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Robert M. La Follette Jr., and his Mother

Date: 1919
Description: Snapshot of Robert M. La Follette, Jr., and Belle Case La Follette seated on a bench during a California vacation. They made this trip without Robert M. L...
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Woman Ringing Bell

Date: 1918
Description: A woman standing on a porch is shielding her eyes from the sun as she is ringing a bell (dinner bell?). A child is standing next to her under a clothesline...
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Garland at West Salem Family Home

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Description: Informal portrait of writer Hamlin Garland at his family home in West Salem. The woman with him has been tentatively identified as his daughter, Mary Isabe...
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Woman Holding Small Girl on Her Lap

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Description: A woman wearing a hat, blouse, and long skirt sits in profile in a studio with a small girl wearing a white dress on her lap. They are in front of a studio...
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Canning Chicken

Date: 05 1924
Description: Helen Holden using a pair of tongs to remove a can of chicken from a metal container on Holden Poultry Farm.
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Portrait of Anna Chapman

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Description: Portrait of Anna Chapman, later Anna Chapman Dunn (Mrs. Merrill).
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Woman on Farmhouse Porch

Date: 1920
Description: A woman wearing a dress and apron washes her hands in a metal bucket set on a table on a farmhouse porch. Multiple metal pails with handles and a milk pail...
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Campaign for Vice President

Date: 09 26 1980
Description: Former Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey, together with Mrs. Lucey, campaigning for vice president on John Anderson's National Unity ticket. They are bot...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a panted backdrop of a European American woman posed sitting in a wooden chair. She is wearing a plaid skirt and light-colored ...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American woman posed standing with her right hand on the back of a chair covered w...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Studio portrait of an unidentified European American woman posed sitting on a cloth-covered chair with her hands clasped in her lap. She is wearing a light...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American woman posed sitting. She is wearing a plaid skirt,...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American woman posed standing with her hands on the back of a chair ...
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Studio Portrait of European American Family

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a boy posing standing on the left, and a woman posing sitting on the right. The woma...
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Studio Group Portrait of Unidentified European American Wedding Party

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Description: Studio group portrait of a wedding group, all wearing corsages, posing in front of a painted backdrop. includes the bride and groom, a man sitting on the l...
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Studio Portrait of European American Couple

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of unidentified men and woman sitting close together. The man is wearing a dark-colored suit coat, ...
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Alma Schmidt Petersen

Date: 1945
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Alma Schmidt Petersen (1894-1989). The granddaughter of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp, Alma and her husband Dr. William F. ...
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Clara Seipp Bartholomay

Date: 1920
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Clara Seipp Bartholomay, a daughter of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp. She is wearing a dress with elaborate trim and a pearl neckl...
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Emma Dryer Sitting Outdoors

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Description: Candid portrait of Emma Dryer, seated outdoors. She is wearing a dark-colored dress and holding a book. There is a fence and foliage behind her.
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Indian Women and Child

Date: 1907
Description: Four women are sitting on the ground tending to a project (possibly sewing) at St. John's. A small child is standing with them.

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