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H.H. Bennett

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of H.H. Bennett, who is standing and wearing a long coat with a fur collar.
Photograph

Self-Portrait of Man

Date: 1882
Description: Charles J. Van Schaick sitting on a stone balustrade in front of a painted background, ca. 1882–1885. The photograph was probably taken by one of his assis...
Photograph

Charles Christopher Parry, Botanist

Date: 1865
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Charles C. Parry (1823-1890), American Botanist. Parry is most famous for his botanical research in the southern Ro...
Postcard

Fathers and Sons Drinking

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Description: Studio portrait of two fathers and their sons holding drinks in front of a painted backdrop. In the front row, from left to right, are Jacob Birrenkott of ...
Photograph

Man in Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 1885
Description: Winter scene with a European American man with a beard and moustache sitting in a sleigh pulled by a single horse on snow-covered ground in front of the C....
Photograph

Self-Portrait of Photographer

Date: 1930
Description: The photographer doffs his hat and smiles at the camera. He is wearing a long coat and gloves, and carries a cane.
Photograph

John Johnston and Curling Team Members

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker, seated second from right, with three other curl...
Photograph

Portrait of a Man with a Beard and Moustache

Date: 1920
Description: Quarter-length portrait of unidentified man with a beard and moustache. He is wearing a jacket.
Photograph

Portrait of a Man with a Moustache

Date: 1920
Description: Quarter-length portrait of unidentified man with a moustache. He is wearing a jacket and polka dot scarf.
Photograph

Portrait of a Man with a Beard and Moustache

Date: 1920
Description: Quarter-length portrait of unidentified man with a beard and moustache, wearing a shirt, jacket and hat (Stormy Kromer).
Photograph

Portrait of a Man with a Beard and Moustache

Date: 1920
Description: Quarter-length portrait of unidentified man with a beard and moustache. He is wearing a jacket, shirt and tie.
Photograph

Portrait of a Man with a Beard and Moustache

Date: 1920
Description: Quarter-length portrait of unidentified man with a beard and moustache, wearing a jacket, shirt and tie.
Photograph

Portrait of a Man with a Moustache

Date: 1920
Description: Quarter-length portrait of unidentified man with a moustache, wearing a jacket, shirt and a tie.
Photograph

Portrait of a Man with a Moustache

Date: 1920
Description: Quarter-length portrait of unidentified man with a moustache. He is wearing a jacket, shirt and tie.
Photograph

Logging Camp, Black River Falls, Wisconsin

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Description: Elevated view of men posed standing in a logging camp, displaying six teams of two oxen. One man is posed seated in a buggy pulled by a single horse, and a...
Photograph

Logging Camp

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Description: Elevated view of men posed standing in a snow-covered logging camp. One man is holding a cat, and there is a dog standing nearby. The photographers wagon i...
Photograph

Logging Camp

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Description: Group of men posed holding logging tools while sitting and standing in a logging camp. Two men stand displaying two teams of two horses, and one man is dis...
Postcard

Group Studio Portrait

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of two men and two women in front of a painted backdrop. Two are seated, the other two are standing. They are dressed in winter...
Photograph

Confederate Prisoners

Date: 07 1863
Description: Stereograph of three Confederate soldiers captured during the Battle of Gettysburg. This photograph was taken by Mathew Brady a few days after the battle. ...
Painting

Expedition with Supply Cart

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Description: An illustration created using cutout photographs and white, gray and black paint on cream colored paper. The scene depicts, in profile, a man pulling a loa...

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