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Studio Family Portrait

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of elderly couple with their grown children.
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Portrait of Man with Top Hat and Cane

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man holding a cane in his left hand, standing beside a tall stump with a hat resting on top...
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Double Anchor Memorial

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Description: Studio portrait of memorial wreaths in the shape of anchors. The memorial includes a photographic portrait of a man, most likely John Best who died in 1890...
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Portrait of Man with Beard

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait of a seated man with beard.
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W.T. Price Memorial Display

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of memorial wreath grouping surrounding a draped portrait of W.T. Price. The wreaths have text which read: "...
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Portrait of Eight Women and One Man

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of eight women, three of whom are sitting, and one seated man.
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Portrait of Young People

Date: 1899
Description: Studio portrait of three men and a woman standing, and four women sitting in front of a painted backdrop. Young man standing on the extreme right is probab...
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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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Ho-Chunk Man and Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Thomas Thunder (Hoonk Ha Ga Kah) (Son of [Wa Con Cha Kah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [We Hon Pe Kaw] Lucy Bear, Thunde...
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Two Men Pose with Flowers and Photograph

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Description: Two men sit in a photography studio and pose with a photograph of a standing man which is displayed between two vases of flowers on a table in front of a p...
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Studio Portrait of Seated Man and Woman

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Description: A seated man and woman pose for a studio portrait. The man wears a suit jacket, vest with watch fob, and trousers and he has his arm around the woman. A pi...
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Henry Greencrow, William Hall and Charlie Greengress with Specimens of Taxidermy

Date: 1898
Description: Full-length studio portrait of three young Ho-Chunk men wearing suit jackets, trousers, and neckties in front of a painted backdrop. Two are wearing hats a...
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Portrait of a Young European-American Man

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of a young European American man posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit, necktie, and lapel pho...
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Studio Portrait of Man and Fence

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man posed standing in the gate of a wooden fence.
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Studio Portrait of Roddy

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man posed standing next to a stone wall, probably either Tom or Bill Roddy. His hat is rest...
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Studio Portrait of Man, Woman and Dog

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man sitting on a stump, a woman standing, and a dog lying on the ground, all posed in front of a prop ...
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Studio Portrait of Two Men and Fence

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men posed standing in the gate of a wooden fence.
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Studio Portrait of Man and Chair

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man posed standing and leaning on a stuffed chair.
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Studio Portrait of Man

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Description: Studio portraits: waist-up portrait of a man, and another of him posed sitting next to a prop stone wall.
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Studio Portrait of Eleven Women and One Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of eleven women and a man posed standing. They are probably wearing costumes for a theater production, and the woman sixth from...

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