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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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Workers with Newspaper Photographs

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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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Four Men Playing Cards

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four men sitting at a table playing cards, smoking cigarettes and ...
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Boy on His Graduation

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of a boy on the occasion of his graduation. He is dressed in jacket and knickerbockers (knickers) and holds a ro...
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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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John Johnston and Daughter Hilda

Date: 1884
Description: Cabinet card of Hilda Johnston (1883-1974), age one year, and her father, John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker.
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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...
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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. ...
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John Johnston

Date: 1855
Description: Studio portrait of John Johnston (1836-1904) as a young man. John was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He came to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1856 and became a...
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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...
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Rogers Family

Date: 1917
Description: Portrait of some of the William Henry Rogers family. Pictured are Maude Rogers Taylor, her parents, William and Martha, and her second son, Lynn H. Taylor.
Postcard

Young Men and Women Posing with Nun

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of a nun, one young man and five young women in front of a painted backdrop. The children are all ho...
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Two Men Facing Each Other

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of John Dolfen and Max Petersilie in front of a painted backdrop. They are turned towards each other and both are wearing suits...
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Portrait of Two Men

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of Max and Robert Petersellie in front of a painted backdrop. Max is seated and Robert is standing with his hand on th...
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Two Men Standing

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Herb Esser (left) and Hugo Faust (right) in front of a painted backdrop. Herb has his hand on Hugo's shoulder and Hugo is po...
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Portrait of Three Men

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Mel Endres, Fred Statz and Robert Faust in front of a painted backdrop. The center man is seated in a chair, the men on eith...
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Portrait of Two Men

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Otto and John Braun in front of a painted backdrop. One man is seated and the other is standing on the left. They are both w...
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Portrait of Two Men

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Max Esser and Robert Petersile in front of a painted backdrop. One man is seated and the other is standing on the right. The...
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Man Reclining in Chair

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a man leaning back in a chair with his legs crossed, with a photograph is in his raised hand. He is wearing a suit with a bo...
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Man in Suit

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Robert Faust in front of a painted backdrop. He is standing with his right hand on a chair and is wearing a suit with the ja...

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