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Chief Oshkosh

Date: 1850
Description: Drawing of Chief Oshkosh rendered from a daguerreotype by J.F. Harrison. He is wearing a top hat wrapped with a ribbon. Also a suitcoat, bowtie, beaded nec...
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Church on Easter Sunday

Date: 04 06 1969
Description: Children walking out of church after the Easter Sunday service at St. James United Methodist Church at 1114 West Brown Street.
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model standing on box wearing hat and carrying gloves and purse, and wearing a dress. Part of a fashion series from Kessenich's Ready to Wear, 201-203 Stat...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model standing on box wearing hat and coat, carrying gloves and purse. Part of a fashion series from Kessenich's Ready to Wear, 201-203 State Street, showi...
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Young Woman with Spinning Wheel

Date: 1940
Description: A seated young woman in a nineteenth century style dress poses with a tapestry or carpet bag and spinning wheel. A bonnet rests on an antiquer dresser beh...
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Jennie Rooney

Date: 1930
Description: A woman poses with a mirror and powder puff. She wears a bangled costume and dance slippers.
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John Gilbert as a Baby with His Mother

Date: 1898
Description: Actor John Gilbert as a baby with his mother. She is lying on the floor on her stomach, resting on her elbows with her head up. Her knees are bent and her ...
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John Gilbert's Publicity Still for "The Show"

Date: 1927
Description: Publicity still for the film "The Show." John Gilbert is seen in profile — he is wearing a hat, striped shirt, and a scarf around his neck.
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Honor Among Thieves

Date: 07 22 1988
Description: Publicity photograph of the four band members from Honor Among Thieves, a Madison, Wisconsin rock band. From right to left are Pat Dieter, Doug DeRosa, Joe...
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CapitolAires

Date: 06 26 1979
Description: Members of the CapitolAires, an all-female drum and bugle corps, either before or after a performance. Kim Zimmerman, center, is looking at the camera. Dru...
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Seaplane

Date: 1950
Description: A young man wearing jeans and a t-shirt is handling the luggage as two well-dressed women exit a small seaplane. The pilot is watching from inside the plan...
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Ruth Draper

Date: 1947
Description: Actress Ruth Draper looking at the camera with a smile. She is wearing a flat hat with two pheasant feathers on it, along with a large checkered scarf and ...
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"Miss Lulu Bett"

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Description: Still from the 1922 film "Miss Lulu Bett". Lois Wilson and Theodore Roberts look at each other while Milton Sills looks suspiciously at Roberts. The three ...
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Norma Talmadge in "The Moth"

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Description: Norma Talmadge, as Lucy Gillam, stands with her hand on one hip and looks at Eugene O'Brien who plays Capt. Bridgey in the 1917 film "The Moth". The two a...
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Carol Brewster and Skip Homeier in Death Valley Days

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Description: Claire Vernon (Carol Brewster) sits on a wooden bench outside a building next to Reverend Ben Darniell (Skip Homeier) in a scene from the episode "The Figh...
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Nancy Rennick, Alvy Moore and Jerome Courtland in Death Valley Days

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Description: Elizabeth Byers (Nancy Rennick) stands next to and holds onto a pole in a print shop. William Byers (Jerome Courtland) sits a desk and looks at her while ...
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Penny Singleton in Death Valley Days

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Description: Four head shots of actress Penny Singleton as her character Maggie Franklin in the episode "The Holy Terror" of the TV show Death Valley Days. Sing...

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