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Sojourner Truth

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Description: Three-quarter length carte-de-visite of Sojourner Truth. The text at the bottom reads: "I sell the shadow to support the substance. Sojourner Truth."
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Portrait of J. Robert Taylor

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Description: Studio portrait of J. Robert Taylor with a pipe in his mouth.
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Alma and J. Robert Taylor

Date: 1905
Description: A studio portrait of Alma and J. Robert Taylor. Alma is sitting in a chair holding a sock to be darned, while putting her hand over J. Robert's mouth. He i...
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George C. Dutcher

Date: 05 17 1921
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of George C. Dutcher, Milwaukee attorney.
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Advertising Shapes American Life

Date: 02 14 1956
Description: Gilbert Stahl, camera man for Brock Engraving Company, adjusts art in the copy holder. Shown is the camera which will shoot the art; negatives are develope...
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S.M. Babcock

Date: 1888
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of group of nine men, identified on the reverse as associates of the Geneva, New York Experiment Station. St...
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Sid Posing in Darkroom

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Description: Sid standing in a print drying room adjacent to a darkroom (likely at Gisholt). He wears trousers and a tie, and is holding his pipe in his right hand. A p...
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Karl Paul Gerhardt Link

Date: 03 18 1958
Description: Formal quarter-length studio portrait of Karl Paul Gerhardt Link with his pipe. He was a Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin and helpe...
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Artist Aaron Bohrod Shows Off New Studio

Date: 07 08 1960
Description: University of Wisconsin Artist-in-Residence Aaron Bohrod shows his new studio at his English Tudor style home at 4811 Tonyawatha Trail overlooking Lake Mon...

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