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Dickey Chapelle

Date: 1940
Description: "She's Ready to Defend America," a portrait of Georgette Louise Meyer (aka Dickey Chapelle), as a member of the Women Flyers of America, an organization fo...
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Chuck Seals, Artist and Craftsman

Date: 03 22 1944
Description: Charles B. (Chuck) Seals, with pipe, a 25 year-old handicapped shut-in, who is a painter, a sculptor, a student and omnivorous reader, a fisherman, a swimm...
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Portrait of Photographer Matthew Witt

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Description: Casual portrait of photographer Matthew Witt seated at the foot of a ridge. It's likely that the image is a self-portrait produced by Witt himself.
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Portrait of Charles Van Schaick and Boy

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Description: A studio portrait of Charles Van Schaick, sitting on a stool in front of a painted backdrop, holding and hugging a small boy on his lap.
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Studio Portrait of Man Looking at Photographs

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Description: A man, probably Charles J. Van Schaick, wearing a long jacket and trousers, sits on a stone wall in a photography studio and looks at photographs in front ...
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Dicky Chapelle in Iwo Okinawa

Date: 1945
Description: Dicky Chapelle gazing into the distance, during her Iwo Okinawa period. She is wearing her War Correspondent uniform with hat. Possibly with camera slung o...
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Dicky Chapelle in Iwo Okinawa

Date: 1945
Description: Dicky Chapelle gazing into the distance, during her Iwo Okinawa period. She is wearing her War Correspondent uniform with hat. Possibly with camera slung o...
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H.H. Bennett's Wedding Portrait

Date: 03 25 1890
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of formally-dressed Henry Hamilton Bennett. This is his wedding portrait, which was made when he married Eva...
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Harold Van Schaick

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a seated Harold Van Schaick in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a coat, hat, and jacket.
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Jayne Blodgett

Date: 1949
Description: "Jayne Blodgett - Conover Model." A photographer with a 4x5 press camera is shooting from the opposite direction.
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Fred Bandlow Photography

Date: 02 1996
Description: "Cheryl Gage and Shirley Widmer hold up some of Fred Bandlow's photos that were on display at the Fond du Lac Library."
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 400-412

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Description: We were promised, we were told
that candy came in stripes and boxes

But some was stacked,
like lost rewards, the chocolate-coated paradoxes
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Female Model with Camera

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Description: A female model poses with a camera in her lap while sitting in the grass. She is wearing a black bathing suit, a striped cape, and shoes with knee-high sto...
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Practicing Photo

Date: 04 1988
Description: Jim and Shirley Widmer practice how they will take the church council photo.
Photograph

Edgar Mueller

Date: 05 1997
Description: Photographer Edgar Mueller photographed while covering an assignment at the seminary at Mt. Calvary.
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Sid in a Printing Room

Date: 12 1968
Description: Sid posing next to the print dryer in the printing room near the darkroom at Gisholt Machine Company. He has his signature cigar, holding it to his mouth. ...
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Allison and Hoffmann

Date: 1979
Description: R. Bruce Allison, left, and B. Wolfgang Hoffman posing in front of the massive trunk of a tree. Allison, an arborist, is the author, and Hoffmann the photo...
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John A. Glander, Early Photography Career

Date: 1920
Description: Seated portrait of John A. Glander, 33 years of age, in the office of the Glander Art Studio at 822 Washington Street. In the background, pictures are disp...
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John A. Glander, Photographer

Date: 1940
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of John August Glander at 53 years of age, founder and owner of the Glander Art Studio from 1908-1953. He is holding a cigar. Cons...
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John A. Glander, Artist Photographer

Date: 1932
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of John A. Glander in his artist's smock retouching a large photograph of a band. Mr. Glander was, for the most part, a self-...

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