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| Description: | Elevated view of photographers being instructed on how to shoot a crime scene. A teacher is demonstrating photographic techniques while a group of students... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of a fisherman with his lure, spear, and catch. |
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| Description: | Photographers demonstrating strobe light functions at Frank Scherschel's Strobe Research Lab. Frank Scherschel is in the back on the righthand side, wearin... |
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| Description: | Formal portrait of Increase Lapham sitting in a chair. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Winnebago Indians: John Hazen Hill, Alex Lonetree, daughter of Alex Lonetree, Mrs. Alex Lonetree, and W... |
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| Description: | Full-length cabinet card portrait of Syvert A. Lee, a private in Company H, 15th Wisconsin Infantry in uniform next to a prop baluster and railing. The fol... |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Mrs. Ketch ka mi, daughter of Potowatomi Indian Chief John Young. |
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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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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of William F. Vilas posing with one hand on a law book and the other inside his long overcoat. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Born August 1, 1861, Samuel Sturgis was the younger brother of Nina Sturgis Dousman. He attended West Point Military Academy and had a distinguished career... |
| Date: | 09 08 1930 |
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| 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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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man, Hoonch-Schad-E-Gab (Big Bear), aiming a bow and arrow and wearing a fur hat with feathers... |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of H.H. Bennett, who is standing and wearing a long coat with a fur collar. |
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| Description: | Studio Portrait; H.H. Bennett with wet plate outfit. |
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| Description: | Man petting dog, who is sitting on a chair, inside the photographic studio. There is a large studio camera on the left, several pieces of studio furniture,... |
| Date: | 11 09 1928 |
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| Description: | View towards a photographer or an assistant holding a flashbulb as a photograph is taken of repairmen working on tractors in the shop of an International H... |
| Date: | 04 02 1987 |
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| Description: | Three school children are posing for a video camera portrait, one attraction at a school fair sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA). |
| Date: | 07 15 1987 |
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| Description: | A woman finishes a display of Bay View High School photographs from the 1950s as part of an any-year reunion at the Festa Italiana on the Summerfest ground... |
| Date: | 06 1887 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Protz, an unidentified woman (likely Julia Protz), and Clara Tester posing with "schuetzen-rifles." ... |
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