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Two Women with Cleaning Implements

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Description: Two women are standing on the small porch outside an open kitchen door, near implements used for daily household tasks such as washing, scrubbing, sweeping...
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Alfred C. Clas

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of Alfred C. Clas (1859-1942), Milwaukee architect whose firm designed the Wisconsin Historical Society Headquarters building. The architectural f...
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Reri Trying Cinderella Cosmetics

Date: 07 25 1932
Description: Reri (Anne Chevalier), Tahitian star of the Fanchon and Marco "Tahiti" show at the Orpheum theater trying Cinderella cosmetics in her dressing room with Mr...
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Brickson Booth at ESBMA Fall Festival

Date: 09 11 1929
Description: Obert H. Brickson, Jeweler, booth at East Side Business Men's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival. The booth is featuring Sangamo, Hamilton watches and clock...
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Mrs. Glenn M. Wise, Wisconsin Secretary of State

Date: 08 1955
Description: Glenn M. Wise (Mrs. John Wise), Wisconsin's first woman Secretary of State, at her desk in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor

Date: 11 08 1900
Description: Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor, Diocese of Fund du Lac. Three Bishops seated, l to r: Bishop Nicholson of Milwaukee; Bishop Grafton of F...
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The Favored Captive

Date: 1844
Description: A young woman looks out her arched window with a bird cage hanging outdoors.
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The Unwilling Bride

Date: 1847
Description: An unhappy looking bride is seated in a chair looking out the window as another woman sits on the floor holding her hand. A third woman looks on angrily.
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Everetta Bass with Two Girls

Date: 1892
Description: Everetta Bass (dressed in plaid), standing with two girls wearing capes and bonnets. The smallest of the girls is identified as Verta. There is a baby carr...
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Studio Portrait of Susie Decorra Thundercloud, Albert Henry and Dora Monegar Wallace Green

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk group, Susie Decorra Thundercloud (UkSeKaHoNoKah), left, Albert (Robert) Henry (HeKeMeGa), center, and Dora Moneg...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Couple

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Description: Studio portrait of Will Thunder (NaKikSayWaHeKah) (Son of [WaConChaKah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [WeHonPeKaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder.) He is wearing a ...
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Studio Portrait of Henry and Belle Greencrow

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop and prop stone wall of a Ho-Chunk couple, Henry Greencrow (CooNooZeeKah), left, and wife Belle H...
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Operating Machinery Outdoors

Date: 1915
Description: A young boy in overalls operates a machine, perhaps a pump for water, underneath a windmill. There are overturned buckets in the foreground. An elderly man...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman, Ethel/Esther White posing in front of a painted backdrop. She is sitting on a prop stone wall and is holding a plaid s...
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Portrait of Strikes A Tree and The Small One

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Description: Copy photograph of two elderly Ho-Chunk women posing sitting on the ground in front of a building with a lodge frame in the background. Identified as Strik...
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Studio Portrait of Minnie Pigeon and Emma Blowsnake

Date: 1902
Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women, Minnie Pigeon Whiteotter Blowsnake Davis (AhHooKeShelNWinKah), left, and Emma Blowsnake Battise Good bear Walking Pr...
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Double Exposure with a Ho-Chunk Girl and Woman

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Description: Double exposure, one exposure of a studio full-length portrait of a Ho-Chunk girl posing standing in front of a painted backdrop wearing several necklaces,...
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Mrs. Frederick F. Kessenich and Son

Date: 06 12 1950
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Frederick F. Kessenich with her 3 year old son Peter.
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Two Women Posing on Lawn of Winnebago County Asylum

Date: 1930
Description: Two women sitting on the lawn of what appears to be the Winnebago County Asylum. Behind the women is a limestone block foundation lined with flowers. One o...
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National League of American Pen Women

Date: 07 09 1951
Description: Dr. Eloise Gerry at her desk at the United States Forest Products Laboratory where she is a distinguished wood technologist. Dr. Gerry, whose research arti...

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