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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...
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International Model F City Dray

Date: 09 1917
Description: A man is posing standing and holding the steering wheel, and a boy is sitting in the passenger seat of an International Model F (or 31) truck operated by F...
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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...
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Fred L. Peabody

Date: 04 30 1947
Description: Madison retired fire chief, Fred L. Peabody, on his 85th birthday.
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People Seated in front of Hermitage

Date: 1910
Description: Group of men, women, and children seated on a bench and on the ground outside the Hermitage (Cedar Bark Lodge) on Hermit Island (Wilson Island). Included a...
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Dr. John Maynard Woodworth in Fur Clothing

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. John Maynard Woodworth (1837-1879), an American physician and naturalist who is shown in a Russian-American fur trapper's c...
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Bried Family Portrait

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Description: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bried and family, consisting of three women and two men.
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Three Men and Stringed Instruments

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Description: Three men, two of them standing with string instruments and the other seated.
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Portrait of Three Men

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of three men, two sitting and one standing in front of a painted backdrop.
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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 ...
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Poker Players

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Description: Studio portrait of two men in front of a painted backdrop playing poker while smoking and drinking beer. The man on the left is Jacob Birrenkott, and the m...
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Two Elderly Men

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two elderly men in suits, one standing and the other, James Gorman, sitting on a table.
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Studio Portrait of Men Drinking Beer

Date: 1915
Description: Studio portrait of three men smoking pipes and cigars and holding beer bottles in front of a painted backdrop. From left to right, Jacob Bowar, Herman Kals...
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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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Man Wearing Hat and Tie

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Description: Dressed in a shirt, hat and narrow tie, Charles Brendier poses for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop with a cigar in his hand.
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East Central Golf Tourney Champion and Runnerup

Date: 06 12 1948
Description: Champion Gilbert "Gib" Bergdoll (right) of the Koshkonong Mounds Club of Fort Atkinson and runnerup, Norbert "Coley" Griffin of Meadow Springs Club of Jeff...
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Family Portrait

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Description: Family portrait of mother, father and 8 children (ca. 1900).
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Five Fire Fighters

Date: 1931
Description: A small group of four fighters and one of their bosses are standing amid burned remnants from a fire. One man is holding a fire hose that is spraying water...
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The Sample Room

Date: 1892
Description: Men standing along the bar of local saloon owned by Liegeois Brothers. Blacksmith Joseph Liegeois, Jr. and his brother John are on the end of the bar. John...
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Group of People Posed Along Storefronts

Date: 1900
Description: Large group of people posed in commercial area on a wooden sidewalk. Leigeois Bar, Implement Store, and Blacksmith Shop. Joseph Leigeois is shown in the fo...

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