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| Description: | Formal portrait of Increase Lapham sitting in a chair. |
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| Description: | The Gesell family in costume with broom, sword, and other props for a humorous picture. Family members identified as follows: Gerhard Jr. (drinking from pi... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Two men posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. James Gorman, standing, has a pipe in his mouth; the seated man holding a guitar is un... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Born August 1, 1861, Samuel Sturgis was the younger brother of Nina Sturgis Dousman. He attended West Point Military Academy and had a distinguished career... |
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| Description: | Composite photograph/painting of a woman standing and pouring (fake) water into a cracked basin, with the water spilling onto the floor. |
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| Description: | H.H. Bennett boat, with a dark tent and eighteen-by-twenty-two camera at a riverbank. An assistant is reclining on the edge of the river next to the boat. |
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| Description: | Man petting dog, who is sitting on a chair, inside the photographic studio. There is a large studio camera on the left, several pieces of studio furniture,... |
| Date: | 07 31 1950 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing an apron posing with a refrigerator in a photography studio while a photographer takes a picture for advertising. |
| Date: | 11 29 1944 |
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| Description: | The photo studio department in Manchester's Department Store. A man is assisting a female customer, while female employees do their work. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Copy of a family portrait that includes a father, daughter and three sons. Two people on the right are only partially visible. |
| Date: | 02 11 1942 |
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| Description: | Three men are making microfilm copies of birth records in the microfilm department at the Wisconsin State Office Building (Capitol Annex), 1 West Wilson St... |
| Date: | 12 20 1935 |
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| Description: | Five men from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Camera Club. They are looking at photographs in Porter Butts' office at the Memorial Union. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop showing Bertha Gesell washing and hanging doll clothes. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| 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: "... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of the Yeatman sisters resting their arms on a piece of furniture in front of a painted backdrop. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of an elderly couple, both seated in chairs in front of a painted backdrop. |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of young man sitting holding a hat in front of a painted backdrop. |
| Date: | 08 19 1954 |
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| Description: | Frederica McCutcheon with a display of portraits and photo equipment, at her studio, 638 State Street. |
| Date: | 08 19 1954 |
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| Description: | Frederica McCutcheon stands near a display of portraits and photographic equipment, at her studio, 638 State Street. |
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| Description: | Newspaper workers perusing hundreds of photographs. There are three men holding some of the photographs and the rest are mounted on the walls around them. |
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