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Myra Page

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Description: Portrait of Myra Page, an author and Antioch coop student, who was both a student and later a teacher at Highlander Folk School.
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Garland at West Salem Family Home

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Description: Informal portrait of writer Hamlin Garland at his family home in West Salem. The woman with him has been tentatively identified as his daughter, Mary Isabe...
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Frances Wettstein

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Description: Vignetted quarter-length studio portrait of Frances Wettstein, Milwaukee teacher, writer, lecturer, and educator of the deaf.
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Portait of Robert Bloch: Rental Office and Secretary

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Description: Bloch rented an office and a secretary so that he could dictate and complete eight stories. It was short-lived. Gauer's caption: Dictator, Water Cooler, Se...
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Group Picture: Frat Party

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Description: A fraternity party photographed for Smiles Magazine. Harold Gauer and Alice Bedard sit on a couch while Robert bloch pours a drink for Angie Vail.
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Bloch Family on Porch

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Description: Robert Bloch and his family pose on their second floor porch at the flat they rented at 2626B Maryland Avenue. This was during Bloch's work at the Marx age...
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Group in Costume: Geek Party

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Description: Group portrait from a humorous "Geek" party in Chester Vonier's county owned barracks. Joe O'Hearn was the editor of Trains magazine, Vonier was nig...
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Group Photograph in Milwaukee

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Description: Photograph celebrating Henry Kuttner's visit to Milwaukee. He had driven an old Plymouth all the way from Los Angeles. Cut line was: On arrival, he immedia...
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Derleth Autographing Books

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Description: Wisconsin writer August Derleth (center) autographing copies of his book, Sac Prairie People. The other individuals in the photograph are not known....
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Zona Gale

Date: 1920
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Zona Gale (Mrs. William Breese) standing near a window and holding a rose in her left hand.
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Alice Kent Trimpey

Date: 1930
Description: A portrait of the photographer's wife, Alice Kent Trimpey, sitting. Mrs. Trimpey was an authority on antiques and antique dolls.
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Zona Gale

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Description: A head and shoulders portrait of Zona Gale.
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Zona Gale

Date: 1925
Description: Portrait of Pulitzer Prize winning author Zona Gale wearing a hat and a coat with a fur collar.
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Author Sigurd Olson

Date: 01 21 1973
Description: Sigurd Olson, who became a leading exponent of the conservation philosophy, is shown here autographing books in a bookstore.
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Wallace Stegner

Date: 1965
Description: Writer and conservationist Wallace Stegner, and his wife Mary, during a visit to Alaska as a member of the National Parks Advisory Board and special assist...
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Danielle Trussoni

Date: 2010
Description: Danielle Trussoni signs "Angelology" for Dave and Rose Marcou, the photographer's parents, at La Crosse Central High School.
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Humbert and Marie Versace Family

Date: 01 26 1956
Description: Family portrait of Humbert and Marie Versace with their four children. Colonel Versace, a West Point graduate, is senior advisor for the Wisconsin National...
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Madison Authors

Date: 04 28 1956
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Cockefair sit for a portrait while holding the book "The Story of You" that they authored.
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Autographing Tea

Date: 09 21 1957
Description: Three women are attending an autographing tea at Graham's Book and Stationary Store, 3238 University Avenue. They are, left to right: Helen Fairchild, Hele...
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Autographing Tea

Date: 09 21 1957
Description: William F. Steuber Jr. autographs a copy of his book, "The Landlooker," for Mrs. Robert Cromey at an autographing tea at Graham's Book and Stationary Store...

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