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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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Three Men in Photography Studio

Date: 1910
Description: Studio portrait of three standing men, two wearing matching straw hats, and vests with trousers, and the other holding a camera on a stool. They are posing...
Postcard

Young Boy with Tricycle

Date: 1908
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young boy with a tricycle.
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Two Elderly Men

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two elderly men in suits, one standing and the other, James Gorman, sitting on a table.
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Tony and Werner Rawls

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Description: Studio portrait of, (left to right), Tony and Werner Rawls standing in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing matching dark suits and knickerbockers...
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Henry Greencrow, William Hall and Charlie Greengress with Specimens of Taxidermy

Date: 1898
Description: Full-length studio portrait of three young Ho-Chunk men wearing suit jackets, trousers, and neckties in front of a painted backdrop. Two are wearing hats a...
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Forest Middleton and Dog

Date: 1893
Description: Carte-de-visite of Forest Middleton, wearing a sailor suit. He is posed resting his head on a large dog. Both are lying on a fur rug.
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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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Fancy Dress Party

Date: 08 19 1887
Description: Cabinet card of a group portrait of four men in front of a painted backdrop. Two are dressed in male formal attire, with top hats. The other men are dresse...
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John Johnston and Daughter Hilda

Date: 1884
Description: Cabinet card of Hilda Johnston (1883-1974), age one year, and her father, John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker.
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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...
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Albert and Ernst Goetsch

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Description: Copy from tintype by Alexander Krueger. Full-length portrait of Albert and Ernst Goetsch standing near a chair with decorative fringe.
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Young Men and Women Posing with Nun

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of a nun, one young man and five young women in front of a painted backdrop. The children are all ho...
Postcard

Portrait of Two Men

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Melchoir Koch and Matt Oberembt in front of a painted backdrop. One man is sitting in a chair and the other is perched on th...
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Portrait of Two Men

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of an unidentified man (left) and R. Melchior Endre in front of a painted backdrop. One man is sitting in a chair with his hand...
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Two Men Facing Each Other

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of John Dolfen and Max Petersilie in front of a painted backdrop. They are turned towards each other and both are wearing suits...
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Two Men Standing

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Herb Esser (left) and Hugo Faust (right) in front of a painted backdrop. Herb has his hand on Hugo's shoulder and Hugo is po...
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Portrait of Three Men

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Mel Endres, Fred Statz and Robert Faust in front of a painted backdrop. The center man is seated in a chair, the men on eith...
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Portrait of Two Men

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Otto and John Braun in front of a painted backdrop. One man is seated and the other is standing on the left. They are both w...
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Three Men with Hands Stacked

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Charles Meyer, Sr., James Gorman and an unidentified man, all wearing suits, posing in front of a painted backdrop. They hav...

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