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Mrs. Roseline Peck

Date: 1874
Description: Waist-up portrait of Mrs. Roseline Peck, born 1808 - died 1898, the first white woman in Madison, Wisconsin. She was the wife of the first tavern keeper, E...
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Elise Waerenskjold

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Description: Seated portrait of Mrs. Elise Waerenskjold.
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Dr. William Reese and Helene Stratman-Thomas

Date: 08 19 1940
Description: Dr. William Reese, a Welsh tenor, and song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
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Caroline Stevens Keyes

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Caroline Stevens Keyes, the first wife of Madison political leader Elisha W. Keyes. The couple was married in 1854 and Mrs. Key...
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Portrait of a Woman

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of unknown woman.
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Woman with Long Hair

Date: 1922
Description: A young woman with long, loose hair sits in a chair in a yard. There is a cottage and lake in the background. She appears to have a mirror in her lap.
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Mary Brandel and Friend with Car

Date: 1925
Description: Mary Brandel and a friend pose on the sideboard of a parked car in what appear to be bathing suits. They are near a drive near a small building on the left...
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Mary Brandel

Date: 1925
Description: Close-up portrait of Mary Brandel, with a house behind her.
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Brandel Women and Friend in Bathing Suits

Date: 1925
Description: Mary Brandel, her mother, and a friend pose together wearing bathing suits. Trees and a lake are behind them, and the shadow of the photographer can be see...
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Bathing Beauties and Max

Date: 06 1927
Description: Two young women in bathing suits pose on a pier. Max the dog sits in a small wood boat sitting on the pier. The far shoreline can be seen in the background...
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Muriel Markham and Mary Brandel in Pajamas

Date: 06 1927
Description: Muriel Markham and Mary Brandel pose outdoors together near the side of a building in what appear to be pajamas.
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Aunt Lydia

Date: 08 13 1936
Description: Aunt Lydia, a relative of the Brandel family, is wearing a dress and eyeglasses. She poses leaning against a tree.
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Woman with Bird on her Head

Date: 1936
Description: A woman stands on a golf course with a bird (a crow?)on her head. She is wearing a hat and sweater, and holds something (food?) in her right hand near the ...
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Mary Estalene Oungst

Date: 1933
Description: Mary Oungst, teacher at the Cloverland School, District No. 2, poses standing in front of a lilac bush. There is a house in the background.
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Juliet H. Severance

Date: 1893
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Dr. Juliet Severance.
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Autochrome of Genevieve Milward

Date: 1929
Description: Autochrome of Genevieve (Milward) McVicar, married to Angus B. McVicar, seated in a chair and holding a copy of the "Pictorial Review."
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The Orb Sisters

Date: 1865
Description: Sisters Margarethe, left, and Catherine Orb posing for a full-length, standing portrait wearing matching dark floor-length gowns with fur-trimmed short sle...
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Young Woman in Snow

Date: 1875
Description: Studio portrait of an unidentified woman dressed in a winter coat, hat and muff. Her coat has been turned back to reveal the ruffles on the bottom of her s...
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M.E. Stewart and Mrs. I.B. Woodward

Date: 1884
Description: Ferrotype/tintype of M.E. Stewart and Mrs. I.B. Woodward. Three-quarter length portrait, both seated, facing forward, in front of a painted backdrop. They ...
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Leonore Middleton

Date: 1918
Description: Leonore Middleton posing standing next to a pan of freshly picked strawberries, which are resting on a porch step next to a wooden column on the porch. She...

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