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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of William F. Vilas posing with one hand on a law book and the other inside his long overcoat. |
| Date: | 02 17 1901 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Susan Frackelton, sitting at a table painting a bowl and surrounded by her art work and a large medal. Caption on back reads: "Mrs. Susa... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Candid portrait of John Steuart Curry working in his studio, holding paintbrushes. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of mail carrier Michael P. Adler, with his mailbag, an armful of mail, and a parcel. He is standing in front of a painted backd... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a butcher wearing an apron, and holding a cleaver and saw. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A studio portrait of Mr. William W. Hendricks, a Black River Falls barber, dressed in his best, posing in front of a painted backdrop. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of two telephone linemen with some of their equipment in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing work clothes and hats, and hold ciga... |
| Date: | 07 10 1956 |
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| Description: | Unretouched passport photograph in front of a painted backdrop of Frank Lloyd Wright. He is holding a cane on his left arm and has a hat on his lap. |
| Date: | 07 10 1956 |
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| Description: | Two alternate views in front of a painted backdrop of Frank Lloyd Wright, seated, for an unretouched passport photograph. He is holding a cane in his left ... |
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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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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Francis Bloodgood, Milwaukee lawyer. |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length studio portrait of Frank P. Blumenfeld, Milwaukee company president, standing in front of a painted backdrop. |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John W. Campsie, Milwaukee company manager. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an African American man carrying a bushel basket full of cotton, location unknown. |
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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. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of an African American boy dressed in the costume of a stereotypical newsboy. The child holds up a newspaper in one hand and holding a stac... |
| Date: | 10 19 2007 |
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| Description: | "Elizabeth was our waitress at John's in Beaver Dam." |
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| Description: | Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 812, class G5, built by Schenectady Locomotive Works in December of 1890. There is a device on the right ... |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man dressed as a cowboy. He is aiming a gun in one hand and holding a whip in the other. Th... |
| Date: | 2013 |
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| Description: | The hostess at a Perkins Restaurant smiling for a candid portrait. She has a “Time Is Precious” tattoo below her left collarbone, and is wearing a scoop-ne... |
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