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Oshkosh Baseball Team

Date: 1887
Description: A studio group portrait of the Oshkosh baseball team, "The Famous Team of 1887". All the players are wearing formal suits rather than baseball uniforms. In...
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Peter Schuster Family

Date: 1870
Description: A family portrait of the Peter Schuster Family in front of a painted backdrop.
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Henriette Brandhorst Brumder

Date: 1900
Description: A copy of a seated, three-quarter length studio portrait of Henriette Brandhorst Brumder (1841-1924). She is wearing a dark dress with embroidered trim, a ...
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Miss Laura M. Cornelius

Date: 1911
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Laura M. Cornelius. She is wearing a long coat and a hat with flowers.
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Ellen Gokey

Date: 1910
Description: Studio portrait of a man who is a member of the Lac Courte Oreilles band of the Lake Superior Chippewa (Ojibwe). He is wearing a feathered headdress, a bea...
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Joseph Addison

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait reproduction of English essayist and politician Joseph Addison, co-founder of The Spectator magazine.
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Captain Pliney Alford

Date: 1856
Description: Vignetted waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Pliney [some sources spell it "Pliny"] Alford, a riverboat captain on the Mississippi River. Caption reads: ...

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