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| Description: | Edmund Eisenscher (1909-1995), posing with his dog. |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders oval-framed formal studio portrait of Vinnie Ream Hoxie. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | Portrait, head and shoulders of Frederick Jackson Turner, historian, scholar, and writer. As a freshman at the University of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Kate N. Doggett (1828-1884), American reformer. Took charge of the Academy of Science herbarium in 1869. She was a de... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length portrait of Zona Gale (Mrs. William Breese) standing near a window and holding a rose in her left hand. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The photographer doffs his hat and smiles at the camera. He is wearing a long coat and gloves, and carries a cane. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A studio portrait of Sauk City author August Derleth. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Sauk City author August Derleth sitting in a wing back chair near a fireplace in his home, "The Place of Hawks." |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A studio self-portrait of Ephraim B. Trimpey with goatee, wearing eyeglasses and a large cravat. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Anna Mae Davis, a Madison attorney, economist, and perennial candidate for attorney general on the Wisconsin Socialist Party ticket. This portrait is from ... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Political scientist Samuel L. Popkin and his wife. This photograph was taken about the time Wisconsin-born Popkin was jailed for his refusal to testify abo... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length publicity portrait of renowned escape artist Harry Houdini. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Harry and Bess (Beatrice) Houdini in formal attire, the year of his death from acute appendicitis. |
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| Description: | Joe Berg, a professional magician and magic dealer, who was based in Chicago. This autographed picture was presented to Ben Bergor, a Madison area magician... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Werner "Dorny" Dornfeld, a Chicago area magician who was a leader in several national organizations of magicians. The "Be... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Composite photograph of a boy and his barber. The front view shows the boy holding a coonskin cap popularized at the time by the Davy Crockett television p... |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Waist-up oval portrait of Frederick W. Horn (1815-1893). A Democrat, he was a Representative in the Wisconsin Assembly from Cedarburg. He was a lawyer and ... |
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