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Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor

Date: 11 08 1900
Description: Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor, Diocese of Fund du Lac. Three Bishops seated, l to r: Bishop Nicholson of Milwaukee; Bishop Grafton of F...
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Gerhard and Christine Gesell

Date: 1879
Description: Studio portrait of photographer Gerhard Gesell, Sr. and his wife Christine Giesen Gesell taken shortly after their marriage in 1879. She is sitting in a ch...
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Publicity Portrait of Valeska Suratt

Date: 1906
Description: An early full-length publicity portrait of Valeska Suratt posed in the "Egyptian" style. She wears an intricate dress decorated with metallic ribbons and a...
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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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Ethel Miller Models Skirt

Date: 10 08 1953
Description: Ethel Miller models a skirt made by her mother, Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.) Miller. The photograph was taken to accompany an article in the Wisconsin Sta...
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Mr. & Mrs. B.W. Gillett

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Description: Portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Bradford and Alice Gillett, Sherwin Gillett's uncle and aunt. There is a framed portrait of two children on a ta...
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Elderly Woman and Infant

Date: 1910
Description: Portrait of an elderly woman holding an infant sitting and posing in a chair between two potted plants. Behind them is draped fabric as a backdrop.
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Portrait of a Young Girl

Date: 1912
Description: Portrait of a young girl standing beside a wicker-back chair.
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Grace May Hall as a Circus Child

Date: 1891
Description: Grace May Hall, as a five-year-old circus child, with a large show python coiled at her feet and a smaller show snake around her neck.
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Bertine Benson and Amelia Torkelson

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young European American women posed standing side-by-side with their arms around each oth...
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Studio Portrait of European American Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American man with a moustache posed standing. He has his left hand r...
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Studio Portrait of European American Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American man with a moustache posed standing. He has his right arm r...
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Studio Portrait of European American Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American man with a moustache holding a rolled-up newspaper in his ...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American woman posed standing with her right arm resting on the curv...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American woman posed standing. She has her right hand on the curved back of an ove...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American woman posed, standing on fake grass on top of a carpet, and...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American woman posed standing. She is resting both arms on the curve...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American woman posed standing with her right hand on the curved back...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American woman posed standing with her left arm resting on a chair d...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American woman posed standing next to a floral display on a stand. S...

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