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Young Eagle

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Description: Posed portrait of Ho-Chunk man, Young Eagle, also called Chack-Scheb-Nee-Neik-Ah.
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Joe Fedele Receives Badge

Date: 10 17 1932
Description: Captain Leo Kinney, Captain of Detectives, pinning a detective's badge on Joe Fedele, member of Post's Junior Detective Club, an organization sponsored by ...
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Paul Bunyan statue

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Description: A man and boy pose in front of a giant Paul Bunyan statue.
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Christopher Latham Sholes

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Description: Portrait of Christopher Latham Sholes posing at a typewriter.
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Clarence Darrow

Date: 01 17 1917
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Clarence Darrow, signed by Darrow and embossed by photographer Mabel Sykes.
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Myles Horton

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Myles Horton.
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Houdini, Harry

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Description: Harry Houdini in chains and ropes. He is tied to a wheel on a locomotive.
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Chimney Sweep George Stahl

Date: 10 05 1931
Description: Portrait of George Stahl, chimney sweep, with a pipe in his mouth, and wearing a tall hat and carrying a bag and a rope around his shoulder. He is standing...
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Yellow Thunder

Date: 1880
Description: Studio portrait of Yellow thunder, a Winnebago Chief.
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Homer Bigart

Date: 1951
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times".
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Richard T. Ely

Date: 1910
Description: Studio portrait of Richard Ely seated in a chair wearing a suit and pince-nez.
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Charles Crownhart

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Description: Portrait of Chas Crownhart, a member of the Industrial Commission from May 4, 1911 to August 12, 1915.
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Orpheum Theatre Usher

Date: 1936
Description: Orpheum Theatre usher, Rolland W. Hamelin, who had recently received an appointment to West Point. 216 State Street.
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L.C. Bates

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of L.C. Bates, editor and publisher of the the "Arkansas State Press," a crusading Little Rock newspaper and the husband of the Ark...
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Frank P. Stanish

Date: 02 01 1947
Description: Druggist Frank Stanish of Hieber's Drugstore measures and compounds a prescription.
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Portrait of Edward Kremers

Date: 1932
Description: Oil portrait of University of Wisconsin pharmacist Edward Kremers by the artist Merton Grenhagen.
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Boxer

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Description: The boxer, Jacob LaMotta shadow boxing.
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Henry M. Youmans

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Description: Henry M. Youmans. Bottom of photographic halftone is inscribed: "Very Truly Yours, Henry M. Youmans."
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Andrew Carnegie

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Andrew Carnegie.
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Alexander Graham Bell

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Alexander Graham Bell.

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