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Ediphones on Display

Date: 1936
Description: Office supply show sponsored by Bill Goff, Inc., featuring Ediphones produced by Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
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Unveiling a Painting of Governor Schmedeman

Date: 01 05 1935
Description: Portrait of Governor Albert G. Schmedeman, painted by Merton Grenhagen, in the gallery of governors at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Mary and Shurley, daugh...
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Governor La Follette Buying a "Buddy Poppy"

Date: 03 25 1932
Description: Governor Philip F. La Follette buying a "buddy poppy" from two women in behalf of the American Legion. The governor is standing in his Wisconsin State Cap...
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Abraham Lincoln Portrait and Impersonator

Date: 10 28 1931
Description: Abraham Lincoln impersonator, Charles E. Bull, of Hollywood, California, and Jesse S. Meyers, commander of the Madison G.A.R. post, stand in front of a por...
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Edison Movie Projector

Date: 10 19 1931
Description: Edison kinetascope, patented in 1897, one of the first motion picture projectors invented by Thomas A. Edison. It is hand cranked and chain driven.
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Memorial Wreath with Woman's Portrait

Date: 1891
Description: Studio portrait of a memorial flower wreath. In the middle is a full-length portrait of a woman in a dress.
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Double Anchor Memorial

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Description: Studio portrait of memorial wreaths in the shape of anchors. The memorial includes a photographic portrait of a man, most likely John Best who died in 1890...
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W.T. Price Memorial Display

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of memorial wreath grouping surrounding a draped portrait of W.T. Price. The wreaths have text which read: "...
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Self-Portait of Dickey Chapelle

Date: 1942
Description: Dickey Chapelle wearing correspondent armband and taking a self-portrait in mirror. Taken at time of her first recognition by War Department as "Look's" ph...
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Capt. R.N. Conners

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Description: Studio portrait of Capt. R.N. Conners [or "Connors"], seated and wearing a uniform.
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Men Into Space Toys

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Description: Display of toys. On the left is the Colonel McCauley Space Unit, which includes a clear plastic container shaped like a rocket holding action figures. Ther...
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Irna Phillips Designing a Floor Plan

Date: 1949
Description: Irna Phillips is seated, and drawing a floor plan. On a table next to her are framed photographs of her children.
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Mrs. Earl Baltes

Date: 1930
Description: A young woman identified as Mrs. Earl Baltes poses in nineteenth-century attire, seated on the floor with her arm resting on the open bottom drawer of an a...
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Reading Room at McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1907
Description: View from doorway of the reading room. In the corner on the left is a newspaper rack. There is a fireplace along the back wall, and on the right is a rack ...
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Nadonis Shawa

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Description: Formal quarter-length portrait of Nadonis Shawa wearing a feathered headdress and traditional Native American clothing.

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