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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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Family Outside of One-Story House

Date: 1898
Description: Eight people posing in front of a one-story clapboard house holding possessions. The man on the far left is holding a gun and wears a ammunition belt aroun...
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Sebastian Gebhard Messmer

Date: 10 24 1913
Description: Three-quarter length seated studio portrait of Sebastian Gebhard Messmer, Milwaukee Archbishop.
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Bertha and William Goetsch

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Description: Full-length wedding portrait of Mr. William Goetsch and Mrs. Goetsch, enlarged from small tintype in 1903. Mrs. Goetsch, who was Bertha Krueger, married Wi...
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Krueger Wedding Photograph

Date: 1870
Description: Full-length wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. August Krueger.
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Mr. and Mrs. August Krueger's Wedding Photograph

Date: 1870
Description: A copy of Mr.and Mrs. August Krueger's wedding photograph by Alexander Krueger.
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John Gilbert and Marlene Dietrich

Date: 1935
Description: Actor John Gilbert sits next to Marlene Dietrich at a party thrown by Clifton Webb. They are both in formal dress. There are empty dinner plates and a bask...
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Joseph and Emma Gillett

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Description: Portrait of Joseph and Emma Gillett, Sherwin Gillett's parents.
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Mr. & Mrs. B.W. Gillett

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Description: Portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Bradford and Alice Gillett, Sherwin Gillett's uncle and aunt. There is a framed portrait of two children on a ta...
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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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Joseph and Emma Gillett

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Description: Indoor portrait of Joseph and Emma Gillett, parents of Sherwin Gillett.
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Group of Adults on Porch

Date: 1902
Description: Group portrait of nine men and two women seated on a porch. A few of the men are holding cigars, and both of the women are holding umbrellas.
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Unidentified Man

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of a European American man posed standing in front of a painted backdrop. He has his left arm resting on the back of a...
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Studio Portrait of European American Man

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Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of an unidentified European American man posed standing with his right arm resting on the back of a chair. He is weari...
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Man Posing with Chair

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of a European American man with a moustache posed standing with his left arm resting on the back of a chair. He is wea...
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Studio Portrait of European American Man

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of an unidentified European American man with a moustache posed standing. He has his left arm resting on the back of 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 posed standing. He has his left hand r...
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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 posed standing. He has his right arm r...
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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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Studio Portrait of European American Couple

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American man wearing a dark suit posing sitting on the left in a fringed chair, ...

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