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Gesell Family Burlesque

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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...
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Fall Festival Entertainers

Date: 09 08 1930
Description: Four women are playing banjos in the McVicar Photo Service Booth at the 1930 East Side Businessman's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival.
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Girls with Tambourines

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Description: Studio portrait of thirteen girls in costume, posing sitting, standing, and holding tambourines in front of a painted backdrop.
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Flaming Baton Twirler

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Description: Outdoor photograph of a young woman twirling batons with flaming ends.
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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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Two Boys in Indian Costume

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Clemen and Mel Kalscheur, dressed in Indian costumes and sitting on the floor with arms and legs crossed.
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Two Boys in Indian Costume

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Clemen and Mel Kalscheur dressed in Indian costume.
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Two Boys in Indian Costume

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two boys, Bill and Hubby Schmity, sitting with legs crossed on the floor and dressed in Indian costumes.
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Mark Harmon at Old World Wisconsin

Date: 1990
Description: Actor Mark Harmon on the set at Old World Wisconsin. Harmon starred in the lead role in the made-for-TV movie "Dillinger". Cinematographer Donald M. Morgan...
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Good Old Days

Date: 12 20 1949
Description: Helen Meanwell, wearing a red brocaded satin dress which Mrs. Stanley Hanks wore for the University of Wisconsin Junior Prom in 1896, and her fiancé Robert...
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Good Old Days

Date: 1917
Description: Copy negative from William J. Meuer Albums of Kate Whitney and Forrest Anderson ice skating.
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Tom Roddy and Others with Ho-Chunk Artifacts

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Description: Two European American men posing sitting in front of two European American women and a Ho-Chunk woman posing standing. They are all wearing Ho-Chunk regali...
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Tom Roddy and Others Posing with Ho-Chunk Artifacts

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Description: Two European American men are posing sitting on the floor cross-legged and kneeling on the right, and two European American women and a Ho-Chunk woman posi...
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European American Woman and Children Dressed in Ho-Chunk Regalia

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Description: A European American woman and two boys posing sitting and a European American girl posing standing, all dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia. They are in a room dec...
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European American Woman and Children Dressed in Ho-Chunk Regalia

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Description: A European American woman and boy posing sitting, and a European American girl and boy posing standing. They are all dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia. They are ...
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European American Woman and Children Dressed in Ho-Chunk Regalia

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Description: European American woman and boy posing sitting, and a European American girl and boy posing standing, all dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia, in a room decorated ...
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European American Woman and Children Dressed in Ho-Chunk Regalia

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Description: European American woman posing sitting, and a European American girl and two boys posing standing, all dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia. They are in a room deco...
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Ho-Chunk Woman and Two European American Women in Ho-Chunk Dress

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Description: A portrait of a Ho-Chunk woman posing standing between two European American women also posing standing. All are wearing Ho-Chunk regalia, and are in a roo...
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Man Wearing Wild West Outfit

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a man with a large moustache and trimmed beard wearing a Wild West outfit, including a wide-brimmed hat, fringed shirt, and ...
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Swedish Ladies National Concerts

Date: 08 27 1889
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a group of women from Stockholm on their first American Tour.

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