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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: | 1879 |
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| 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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| 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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| Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Major General George B. McClellan holding his sword in his left hand. At Major General in the Regular Army. After t... |
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| Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Major General Franz Sigel, posed in front of a painted backdrop. |
| Date: | 11 14 1961 |
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| Description: | Students work in a studio on their individual projects for a photography class at the Milwaukee Institute of Technology. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | A woman in a uniform places a lei of orchids around Margaret McGuire's neck as she accepts the role of Centennial Queen on a stage at the Wisconsin Centenn... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of two women in front of a painted backdrop. One woman is seated and is one standing, and they are w... |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of two women sitting in front of a painted backdrop sharing a book. Both women are wearing hair combs. One woman is looking at ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of a young woman sitting on a half wall inside the photographer's studio. She is wearing a fashionable dress with a ribbon belt, dark ... |
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| Description: | Photographer Matthew Witt poses with one of his cameras, holding the shutter release. It is placed on a table with a fringed tablecloth. He is wearing a su... |
| Date: | 01 1969 |
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| Description: | A photo shoot for David R. Obey's first campaign for Congress picturing him as assistant majority leader with Majority Leader Bob Huber (partially obscured... |
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| Description: | A young barefoot boy wearing striped coveralls stands on a dirt road while holding a box camera. A coaster wagon is next to him. |
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| Description: | Woman on stage with microphone and visual props, apparently demonstrating eye and other makeup techniques. |
| Date: | 10 01 1958 |
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| Description: | Text with the photograph reads: "Paul Vanderbilt, curator of the photographic collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, at the opening of t... |
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| Description: | Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. Five of the images are of various young women, each posing alone in fro... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Laurie Peterson, standing, and Muriel Peterson, kneeling, pose as if taking photographs of James seated on the ground. They each hold a camera. James is tu... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the interior of a jewelry and art store with employees and customers. This view is from the front of the store towards the rear. In the low... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Double-exposed, self-portrait of the photographer looking into a mirror, with another mirror in the background. He is wearing a suit, and has changed a few... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Shirley Jeffrey standing and watching an automatic projector which accompanied an exhibit. The projector was adapted by Harry Lichter of the museum staff. ... |
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