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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

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...
Photograph

Photograph of Bridesmaids

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

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...
Photograph

Paul Vanderbilt and Thematic Panel

Date: 10 1984
Description: Paul Vanderbilt, the curator emeritus of Iconographic collections at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, poses in front of one of his Thematic Panel...
Poster

"Báječny Život" (Wonderful Life) Film Poster

Date: 1965
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the British film. At top right is a photographic waist-up image of a man hugging a woman from behind. Below them in the cen...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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. ...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

Paul Vanderbilt Portrait

Date: 1986
Description: Casual portrait of Paul Vanderbilt taken in his Emeritus office at the Wisconsin Historical Society. He was the Curator of the Iconographic Collections fro...
Photograph

Harold Lloyd

Date: 10 09 1955
Description: Harold Lloyd with Stereo Realist Award. He was an actor and stereo photography enthusiast. He said: "I own one, I use it, I love it. It takes the most amaz...
Photograph

Observers of the Building Demolition on Capitol Square

Date: 09 26 1957
Description: A man holding a paper-wrapped package under his arm pauses while shopping to watch the demolition of the Pioneer block and Madison Theater on the Madison C...
Photograph

Observers of the Building Demolition on Capitol Square

Date: 09 26 1957
Description: Two busy Madison lawyers pause to watch the demolition of buildings on Madison's Capitol Square to be replaced with a new building to house a J. C. Penney ...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

Self-Taken Group Photo

Date: 1913
Description: Group portrait of men and women in a tree. The photograph was taken by Peter Jacobson, at left, by operating the shutter with a string.
Photograph

Self-Taken Group Photo

Date: 1913
Description: Group portrait of men and women kneeling as if in prayer on a wooden bridge. The photograph was taken by Peter Jacobson, at right, by operating the shutter...

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