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Franz Sigel

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Major General Franz Sigel, posed in front of a painted backdrop.
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Group Portrait of Civil War Veterans

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Description: Group portrait of Civil War veterans who compiled the Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers for the Wisconsin Adjutant General's Office in the late 1880s. Back Ro...
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Officials and Employees of the Wisconsin State Administration

Date: 1888
Description: Group portrait of officials and employees of the Wisconsin state administration, who made up Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk's "one-armed and one-legged" staff o...
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Night Hunters

Date: 1890
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two hunters, Jacob Gross, sitting and holding a lantern, and Henry Herold, standing and holding a rifle a...
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Veterans of the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the veterans of the 2nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. None are identified.
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Merry Christmas

Date: 1955
Description: H.H. Bennett Studio Christmas portrait of two women, Miriam and Ruth, daughters of H.H. Bennett, and one man, Oliver Reese, posed with many cameras, some o...
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Harold N. Hone and His Wife Vivian

Date: 1939
Description: A studio portrait of Harold and Vivian Hone posing with a camera.
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Man Posing with Camera

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Description: A studio portrait of a man posing with a camera in front of a painted background. He wears a white shirt, suspenders and a hat.
Postcard

Advertisement for Fake Rocks

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Description: A photographic postcard of studio props (#84 PAPIER MACME ROCKS) in front of a painted backdrop. There are 8 different rocks in different sizes. The prices...
Postcard

Advertisment for Balustrade and Painted Backdrop

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Description: A photographic postcard for a painted backdrop, #86. It has a wooded background, a column and a balustrade. Below is the text "PROFILE BALUSTRADE #8."
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Blanche Budd McFetridge

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Blanche Budd McFetridge in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a dress with a matching jacket and a hat with feather...
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The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword

Date: 1893
Description: Full-length studio photograph of Louis Brosemer wearing a suit and hat. He is standing before a United States flag holding an oversized pen as though it wa...
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Clara Middleton at Home

Date: 1905
Description: A portrait, possibly a self-portrait, of Clara Middleton seated in her home. She wears a large hat; her gloves rest in her lap. There is a jardiniere with ...
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George T. Spaulding

Date: 1861
Description: Tintype studio portrait in front of a painted background of George Spaulding of Brodhead, Wisconsin, member of the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry band. He is seate...
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Carl Nelson

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Description: Full-length cabinet card portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Carl Nielson [as written on published Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, Volume 1 and on t...
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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...
Postcard

Hayward Indian School Students

Date: 1889
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of five Hayward Indian School students, possibly a basketball team, from L to R: John C...
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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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Burdick Men

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Description: The four Burdick family brothers pose together for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. Standing on the far left is Edmond. Seated at the far ...
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Group Portrait of Scandinavian Men

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Description: Eight Scandinavian men in suits and ties sit and stand in two rows posing for a formal studio portrait. Behind them is a curtain and part of a painted back...

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