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Portrait of William Tennant

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait of William Tennant in front of a painted backdrop. He was a newspaper and magazine agent in Black River Falls, Wisconsin, who lost both his...
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Christmas is Sharing

Date: 12 01 1957
Description: 13-year-old Phil Shuler, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Shuler, and carrier for the Wisconsin State Journal, is shown delivering envelopes for donations...
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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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Steve Hopkins Reading in His Cabin

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Description: Steve Hopkins, the outdoor writer for the Wisconsin State Journal, sits in an armchair reading a manuscript next to a fireplace in his cabin. There ...
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Salute to Newsboys

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Newspaper boy Malcolm Bourne, 113 Lathrop Street, dressing before dawn to prepare for completing his daily newspaper route. The hands on his alarm clock i...
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Portrait of William Tennant

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Description: Studio portrait of William Tennant standing and wearing a suit and hat in front of a painted backdrop. He was a newspaper and magazine agent in Black River...
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Reading the Newspaper with his Granddaughter

Date: 1935
Description: Alexander Krueger sitting outdoors in a wicker rocking chair with his granddaughter, Shirley, sitting in his lap, while he is reading a newspaper.
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George Fels

Date: 1901
Description: Outdoor portrait of George Fels sitting on a chair reading a newspaper near the corner of a house. Ivy is growing up the side of the house, and the chair G...
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Alexander Krueger Reading a Newspaper

Date: 1904
Description: Portrait of Alexander Krueger sitting outdoors in the yard in a wicker chair with a newspaper open in his lap. His hat is on the ground next to him. The ho...
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Florentina in a Man's Suit

Date: 09 1906
Description: Portrait of Florentina Krueger sitting outdoors in a wicker chair. She is wearing a man's white suit and hat, and is holding a cigar in her left hand and a...
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Doty Street

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Description: Rear view of a man, from the shoulders down, walking on a Doty Street sidewalk holding a hat and a newspaper in his hand. Snow is along both sides of the s...
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Two Women

Date: 1935
Description: Two well-dressed women, possibly Amelia Brumder Mayer, left, and Ida Brumder Merker, right, sitting in easy chairs in the home of their younger brother, He...
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Portrait of Man Reading Newspaper

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Description: A man sits for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop, smoking a corn-cob pipe and reading a Chicago newspaper. He is wearing a hat, suit jacket,...
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Sunday Paper

Date: 1934
Description: The photographer's three children, from left, Herbert E., Philip, and Barbara Brumder reading newspapers while sitting on the newly constructed screened po...
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W.A. Holt and Rev. J.R. Macartney escorting the Holt Children Home from Sunday School

Date: 1902
Description: W.A. Holt and Rev. John Robertson Macartney are escorting the Holt children home from Sunday School. Names from left to right: W.A. Holt, Alfred Holt, Jean...

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