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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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William Dempster Hoard

Date: 1936
Description: A view of the bust of William Dempster Hoard — "Father of Wisconsin Dairying" — on the University of Wisconsin-Madison's agricultural campus.
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Menu for the Eighth Annual Banquet of the Merchants Association

Date: 06 23 1885
Description: Menu card and satin overlay with the intertwined initials "M" and "A" for the Eighth Annual Banquet of the Merchants Association at Plankinton House. The f...
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Half length studio portrait of actor Owen Moore

Date: 1914
Description: Half length seated studio portrait of silent film star Owen Moore looking directly at the camera. This photograph appeared in the January 1914 issue of "Ph...
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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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Canoe On Shore

Date: 1911
Description: A canoe is on the rocky shore near an outcrop.
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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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Blackberry Trail

Date: 08 1907
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of men, women, and children on the blackberry trail. Alfred Holt is first in the line, followed by his mother Lucy Rumsey...
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Boardwalk and Birch-lined Steps to the Main Lodge

Date: 1926
Description: Boardwalk leading to wood steps lined with young birch trees that leads uphill to the main lodge side door. Grasses, shrubs and evergreen trees grow on eit...
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Aerial View of Forest Lodge Grounds

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Description: Aerial view of the cow palace and pasture, the boathouse, and the Lake Namakagon shoreline. The main lodge is barely visible among trees. Old highway count...
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Blockprint Unit: Imprint Secured by Pounding

Date: 1937
Description: Caption reads: "The imprint is secured by pounding upon the block with a wooden mallet".
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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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