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Julius Rehder with his "Portrait of a Gentleman"

Date: 02 03 1947
Description: Julius Rehder with his "Portrait of a Gentleman," which won first prize in oils at the Madison Artist's exhibition. The painting, which received the Oscar ...
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Three Men in Photography Studio

Date: 1910
Description: Studio portrait of three standing men, two wearing matching straw hats, and vests with trousers, and the other holding a camera on a stool. They are posing...
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Two Men Looking at Document

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men looking at document that Mel Esser, sitting, is holding in his hand. Charlie "Breaky" Brendler, w...
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Portrait of Man Reading Newspaper

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Description: A man sits for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop, smoking a corn-cob pipe and reading a Chicago newspaper. He is wearing a hat, suit jacket,...
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Studio Portrait of Man Looking at Photographs

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Description: A man, probably Charles J. Van Schaick, wearing a long jacket and trousers, sits on a stone wall in a photography studio and looks at photographs in front ...
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Man Holding Booklet

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Description: A studio portrait of a man holding an object, possibly a booklet, in front of a painted backdrop.
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Studio Portrait of Man with Luggage

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Description: A studio portrait of a man who is posing standing with one leg resting on luggage and holding a pencil and a bill pad in front of a painted backdrop. He is...
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Charles F. Rausen

Date: 09 18 1914
Description: Quarter-length seated studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Charles F. Rausen, Milwaukee merchant.
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James Williams

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Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of James Williams, Company A, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry, sitting and reading a book in front of a painted backdrop.
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Portrait of William Tennant

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Description: Studio portrait of William Tennant standing and wearing a suit and hat in front of a painted backdrop. He was a newspaper and magazine agent in Black River...
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Studio Portrait of William Tennant

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Description: Studio portrait of William Tennant sitting and wearing a suit and hat in front of a painted backdrop. He was a newspaper and magazine agent in Black River ...
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Carl Nelson

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Description: Full-length cabinet card portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Carl Nielson [as written on published Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, Volume 1 and on t...
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Chess Game

Date: 1910
Description: William Middleton, left, plays chess against an unidentified opponent. Williams' son, Forest, with chin in hands, watches with an unidentified man and wom...
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Nusserwanjee Merwanjee Patell

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Description: Portrait of N.M. Patell, seated in front of a painted backdrop.
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Studio Portrait of a Discussion Group

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men and eight women posed sitting with books/magazines, The Intermediate Quarterly, possibly a discus...
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Studio Portrait of a Group

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men and eight women posed standing in a row. Man on the far right holding a book is Haas Johnson, six...
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Group Portrait of the Atwood Family

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Description: Seated from left to right; Martha, Rufus and Emma. Standing from left to right; Martha, Harris and Myron. The 1870 US Census has the family configuration a...
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Studio Portrait of European American Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American man with a moustache holding a rolled-up newspaper in his ...
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Mr. and Mrs. Clint Smith

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Description: Interior portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Clint Smith. He is seated on a fainting couch on the left, and she is sitting in a chair behind him on the right. There i...
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Polo Players

Date: 1885
Description: Full-length group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three members of the Lakeside Polo Club for a cabinet card portrait, wearing roller skates and...

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