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Kenneth Pray in Childhood Dress

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young Kenneth Lewis Moffat Pray (1882-1948. Kenneth was born September 27, 1882,in Whitewater, WI, the ...
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Melba Pattillo, One of the Little Rock Nine

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: Melba Pattillo, later Melba Pattillo Beals, of the Little Rock Nine.
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Jerome A. Watrous

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Description: Jerome A. Watrous in uniform, wearing medals for his military service during the Civil War and the Spanish-American War.
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Portrait of Well-Dressed, Elderly Man

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Description: A well-dressed elderly man sits for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit jacket, vest, necktie, and trousers.
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Cleo Holt with Rope

Date: 1920
Description: Cleo Holt posing for a portrait while holding a rope.
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Edwin C. Eldridge

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Edwin Eldridge. He was the first curator of the Layton Art Gallery, and an accomplished portrait artist. He stimulated an intere...
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Frederick Layton

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Frederick Layton who is standing with his hands in his pockets. Layton was the son of a Milwaukee butcher and ran the busi...
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Grace Hayman Fowle

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Description: Vignetted quarter-length portrait of Grace Hayman Fowle. Grace was Elizabeth Layton's niece, and the daughter of Joel Hayman. She frequently accompanied Fr...
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Fred LePenske

Date: 1907
Description: Fred LePenske sitting on a wooden crate having a meal at his group's campsite.
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Indians at Tamarack

Date: 1907
Description: Two people, probably Ojibway, posing together wearing hats and elaborately beaded garments, with blouses with puffy sleeves. They are standing in front of ...
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Canadian Rangers

Date: 1911
Description: Two Canadian rangers sitting on the grass. They are wearing hats and leather boots.
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Studio Portrait of Elizabeth Murphy

Date: 06 1898
Description:  Studio portrait (head and upper torso) of Elizabeth "Bessie" Dorr (Murphy) Hickey (1879-1946) of Green Bay, Wisconsin. She is wearing a silk dress with sq...
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Dr. William F. Adams

Date: 1875
Description: Vignetted semi-profile carte-de-visite portrait of William Adams, a theologian, educator, and co-founder of Nashotah House, an Anglican seminary.
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Czar and Czarina of Russia

Date: 1890
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Tsar Alexander III and Tsarina Maria Feodorovna.

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