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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: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of a woman in Ho-Chunk regalia wrapped in a blanket, with a child on her back. The child is wearing a fur hat, and they are ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two smiling Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) women identified as Clara St. Cyr, a Nebraska Winnebago, lef... |
| 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: | 05 07 1913 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of a woman in Ho-Chunk regalia wrapped in a blanket, with a child on her back. The child is wearing a fur hat, and the woman... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an elderly couple for their 50th anniversary. The woman is sitting, and the man is standing. ... |
| 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: | 10 12 1944 |
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| Description: | Fred Boyle, clerk at the post office, looks overwhelmed surrounded by a mountain of Christmas parcels to be sorted for shipment overseas to men and women i... |
| Date: | 06 23 1957 |
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| Description: | Casual portrait of Edward Steichen (1879-1973), photographer and filmmaker, sitting in Aaron Bohrod's studio on the university campus at an informal party ... |
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