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| Description: | Portrait of Henry Mathews, 1866-1941, an early African American resident, holding the tools of his trade in front of a painted backdrop. He was a stone mas... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Martha and Notley Henderson with their three children. Their son Allen is standing. The Hendersons were e... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Two men posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. James Gorman, standing, has a pipe in his mouth; the seated man holding a guitar is un... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a watercolor painting by F.W. Heine of fellow artist Franz Rohrbeck. Rohrbeck is painting a study of a figure for the Jerusalem panorama (c... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Mrs. William W. "Fannie" Hendricks in formal dress, including a fur scarf and feather hat, in front of a painted backdrop. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A studio portrait of Mr. William W. Hendricks, a Black River Falls barber, dressed in his best, posing in front of a painted backdrop. |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of Sargeant Major Meekins. Co. "K" 36th U.S. Colored Troops. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an African American child (probably a girl) wearing a white dress. Text written on the back of the photog... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an African American woman in a formal dress seated on a sofa. Photograph was taken by Berdette E. Akin, w... |
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| Description: | A studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk women posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing beaded necklaces, long earrings, and are wrap... |
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| Description: | Amateur painting by Eleanor R. Craighill. Representing a woman in an apron and hat polishing(?) a pot in front of the kitchen fireplace in the Governor's P... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an African American man carrying a bushel basket full of cotton, location unknown. |
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| Description: | Posed studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two African American agricultural workers picking cotton, location unknown. A little girl sits in a... |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms poses in front of a tropical backdrop wearing his Navy uniform. There is an inscription on the back that reads, "Love to Mom from your loving so... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of an African American boy dressed in the costume of a stereotypical newsboy. The child holds up a newspaper in one hand and holding a stac... |
| Date: | 08 24 1946 |
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| Description: | Posed group shot of the United Steelworkers of America District 32 Convention Resolutions Committee. The men wear suits and are all sitting or standing aro... |
| Date: | 02 18 1950 |
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| Description: | The Norman Ebron Band, members of the American Federation of Musicians, segregated Local 587, play coronet, saxophone, piano, drums and standup bass in a d... |
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| Description: | Portrait of a woman wearing a long dress and an apron. Text on photograph reads: "La Vieille." |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of a three-quarter length view of an African American youth wearing a three-piece suit and a tie, in front of a painted backdrop. The image... |
| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Woman in a long dress wearing a glove and holding a book [?] in her hand posing before a painted backdrop. There is a small white dog seated on a fur rug a... |
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