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Portrait of Elderly Couple

Date: 1893
Description: Studio portrait of an elderly couple, both seated in chairs in front of a painted backdrop.
Photograph

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...
Postcard

Peter Maerz and Mrs. Susan Maerz Maier

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of Peter Maerz and Mrs. Susan Maerz Maier in front of a painted backdrop.
Postcard

Mr. & Mrs. Louis Buechner

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Mr. & Mrs. Louis Buechner on their wedding day. She wears a traditional weddin...
Postcard

Wedding Day Portrait

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of a couple on their wedding day. She wears a traditional wedding gown and holds a bouquet of flowers and he has...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Gerhard and Christine Gesell

Date: 1879
Description: Studio portrait of photographer Gerhard Gesell, Sr. and his wife Christine Giesen Gesell taken shortly after their marriage in 1879. She is sitting in a ch...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Mr. and Mrs. Trimpey

Date: 1920
Description: A seated studio portrait of the photographer and his wife, Alice Kent Trimpey.
Photograph

Abner Doubleday and his Wife Mary

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite of Major General Abner Doubleday in uniform, sitting, and his wife Mary, standing, wearing a cape over her dress.
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George B. McClellan and his wife, Ellen Mary Marcy

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Major General George B. McClellan standing, with his wife, Ellen Mary Marcy, seated.
Photograph

Lucius and Frances Fairchild

Date: 1870
Description: Studio portrait of Governor Lucius Fairchild, and his wife, Frances (Bull) Fairchild.
Photograph

John and Ethelinda Johnston

Date: 1883
Description: Cabinet card of John (1836-1904) and Ethelinda (1856-1947) Johnston sitting on a decorative wall in front of a painted backdrop of trees. John, a successf...
Photograph

John and Ethelinda Johnston

Date: 1883
Description: Cabinet card studio portrait of John (1836-1904) and Ethelinda (1856-1947) Johnston sitting on a decorative wall in front of a painted backdrop of trees. ...
Photograph

George and Margaret (Mitchell) Johnston

Date: 1855
Description: Seated studio portrait of Margaret (Mitchell) Johnston (1805-1861) and her husband George Johnston (1803-1893) of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. They were the pa...
Photograph

Charlotte and William Goetsch

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Description: Full-length portrait of Charlotte Liermans Goetsch and William Goetsch, parents of Mary Goestch Krueger, and grandparents of the photographer, Alexander Kr...
Photograph

Bertha and William Goetsch

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Description: Full-length wedding portrait of Mr. William Goetsch and Mrs. Goetsch, enlarged from small tintype in 1903. Mrs. Goetsch, who was Bertha Krueger, married Wi...
Photograph

Unidentified Couple

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Description: Portrait of couple sitting together with their arms linked. Unidentified tintype copy by Alexander Krueger.
Photograph

Krueger Wedding Photograph

Date: 1870
Description: Full-length wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. August Krueger.
Photograph

Mr. and Mrs. August Krueger's Wedding Photograph

Date: 1870
Description: A copy of Mr.and Mrs. August Krueger's wedding photograph by Alexander Krueger.

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