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Photograph

Daisy Bates at a Book Promotion

Date: 1962
Description: Daisy Bates speaking with unidentified man wearing eyeglasses. Copies of her memoir "The Long Shadow of Little Rock", and plaques from the NAACP for the ni...
Postcard

Peter Maerz and Mrs. Susan Maerz Maier

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of Peter Maerz and Mrs. Susan Maerz Maier in front of a painted backdrop.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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. ...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Bertha and William Goetsch

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Description: Full-length wedding portrait of Mr. William Goetsch and Mrs. Goetsch, enlarged from small tintype in 1903. Mrs. Goetsch, who was Bertha Krueger, married Wi...
Photograph

Krueger Wedding Photograph

Date: 1870
Description: Full-length wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. August Krueger.
Photograph

Mr. and Mrs. August Krueger's Wedding Photograph

Date: 1870
Description: A copy of Mr.and Mrs. August Krueger's wedding photograph by Alexander Krueger.
Postcard

Portrait of a Man

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of John Brunner. He is wearing a suit with a bow tie and a button with a chain in his lapel.
Postcard

Young Man and Girl

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Elizabeth and Clemens Hellebrand in front of a painted backdrop. He is sitting in a chair, and she is standing and resting h...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Man, Woman and Dog

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man sitting on a stump, a woman standing, and a dog lying on the ground, all posed in front of a prop ...
Postcard

Man and Two Children

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a seated man with a boy and a girl, one on each knee. They are posed in front of a painted backdrop.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of the Mills Family

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an elderly man and woman posing sitting surrounded by two seated young girls and five men, probably the H...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of the Mills Family

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an elderly man and woman posing sitting surrounded two seated young girls and five men, probably the H.B....
Photograph

Karlslyst Family Portrait

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Description: Quarter-length oval studio group portrait of six young people, three boys and three girls. The girls are wearing fancy dresses and the boys are wearing sui...
Postcard

Studio Portrait of Three Men

Date: 1910
Description: Full-length studio portrait of three men in front of a painted backdrop. Two men, Mel Endres (left) and Math Endres (right), are perched on the chair arms ...
Photograph

Jewelry Store and Art Gallery

Date: 1861
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...
Photograph

We Saw You . . . at Photo Preview

Date: 09 24 1958
Description: Members of the Madison Art Association and the Women's Auxiliary of the State Historical Society get a preview of "The Family of Man" photographic exhibit ...

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