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Bennett Studio Interior

Date: 05 1912
Description: Interior of H.H. Bennett's studio gift shop with Indian souvenirs.
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Two Men with Guitar

Date: 1920
Description: Two men posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. James Gorman, standing, has a pipe in his mouth; the seated man holding a guitar is un...
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Military Portrait

Date: 1900
Description: Unknown soldier in full dress uniform.
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Fall Festival Entertainers

Date: 09 08 1930
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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Photographer Capturing Repairmen at Work

Date: 11 09 1928
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...
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Video Portraits

Date: 04 02 1987
Description: Three school children are posing for a video camera portrait, one attraction at a school fair sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA).
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1950's Memories

Date: 07 15 1987
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...
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Shooting a Refrigerator Advertisement

Date: 07 31 1950
Description: A woman wearing an apron posing with a refrigerator in a photography studio while a photographer takes a picture for advertising.
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Hugh Flannery Receives $100 War Bond

Date: 01 29 1945
Description: With a backdrop of celebrity portrait photographs and stacks of coins on his desk, Hugh Flannery, manager of the Orpheum Theatre, is receiving a $100 War B...
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H.S. Manchester's, Inc., Photo Studio

Date: 12 21 1944
Description: Reception area of photo studio at H.S. Manchester's, Inc., 2-6 East Mifflin Street.
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Manchester's Department Store Photo Studio

Date: 11 29 1944
Description: Photo studio service counter and photo finishing table in Manchester's, Inc., department store, 2-6 East Mifflin Street.
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Manchester's Department Store Photo Studio

Date: 11 29 1944
Description: The photo studio department in Manchester's Department Store. A man is assisting a female customer, while female employees do their work.
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War Bond Department at 1st National Bank

Date: 06 20 1944
Description: Seven jumbo enlargements of photographs of World War II scenes used to create the War Bond selling exhibit at War Bond Department teller's booths at First ...
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Portable Confessional

Date: 02 18 1943
Description: Portable confessional, rear view, priest's side, taken in Photo Copy Service studio, 211 West Mifflin Street. Taken for Burgess Laboratory.
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Portable Confessional

Date: 02 18 1943
Description: Front view of a portable confessional, with kneeler. The photograph was taken in the Photo Copy Service studio, located at 211 West Mifflin Street.
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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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Microfilm Laboratory, State Office Building

Date: 02 11 1942
Description: Three men are making microfilm copies of birth records in the microfilm department at the Wisconsin State Office Building (Capitol Annex), 1 West Wilson St...
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Franklin M. Jenks Holding Photograph of Sailboat

Date: 07 24 1941
Description: Franklin M. Jenks, an employee of Photo Copy Service, holding up photograph of sailboat.
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Photo Copy Service Camera Room

Date: 07 22 1940
Description: Interior view of Photo Copy Service camera room, 206 East Main Street.
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Drummer Playing Drum Set

Date: 01 29 1937
Description: Man playing drum set in a photographic studio.

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