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Pillar Rock, Fort Danger

Date: 07 1873
Description: Adams and Juneau Counties. Pillar Rock, Fort Danger. There is a man with an 8 x 10 camera in the foreground.
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Photo Copy Service Building

Date: 06 20 1944
Description: Exterior view of the Photo Copy Service building at 211 West Mifflin Street, next to Pettersen's carpets and linoleum, 209 West Mifflin Street. Also shown ...
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McVicar Photo Service Store Window

Date: 10 30 1936
Description: Homecoming display window at McVicar Photo Service, 751 University Avenue, featuring Wisconsin vs. Chicago football game with advertising for Agfa film. Al...
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McVicar Photo Service Window

Date: 05 05 1936
Description: McVicar Photo Service window display featuring C.U.N.A. (Credit Union National Association) magazine "The Bridge, Credit Union National Magazine, uses McVi...
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Viaduct

Date: 1889
Description: Chicago & North Western Railway viaduct on the line along the Milwaukee River. The viaduct has two arched passages, and stones and rocks lining the path f...
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Cupid

Date: 1930
Description: A studio portrait of a child as Cupid wearing wings and holding a bow and arrow, posed leaning against an owl and sitting on a tree stump.
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Frank Scherschel Strobe Photograph

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Description: Strobe photograph of Frank Scherschel walking on grass. There are thirteen different exposures showing Scherschel's movements across the frame.
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Photograph of a Man Photographing Himself

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Description: A photograph of a man, M. Newman, taking a picture of himself outdoors. He appears twice. The photographer used a double exposure to create the picture. He...
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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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Forest and Joanna Middleton

Date: 1898
Description: Forest Middleton plays "Guess Who?" with his grandmother. He stands on a small footstool; she is seated in a chair holding a newspaper or magazine. On the...
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Villa Louis Grounds

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Description: Composite panoramic view showing gazebo, star bed, and southeast corner of the lawn.
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Photo Playhouse

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Description: Tintype of Estella Moessner Goldenberger of Madison, (in the window), with her friend Celia Gibson posing in front of a painted backdrop.
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Woman in White

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of draperies and a painted backdrop of a young woman wearing a full-length white dress with a lacy bodice and a pastel...
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Filming a Prescribed Prairie Burn

Date: 1953
Description: Disney film crew in UW-Madison Arboretum's Curtis Prairie filming a prescribed burn.
Postcard

Woman Seated in a Chair

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a woman seated in an ornate wicker chair in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a light-colored dress, pearls and a ...
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Camera in Field

Date: 1955
Description: "Cows were nosy when a camera was set up in a field near Theresa."
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Camera in Field

Date: 1955
Description: "Cows were nosy when a camera was set up in a field near Theresa."
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Trimpey Studio Article

Date: 08 1925
Description: A brief article describing the new studio of photographer E.B. Trimpey, including photographs of the front and rear of the building. There is a landscaped ...
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Matthew Witt's Photography Studio

Date: 1913
Description: Hand-colored exterior of Matthew Witt's photography studio. He is standing at the door with his hand on the doorknob. Photographic prints are hanging in th...
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C.R. Monroe, Traveling Photographer

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Description: Man displaying two horses in front of a photographer's wagon that says "C.R. Monroe, Traveling Photographer." Two women, one holding a photograph, are pose...

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