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"Buffalo Bill" Cody and White Beaver

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Description: "Buffalo Bill" Cody and David Franklin Powell ("White Beaver") posing in in front of a painted backdrop in a Racine, Wisconsin gallery. This image was in t...
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John O. Wraalstad

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Description: Tintype (ferrotype) portrait of Sergeant John O. Wraalstad, Company I of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Wisconsin's so-called Scandinavian Regiment...
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Black Civil War Soldier

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Description: Full-length portrait of an African American Civil War soldier from Hughes and Meltzer, "A pictorial History of the Negro in America."
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Brown Syverson

Date: 1861
Description: Waist-up portrait of Brown Siverson [as written on portrait; also written as Brown Syverson on Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20 and publish roster: Wisconsin V...
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Unidentified Civil War Soldier

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Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified Civil War soldier standing and holding a rifle.
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Portrait of Man with Rifle

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Description: A studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man seated on a stone wall with a rifle resting against the wall to the man's right. The man is dress...
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Man Wearing Wild West Outfit

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a man with a large moustache and trimmed beard wearing a Wild West outfit, including a wide-brimmed hat, fringed shirt, and ...
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E.B. Trimpey Hunting

Date: 1913
Description: Ephraim Burt Trimpey poses while hunting, holding a shotgun. He wears a hunting jacket and cap, corduroy pants and high boots. He also sports a vest with...
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Grand Army of the Republic, Samuel Harrison Post No. 91

Date: 1896
Description: Portraits of the members of the Samuel Harrison Post No. 91 of De Pere, Wisconsin from 1883-1896.
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Herman Thoreson

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Description: Seated, waist-up cabinet card portrait of Herman Thoreson a private in Company B, 15th Wisconsin Infantry wearing uniform and with a musket across his lap....
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Ada James with Others

Date: 1900
Description: Informal studio portrait of Ada James holding a gun, and her father, David G. James in a hat, with four other people dressed in pioneer-type costumes. A wo...
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Fidel and Raúl Castro with Bazooka

Date: 1958
Description: Fidel and Raúl Castro pose with a bazooka for a photograph in a field during the Cuban Revolution. Fidel is standing above on the left and Raul is kneeling...
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FLN Member Portrait

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian member of the National Liberation Front posing for a portrait in the desert. He is holding a rifle and sitting by a tree, and is wearing a unif...
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FLN Member Poses

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian member of the National Liberation Front posing by a cave wall. Behind him are large canvas bags, guns, and clothing stored between large boulde...
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FLN Member Posing

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian National Liberation Front member poses in the Algerian Desert. He is leaning against a boulder and squinting.
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Algerian FLN Member Portrait

Date: 08 1957
Description: An Algerian National Liberation Front member poses for a photograph in the Algerian desert. He is holding his rifle with both hands and is wearing fatigues...
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Simon A. Myhre

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Description: Waist-up seated oval studio portrait of Peter A. Myhre, a corporal in Company I, 15th Wisconsin Infantry in uniform holding a musket across his chest. The ...
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Johan Nilson Nysveen

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Description: Waist-up oval portrait of Johan Nilson Nysveen [as written on the photograph backing; also written as John Nilson on Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20 and publi...
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Brown Siverson

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Brown Siverson [as written on portrait; also written as Brown Syverson on Descriptive Rolls, Volume 20 and published roster: Wisconsin...
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Publicity Still of John Gilbert in "The Cossacks"

Date: 1928
Description: Publicity still of actor John Gilbert in "The Cossacks." He is looking towards the left and smiling, and is wearing a big bushy hat and holding a gun at hi...

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