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Self-Portrait of Photographer

Date: 1930
Description: The photographer doffs his hat and smiles at the camera. He is wearing a long coat and gloves, and carries a cane.
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August Derleth

Date: 1939
Description: A studio portrait of Sauk City author August Derleth.
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Matthew Witt Posing with Camera

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Description: Photographer Matthew Witt poses with one of his cameras, holding the shutter release. It is placed on a table with a fringed tablecloth. He is wearing a su...
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Ferdinand Hotz

Date: 1888
Description: Quarter-length portrait of the photographer Ferdinand Hotz (March 14, 1868 - December 28, 1946) as a young man. He wears a fine suit and a single pearl stu...
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Louise Leighton

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Description: Louise Leighton poses sitting at her typewriter. She is wearing a dress, necklace, ring and an embroidered handkerchief in her pocket. The typewriter sits ...
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Portrait of George S. Parker

Date: 1886
Description: Quarter-length, formal studio portrait of George S. Parker of Janesville, Wisconsin.
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Sid Going Through the Wringer

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Description: Sid in darkroom with a cigar in his mouth, rolling a miniature, printed cut-out version of himself through a photographic print wringer in a darkroom. Sid ...
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Sid Sleeping on the Job

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Description: Sid sleeping on the floor near a desk in the darkroom at Gisholt with a cigar in his mouth. His legs are crossed and his head is resting on a cardboard box...
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Sid Waking Up at Work

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Description: Sid is holding a cigar in his hand while sitting on the floor in the darkroom at the Gisholt Factory on a piece of paper near a sink, looking as if he just...
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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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Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears

Date: 1860
Description: A photographic copy of an early, full-length studio portrait of Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears (1830-1907) standing in front of a painted backdrop with column ...
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Adda Howie

Date: 1923
Description: Quarter-length oval framed studio portrait of Adda Howie.
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Ruth S. (Johnson) Shuttleworth

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Ruth S. (Johnson) Shuttleworth. Ruth worked as a stenographer at the State Historical Museum from 1917 to 1946, an assist...
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June E. Johnson

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of June E. Johnson. June worked at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin as a librarian from 1948 to ca. 1980. Her siste...
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Hattibel Merrill

Date: 1890
Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite of Hattibel [Harriet Bell] Merrill, who graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelors of Sci...
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Jane Ager

Date: 1876
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Jane Ager, a farmer from Ripon.

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