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Prize Waterfowl

Date: 1955
Description: Two young boys and their prize-winning ducks at the 1955 Wisconsin State Fair.
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Ezekiel Gillespie

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Ezekiel Gillespie. Gillespie was born in 1818 and died March 31, 1892. In 1866, Milwaukee's Ezekiel Gillespie successfully s...
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Ezekiel Gillespie

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Ezekiel Gillespie.
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Paul Russo

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Description: Race car driver Paul Russo of Kenosha at the Wisconsin State Fair. He raced in 13 Indianapolis 500 races.
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Percheron

Date: 1900
Description: A farmer shows off his percheron colt at the Wisconsin State Fair. At the turn of the century when a farmer's livelihood was dependent on his horses, the d...
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William H. Canfield, Civil Engineer

Date: 1870
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of William H. Canfield (1819-1913), a Wisconsin civil engineer and surveyor who is best known for his studies of Sauk County's nat...
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Nurse Ada Straub

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Description: Studio portrait of nurse Ada Straub in her uniform. Ada Straub was a cousin of Mrs. Anton Nelson (the mother of Gaylord Nelson), who was also a nurse.
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Franz Brandecke, Geologist

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Franz Brandecke, Milwaukee-based geologist. Worked on Wisconsin geological survey with Lapham. Handwritten text on front read...
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Professor Davenport Fisher, Chemist

Date: 1870
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Professor Davenport Fisher (1832-1911), Milwaukee chemist. After earning his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Heidelberg Unive...
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Hannah (Barber) Billinghurst

Date: 05 1875
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Hannah (Barber) Billinghurst (1832-1900) of Horicon. Hannah was the wife of lawyer Charles Billinghurst (1818-1865), who served...
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Portrait of a Woman

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Description: A portrait of a young woman with pearls.
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Mr. Jens with Tractor Orders

Date: 1922
Description: Mr. Jens, most likely an International Harvester employee (possibly a dealer) poses for a portrait holding a stack of tractor orders.
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Milwaukee Works Employees in Height Demonstration

Date: 1919
Description: Factory workers from International Harvester's Milwaukee Works demonstrate the difference in their respective heights. The two shorter men, Schultz (left) ...
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Lew Burdette

Date: 08 18 1960
Description: Milwaukee Braves pitcher Lew Burdette displays a baseball in the dressing room after pitching a no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies, August 18, 196...
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Warren Spahn and Friend

Date: 07 27 1962
Description: Milwaukee Braves pitcher Warren Spahn and Eddie Mathews, Jr. in the locker room.
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Del Crandall

Date: 05 24 1963
Description: Head shot of Milwaukee Braves catcher, Del Crandall. This image was taken during Crandall's final year playing for the Braves. One of the best defensive ca...
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Braves Infielder Dick Cole

Date: 06 25 1957
Description: Milwaukee Braves infielder Dick Cole poses at County Stadium in 1957. The Braves traded Jim Pendleton to the Pirates for Cole on April 3, 1957. Cole, who...
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Joe Adcock

Date: 04 08 1955
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Milwaukee Braves first baseman Joe Adcock.
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Bob Buhl

Date: 03 06 1957
Description: Portrait of Milwaukee Braves pitcher Bob Buhl. The least heralded of the Braves' Big Three pitchers, right-hander Buhl was indispensable to the team's 1957...
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Portrait of John DeMerit, Milwaukee Braves

Date: 06 03 1957
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Milwaukee Braves outfielder John DeMerit. Demerit, a West Bend, Wisconsin native, was signed out of the University of Wisco...

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