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Charles Pfeifer, Deutsche Apotheke (German Apothecary)

Date: 1888
Description: Charles Pfeifer stands on the entrance steps to the drugstore with his wife Emma Pfeifer, who holds a baby. Other children and adults pose with them.
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George Henry Williams

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a portrait of George Henry Williams (deceased child at 18 months), son of Henry C. and Diana T. Williams, and may be the cousi...
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Siggelkow Family

Date: 05 30 1851
Description: Portrait of the Siggelkow Family of copied from a lost daguerreotype. In the back row from left to right are Augusta Scharlotte, Johann Adolph, Marie Louis...
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Women with Infants and Girls

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Description: Two women wearing hats are standing and holding infants in their arms. In front of them are three girls. The tallest girl is holding some books or pamphlet...
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Man, Woman, and Two Children

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Description: A studio portrait of a seated man in a suit jacket, vest, and trousers holding a young girl on his lap. A woman in a dress is standing behind a baby on a t...
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Young Boy and Baby Girl

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Description: A studio portrait of a small boy holding a hat standing next to a baby girl in a dress seated in a windowsill in front of a painted backdrop. The boy wears...
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Studio Portrait of Two Children

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Description: A portrait of two children standing in front of a board painted with a decorative rowboat in front of a painted backdrop of a river scene. A boy and a youn...
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Group Portrait of Native Americans

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Description: A studio portrait of a group of Native Americans. A woman in a dress holds an infant in her lap, a man stands behind her, and two young men, one standing a...
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Studio Portrait of Sam Lowe and an Infant

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk boy posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop wearing a striped suit. He has his left arm around a Ho-Chunk infant wearin...
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Studio Portrait of the Lewis Children

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk boy posing sitting on the left wearing a fringed leather dress. In the center is a...
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Studio Portrait of Joe Thunderking Lowe and Family

Date: 1904
Description: Studio portrait of a large Ho-Chunk group posing in front of a painted backdrop, including five men, three women, three girls, and two smaller children. Th...
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Jacks on the Sidewalk

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Description: A group of girls playing jacks on a city sidewalk. All the girls are wearing dresses, and two infants are present, one in a carriage and one in the lap of ...
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Physical Examination of Young Girl

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Description: A nurse or doctor at the Health Center gives a girl a physical examination as the mother, who is holding a baby, looks on.
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Outdoor Portrait of Children

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Description: Outdoor portrait of five children and various dolls in front of a small wooden structure or cabin. A boy is standing on the left side, holding the handle t...
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Children and Adults Gathered near Passenger Car

Date: 1917
Description: Group of youth gathered near a passenger car listening to a man identified as "Governor Howard." The man is most likely Edgar Howard, Lieutenant Governor o...
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Children and Nurses in front of Hospital

Date: 1935
Description: Crowd of women, babies, boys, girls, and nurses standing in front of the Hospital, which was also known as the Wilmarth Masion. Some of the women are weari...
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Children and Nurses in front of Hospital

Date: 1935
Description: Crowd of women, babies, boys, girls, and nurses standing in front of the Hospital, which was also known as the Wilmarth Mansion. Some of the women are wear...
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People in Front of Frame House

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Description: Two young boys are posing sitting on two horses, and a third boy is standing and displaying a horse. On the right a man and woman are posing sitting, with ...
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Griggs Album: Mothers Day at Camp Anna Vilas

Date: 05 1924
Description: Mothers and small children standing and posing in Vilas Park, with other mothers and older children lying prone, propping themselves up with their elbows, ...
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Riverside Cabin Camp

Date: 1930
Description: A view of a camp with a row of small cabins on the left. Automobiles parked between the last three. Some people standing in the driveway -- a man with a ba...

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