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| Date: | 1879 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A baby sits in a galvanized tub holding on to the sides. The tub is on top of a chair with a can of talcum powder next to it. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of two seated men with their legs crossed toward each other. One man has his arm over the chair back, and is sitting on the arm of the chai... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | A mother sits with her baby on front steps in the sun surrounded by toys. |
| Date: | 09 1904 |
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| Description: | Edgar and Jennie Krueger playfully hunting for eggs. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Mrs. A.G. Zimmerman posing in a home on W. Washington Avenue. She is standing reading a document in a parlor with a piano. |
| Date: | 12 1905 |
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| Description: | Jennie Krueger sitting in a rocking chair on a porch holding her cat Tramp, who is dressed in baby clothes. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Henry Bigalk relaxes in a wheelbarrow holding an axe in his left hand, while Emil Kuney (Keune) is grabbing the wheelbarrow handles as if to transport Biga... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Portrait of a young girl standing beside a wicker-back chair. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Earl Lester sitting on a wicker bench in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a shirt and bib overalls. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | A portrait of the photographer's mother-in-law, Harriet Millard Smith. She sits in a chair next to a window. |
| Date: | 08 1916 |
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| Description: | Richard Lloyd Jones, editor and publisher (1911-1919) of the Wisconsin State Journal, at his desk. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A woman stands amid a patch of squash plants and displays a large squash in Marinette County. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | "This picture is of the first telephone exchange that I established in Laona. The girl standing is my youngest daughter. This exchange is still operated in... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Two men posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. James Gorman, standing, has a pipe in his mouth; the seated man holding a guitar is un... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | John Virnig, Sr., harness maker, grips the handle of a two wheeled hand cart as he poses on the sidewalk in a neighborhood. He is wearing a hat, shirt and ... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of Frederick J. Turner wearing an overcoat and standing in the snow. Location is 7 Phillips Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Frank Lloyd Wright holds his baby daughter, Iovanna, in an outdoor informal portrait. She is looking at the camera and he is gazing at her. Iovanna Lazovic... |
| Date: | 11 08 1932 |
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| Description: | Charles E. Broughton delivering election returns over WHBL. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Two women sit on a bench in a park. Caption reads "Aunt Lydia with the photographer's wife Mary." |
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