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Family Portrait

Date: 1941
Description: Copy of a family portrait that includes a father, daughter and three sons. Two people on the right are only partially visible.
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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 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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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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Bried Family Portrait

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Description: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bried and family, consisting of three women and two men.
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Daisy Bates at a Book Promotion

Date: 1962
Description: Daisy Bates speaking with unidentified man wearing eyeglasses. Copies of her memoir "The Long Shadow of Little Rock", and plaques from the NAACP for the ni...
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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.
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George Staty, Mary Staty Marx & Margaret Staty

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio group portrait of (left to right) George Staty, Mary Staty Marx and Margaret Staty. They are standing in front of a paint...
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Elizabeth Schoepp, Anton Dahmen, and Eva Dahmen Bowar

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio group portrait of (left to right) " Elizabeth "Lizzie" Schoepp, Anton Joseph Dahmen, and Eva Dahmen Bowar. Eva holds a to...
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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...
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Mike Endres and Katie Endres Mick

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of (brother and sister?) Mike Endres and Katie Endres Mick, in front of a painted backdrop. They are both wearin...
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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...
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Viola and Clarence Joss Graduation

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of Viola and Clarence Joss on the occasion of their graduation. Each of them holds a rolled diploma in their lef...
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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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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...
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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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Chess Game

Date: 1910
Description: William Middleton, left, plays chess against an unidentified opponent. Williams' son, Forest, with chin in hands, watches with an unidentified man and wom...
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Nyhus Family

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of eleven members of the Nyhus family, including four women, four men, and three young boys.
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F. and G. Stanley Families

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Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of some 22 members of the F. and G. Stanley families, associated with the F. and G. Stanley Manufacturing Pla...

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