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Seminole Native Americans at Fort Pierce

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Description: A group of Seminole Native Americans consisting of two men, two boys and two girls sitting outside on the porch of a building with one man cutting what loo...
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Seminole Native American Family

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Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Billy Bowlegs and his family. They are all wearing native Seminole clothing. Caption reads: "Billy Bowlegs...
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Pueblo Native American Women and Girl

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Description: View of three Pueblo Native American women. The woman on the left is kneeling and spinning wool, and a young girl in the center is sitting and combing wool...
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Three Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Full-length portrait of two Ho-Chunk women standing on either side of an older Ho-Chunk woman who is sitting. Each woman is wearing a long skirt, a blouse,...
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William Goetsch Family

Date: 1875
Description: William Goetsch family portrait copied from tintype. Left to right: Ernstina Goetsch Bigalk, standing, Lydia Goetsch Volkman Blatter, sitting, Hannah Goets...
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Karlslyst Family Portrait

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Description: Quarter-length oval studio group portrait of six young people, three boys and three girls. The girls are wearing fancy dresses and the boys are wearing sui...
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Young Sigrid Schultz

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Description: Young Sigrid Schultz with her mother in Berlin, at what appears to be an open-air restaurant. They are both fashionably dressed in fine hats and dresses.
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Unidentified Woman in Formal Wear

Date: 1908
Description: Unidentified lady, seated, wearing an off-the-shoulder short-sleeved ballgown, which appears to have fur decorating the collar and shoulders. She is restin...
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Julia Smith

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Julia Smith. She is sitting with one arm resting on a cloth covered table and the other hand in her lap holding a small bouque...
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Girls in a Garden

Date: 1910
Description: Four girls pose in a garden next to a house between the Post Office and Council Rooms on Main Street. Lillian Muller is seated on the ground. Behind her, p...
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In the Backyard

Date: 1900
Description: Edward Petersen, left rear, and his son William F. Petersen, right rear, pose behind three unidentified people sitting on a rustic bench in a yard. Edward ...
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Portrait of Unknown Young Girl

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Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype waist-up portrait of a young girl. She is wearing an off-the-shoulder polka dot dress with short flared sleeves, and a ribbon...
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Portrait of Unknown Young Girl

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Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype waist-up portrait of a young girl posing with her hands in her lap. She is wearing an off-the-shoulder polka dot dress with s...
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Portrait of Unknown Young Girl

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Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype waist-up portrait of a young girl posing with her hands in her lap. She is wearing an off-the-shoulder dress with short flare...
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Louisa Zimmer and Ada (?) Empey

Date: 1872
Description: Ferrotype/tintype of Louisa Zimmer and Ada (?) Empey. The girl on the left is standing, facing halfway right, wearing a dark dress and ruched collar, her h...
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Florella P. Burrows and her Sister Helen A. Burrows

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Florella P. and Helen A. Burrows, sisters of George Baxter Burrows of Madison, Wisconsin. They are seated, facing forward. The...
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Susanah Arnold Frazee

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Description: Ferrotype/tintype of Susanah Arnold Frazee. Full-length portrait, standing, facing forward, with hand holding the back of a chair. She is wearing a belted ...
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Patricia Williams

Date: 05 16 1958
Description: A young woman is smiling and holding up a certificate. Caption reads: "The top salesmen in the Junior Achievement sales contest showed her certificate prou...
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Lake Mills High School Senior Class

Date: 1907
Description: Group portrait of the Lake Mills High School graduating class. Caption reads: "LMHS07."
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Confirmation Day

Date: 1920
Description: Edward John Brumder, third from left with boutonniere, and his sister, Henrietta Thekla "Pussy" Brumder, wearing a short white dress, posing with other fam...

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