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George Byron Merrick

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of George Byron Merrick (1841-1931) of the 30th Wisconsin Infantry.
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Shooting a Refrigerator Advertisement

Date: 07 31 1950
Description: A woman wearing an apron posing with a refrigerator in a photography studio while a photographer takes a picture for advertising.
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Manchester's Department Store Photo Studio

Date: 11 29 1944
Description: The photo studio department in Manchester's Department Store. A man is assisting a female customer, while female employees do their work.
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Portable Confessional

Date: 02 18 1943
Description: Portable confessional, rear view, priest's side, taken in Photo Copy Service studio, 211 West Mifflin Street. Taken for Burgess Laboratory.
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Fredrica McCutcheon Photo Studio

Date: 08 19 1954
Description: Frederica McCutcheon with a display of portraits and photo equipment, at her studio, 638 State Street.
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Charles Christopher Parry, Botanist

Date: 1865
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Charles C. Parry (1823-1890), American Botanist. Parry is most famous for his botanical research in the southern Ro...
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Dr. John Maynard Woodworth in Fur Clothing

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. John Maynard Woodworth (1837-1879), an American physician and naturalist who is shown in a Russian-American fur trapper's c...
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Hickory Hill Farm Photo Staff in Studio

Date: 1961
Description: A large group of photographers, filmmakers, and other individuals gathers for a portrait in International Harvester's Hickory Hill Farm photo studio.
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Studio Portrait of Newsboy

Date: 1900
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...
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Man Using Camera at Hickory Hill Farm

Date: 1961
Description: A man uses a cloth to cover his head as he looks through a view camera while photographing in the studio at Hickory Hill. The farm was located 75 miles sou...
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Photographing Signage at Hickory Hill Farm

Date: 1961
Description: A man adjusts a view camera as he prepares to photograph signage at International Harvester's Hickory Hill farm. The farm was located 75 miles southwest of...
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Product Photo Shoot at Hickory Hill

Date: 1961
Description: A man adjusts a light at International Harvester's Hickory Hill studio while preparing to photograph a ball bearing for the company's catalog.
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Man Photographing Ball Bearing at Hickory Hill

Date: 1961
Description: A man positions a ball bearing prior to photographing it for International Harvester's product catalog at the company's Hickory Hill farm.
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Photography Studio Set Up at Hickory Hill

Date: 1961
Description: Elevated view of a man adjusting a light at International Harvester's Hickory Hill studio while preparing to photograph a ball bearing for the company's ca...
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Photographing International Metro Mite Truck

Date: 1961
Description: Two men set up a photography shot of an International Metro Mite truck in a studio at International Harvester's Hickory Hill Farm.
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Photographing Metro Mite Truck

Date: 1961
Description: A man lifts the focusing cloth from the screen of a view camera while preparing to photograph an International Metro Mite truck inside a studio at Internat...
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Man Adjusting Camera at Hickory Hill

Date: 1961
Description: A photographer makes an adjustment to the settings of a view camera in the studio of International Harvester's Hickory Hill farm while preparing to photog...
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Henry C. and Johanna Knab Koch

Date: 1867
Description: Henry C. Koch and his wife, Johanna Knab Koch, pose for a formal studio portrait. Henry C. Koch was a German born architect that designed many Wisconsin sc...
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Bennett Studio Lease Agreement

Date: 01 14 1876
Description: Document stating that H.H. Bennett will make annual rental payments of $232.10 to William H. Metcalf of Milwaukee for rental of his studio in Kilbourn City...

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