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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...
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Obey Photo Shoot

Date: 01 1969
Description: A photo shoot for David R. Obey's first campaign for Congress picturing him as assistant majority leader with Majority Leader Bob Huber (partially obscured...
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Photograph of Bridesmaids

Date: 11 24 1955
Description: With a Rolleiflex camera, Fred Bandlow takes pictures of bridesmaids at the Boegel/Shommer wedding.
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Paul Vanderbilt

Date: 10 01 1958
Description: Text with the photograph reads: "Paul Vanderbilt, curator of the photographic collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, at the opening of t...
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Photographer in Studio

Date: 1910
Description: Full-length portrait of a man posed standing in front of a painted backdrop with a number of large format cameras and other photography equipment.
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Newton Minow — Contact Sheet

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Description: Contact sheet featuring different shots of Newton Minow on the street.
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Buttonhole Camera Negative 3

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. Most of the images are primarily of young men posing near or in boats, ...
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Buttonhole Camera Negative 4

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Description: Six circular images on a glass plate negative from the Stirn Concealed Vest Camera. The images are of young men and women posing near a shoreline or on boa...
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Sid Posing in Darkroom

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Description: Sid standing in a print drying room adjacent to a darkroom (likely at Gisholt). He wears trousers and a tie, and is holding his pipe in his right hand. A p...
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Sid Boyum in Printing Room at Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: Sid sitting and posing by the print dryer near the darkroom at Gisholt with a cigar in his mouth.
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Sid in a Printing Room

Date: 12 1968
Description: Sid posing next to the print dryer in the printing room near the darkroom at Gisholt Machine Company. He has his signature cigar, holding it to his mouth. ...
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Sid in Printing Room

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Description: Sid posing in the printing room near a darkroom at Gisholt Machine Company. He is wearing a long-sleeved white shirt with a patterned bow tie. A print drye...
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Sid in Printing Room

Date: 12 1968
Description: Sid poses rakishly in the printing room near the darkroom at Gisholt Machine Company. He is wearing a long-sleeved white shirt with a patterned bow tie. A ...
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Group Portrait of Gisholt Camera Club at Strobo Research

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Description: Group portrait of members of Gisholt camera club at Strobo Research during a field trip. Sid is standing in the back, third from the left.
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Sid in front of Sanchez Photo

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Description: View from street of Sid standing on the sidewalk in front of the Sanchez Photo portrait studio at 11 North Pinckney Street. A large photograph of Sid smoki...
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Posing for Pictures Outside of the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A woman in a black coat is taking a picture with her phone of another woman in a blue blazer, who is standing in front of a metal barrier fence. They are i...
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Mirrors

Date: 1905
Description: Double-exposed, self-portrait of the photographer looking into a mirror, with another mirror in the background. He is wearing a suit, and has changed a few...
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Shading the Camera in the Woods

Date: 1921
Description: With her face partially shaded by a hat, Jeannette Holt is holding a cast iron frying pan sideways to shade the camera as a young man, sitting at the base ...
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Frank Borzage on Set

Date: 1937
Description: Film director Frank Borzage and camera operator Joseph Biroc, along with other members of the film crew, are seen in the reflection of mirrors on the set o...
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Charles Boyer and Jean Arthur on Set

Date: 1937
Description: Charles Boyer and Jean Arthur talk with director Frank Borzage on the set of the 1937 film "History Is Made at Night". Borzage sits in a chair while Boyer ...

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