross poses at a table in front of a large stove in the kitchen. Caption reads: "Kitchen at Ross's Tel Lake Lodge, Hayward, Wis."
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Paul A. Seifert

Date: 06 1908
Description: Paul A. Seifert, and unidentified woman seated indoors. He lived in Richland Center, now known as Gotham, Wisconsin. He was a taxidermist and curio collect...
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Miriam Bennett

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of Miriam Bennett in front of a painted backdrop with postcard conventions on back.
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Clara Middleton and Tootsie

Date: 1905
Description: Clara Middleton, well-dressed and wearing a large hat, holding her pet fox terrier's chin as the two share a gaze.
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The Chapel, North Cave, Cave of the Mounds

Date: 1947
Description: Colorized postcard of a woman viewing stalactites in the Chapel, North Cave, in the Cave of the Mounds.
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Visitors Climbing on Stalagmites at the Cave of the Mounds

Date: 10 27 1941
Description: Photographic postcard of two women climbing on stalagmites in the Cave of the Mounds.
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Diva

Date: 03 1912
Description: Olivia Monona wearing a costume worn as a chorus member of the Chicago Opera. The image is a photographic postcard she sent to Oscar Hanke, a violinist wit...
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St. Mary's Boarding and High School

Date: 08 23 1916
Description: Color photographic postcard depicting five scenes from St. Mary's Boarding and High School, including women on campus, a section of the chapel, the recepti...
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Dionne Sisters, World Renowned Musicians

Date: 10 31 1912
Description: Photographic postcard of two sisters posed with a guitar and a mandolin in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing dresses, and one sister has a lace...
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Studio Portrait of a Young Woman

Date: 1906
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a young woman standing in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a dark dress, hair bow and shoes. A crucifix is hangin...
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Studio Portrait of a Woman

Date: 1911
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Anna Bollenbeck Bowar, standing in front a painted backdrop. She is wearing a dark dress with white collar and cuffs, a stri...
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Studio Portrait of Young Woman

Date: 1916
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a young woman standing in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a light-colored dress with a lace overlay, hair bow an...
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Studio Portrait of a Woman

Date: 1916
Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of a young woman standing in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a string of pearls, and a d...
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Studio Portrait of Young Woman

Date: 1911
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a young woman standing in front of a painted backdrop. Her left hand is resting on a table covered with a tasseled tableclot...
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Studio Portrait of a Woman

Date: 1911
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a woman standing in front off a painted backdrop. She is wearing a dark dress, shoes, hat with bow, light-colored gloves and...
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Studio Portrait of Two Women

Date: 1915
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two women in front of a painted backdrop. One woman is seated, the other is perched on the arm of the chair. They are wearin...
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Studio Portrait of Two Women

Date: 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of a three-quarter length studio portrait of two women in front of a painted backdrop. One woman is seated in a wicker chair, the oth...

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