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John W. Sterling

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Description: Vignetted head and shoulders portrait of John W. Sterling (1816-1885), one of the first members of the faculty of the University of Wisconsin and briefly a...
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Portrait of J. Robert Taylor

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Description: Studio portrait of J. Robert Taylor with a pipe in his mouth.
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Ferdinand Hotz with the Emperor Maximilian Diamond

Date: 1933
Description: Ferdinand Hotz poses holding the 41.94 carat Emperor Maximilian Diamond, which he owned from 1919 to 1946. He is wearing pince nez glasses and a pearl tie ...
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S.M. Babcock

Date: 1888
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of group of nine men, identified on the reverse as associates of the Geneva, New York Experiment Station. St...
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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 ...
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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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Fred Mero Hunter

Date: 1958
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of a man wearing eyeglasses, and a suit and tie. This is Fred Mero Hunter, a farmer in Burnett county, in the area that would l...
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Harry Wilfred Adams

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Harry Wilfred Adams, a lawyer and mayor of Beloit, 1914-1918.
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Carl Ferdinand Allen

Date: 1868
Description: Carte-de-visite of Carl Ferdinand Allen, a Danish historian and professor. He was the author of De Tre Nordiske Rigers Historie, 1497-1536, Haand...

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