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The Artist

Date: 1876
Description: Issued as a stereograph on green mount entitled "The Artist." Two men stand by a wagon on which is written "A.L. Dahl Landscape Photographer." The flag on...
Postcard

Portrait of Girl and Dalmation Dog

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a girl standing with her arm on a chair in which a Dalmation dog sits. The girl's hair is pul...
Postcard

Woman with Dead Geese

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman dressed in a fur coat and wearing a hat standing next to a display of defeathered geese.
Postcard

Two Men and their Dalmation Dogs

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men wearing hats and coats, holding cigars and posing with two Dalmation dogs.
Photograph

Hunters with Rabbits

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Otto Radke, Andrew Echstein, and Jake Lange posed in front of a painted backdrop. They have their guns leaning in front of t...
Poster

The Buffalo Shoppe Poster

Date: 08 1972
Description: Poster advertising The Buffalo Shoppe at 1348 Williamson Street, in Madison, Wisconsin. Featured antiques, and an old time photo studio, with photos taken ...
Photograph

Forest Middleton and Dog

Date: 1893
Description: Carte-de-visite of Forest Middleton, wearing a sailor suit. He is posed resting his head on a large dog. Both are lying on a fur rug.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Girl in Snow with Dog and Doll

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Description: Cabinet card studio portrait of a young girl, posed with a doll in a baby carriage and her dog. The background is a painted backdrop of the Wisconsin State...
Postcard

Two Men Playing Cards with Donkey

Date: 1930
Description: In a studio "gag" portrait, two men sit at a table playing cards in front of a painted backdrop. Both are showing their hands and smoking cigars. Each man ...
Postcard

Six Men and a Goat

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length studio portrait of six men, three standing and three sitting. On the left is a goat. Attached to the painted backdrop, a poster for the Calumet...
Photograph

Puss'n Boots Bronze Award

Date: 07 18 1958
Description: Charles B. Seals, and his father Bellamy, have received a citation from the Puss'n Boots bronze award committee. The citation resulted from pictures of the...
Postcard

Man in Horse-Drawn Buggy

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Description: Photographic postcard of a man sitting in a buggy drawn by a horse wearing a fly-net. Behind him is an automobile with two men leaning against the side. Al...
Postcard

Thompson Tent Show

Date: 1907
Description: Photographic postcard of the Thompson Tent Show. A tent, a tall wagon and a truck that runs the generator are set up in a field or park with houses and tre...
Photograph

Buttonhole Camera Negative 2

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Description: Six circular images of people in various outdoor activities on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. One is of a long, porch; one of...
Photograph

Buttonhole Camera Negative 6

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. Three are of puppies, one is of a small boy, and another is of a group ...
Photograph

Buttonhole Camera Negative 7

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. Four of the images are of individuals or small groups of people, who ma...
Photograph

Buttonhole Camera Negative 10

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. One of the images is of a black dog standing on its hind legs; another ...
Photograph

Buttonhole Camera Negative 11

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. The same young man wearing a suit is in two images; three images are of...
Photograph

Buttonhole Camera Negative 15

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. The images are of a variety of excursion boats, sailboats, and horse-dr...
Photograph

Buttonhole Camera Negative 16

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. Two of the six images are of dogs standing on their hind legs. The othe...

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