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Drawing

Barman — Dan

Date: 1932
Description: Dan bartending at Bill's Bar.
Photograph

Interior Barber Shop

Date: 1874
Description: A highly decorated barber shop interior, possibly Wellman's, with a view of chairs, mirrors and a glass display case with cigars. In the back of the shop i...
Photograph

Carl Sandburg Poses with Two Guides

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: Carl Sandburg posing with two of the guides at Wade house during his visit to the restored stagecoach inn for its dedication as a historic site. Speaking a...
Photograph

Goold's Barber Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Two barbers: Elmer Lee (left) and William Goold (right), stand beside their barber's chairs while an unknown male patron sits in one of the chairs. Reflect...
Photograph

Barber Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Man posed standing in a barber shop. His barbershop tools and equipment are behind him on a shelf under the two mirrors, in a cabinet on the left, and on t...
Photograph

Minow with His Staff

Date: 1962
Description: Newton Minow (fourth from the right) poses with members of his staff in front of a large map on a wall.
Postcard

Man at Hotel Reservation Desk

Date: 1909
Description: A man with a moustache stands smoking a cigar behind a hotel reservation desk. Behind him is a clock on the wall and a gramophone. A glass case on the coun...
Photograph

Portrait of Photographer Edward Steichen

Date: 06 23 1957
Description: Casual portrait of Edward Steichen (1879-1973), photographer and filmmaker, sitting in Aaron Bohrod's studio on the university campus at an informal party ...
Photograph

Book Signing Party at the Club Tavern

Date: 06 13 1975
Description: A group of three men and one woman sitting in a booth at the Club Tavern with author E.E. LeMasters, who is wearing a sport coat. Copies of the author's bo...
Photograph

Scenes from Madison Barbershops

Date: 09 29 1953
Description: Barber Henry Palan cutting the hair of Billy Mayer in the Park Hotel barbershop.
Photograph

Scenes from Madison Barbershops

Date: 09 29 1953
Description: Some people still like to get a barber-shave, like this man who has a hot towel draped around his face.
Photograph

Portrait of Photographer Edward Steichen

Date: 06 20 1957
Description: The many moods of Edward Steichen (1879-1973), dean of photography, were captured by Wisconsin State Journal photographer Edwin Stein during an info...

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