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Portrait of Mr. Hendricks

Date: 1895
Description: A studio portrait of Mr. William W. Hendricks, a Black River Falls barber, dressed in his best, posing in front of a painted backdrop.
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Wright Passport Photograph

Date: 07 10 1956
Description: Unretouched passport photograph in front of a painted backdrop of Frank Lloyd Wright. He is holding a cane on his left arm and has a hat on his lap.
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Wright Passport Photograph

Date: 07 10 1956
Description: Two alternate views in front of a painted backdrop of Frank Lloyd Wright, seated, for an unretouched passport photograph. He is holding a cane in his left ...
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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

Date: 1888
Description: Quarter-length portrait of the photographer Ferdinand Hotz (March 14, 1868 - December 28, 1946) as a young man. He wears a fine suit and a single pearl stu...
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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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Formal Portrait of a F.W. Heiskell

Date: 1919
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of a F.W. Heiskell wearing a suit. International Harvester Advertising Manager.
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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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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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Portrait of George S. Parker

Date: 1886
Description: Quarter-length, formal studio portrait of George S. Parker of Janesville, Wisconsin.
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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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Frederick J. Meyer

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Frederick Meyer. He was president of Red Dot Foods, Inc., which produced Red Dot Potato Chips.
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Edward Gilley

Date: 1890
Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite of Edward Gilley, an English immigrant and farmer near Cooksville.
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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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Joseph Adams

Date: 1880
Description: Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Joseph Adams, a roundhouse foreman and master mechanic for the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway line.
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Louis Agassiz

Date: 1884
Description: Oval-framed, waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, a biologist and geologist known for his studies of Earth's natural history.
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Louis Agassiz

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Description: Oval-framed, waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, a biologist and geologist known for his studies of Earth's natural history.
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Joseph Ager

Date: 1876
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Joseph Ager, a farmer from Ripon.

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