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| Date: | 02 17 1901 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Susan Frackelton, sitting at a table painting a bowl and surrounded by her art work and a large medal. Caption on back reads: "Mrs. Susa... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Color advertising photograph of a female model posing with a Spirit of '76 Cadet lawn tractor. The tractor was meant to commemorate the bicentennial of the... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Candid portrait of John Steuart Curry working in his studio, holding paintbrushes. |
| Date: | 11 29 1944 |
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| Description: | The photo studio department in Manchester's Department Store. A man is assisting a female customer, while female employees do their work. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of mail carrier Michael P. Adler, with his mailbag, an armful of mail, and a parcel. He is standing in front of a painted backd... |
| Date: | 07 10 1956 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 07 10 1956 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A studio portrait of Alma and J. Robert Taylor. Alma is sitting in a chair holding a sock to be darned, while putting her hand over J. Robert's mouth. He i... |
| Date: | 05 17 1921 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length studio portrait of George C. Dutcher, Milwaukee attorney. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A seated studio portrait of the photographer and his wife, Alice Kent Trimpey. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The photographer doffs his hat and smiles at the camera. He is wearing a long coat and gloves, and carries a cane. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A studio portrait of Sauk City author August Derleth. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of an African American boy dressed in the costume of a stereotypical newsboy. The child holds up a newspaper in one hand and holding a stac... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Informal portrait of Charles J. Van Schaick sitting by the window in his gallery, taken by his son Roy Van Schaick. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | A boy and girl gaze at one another in a haystack, one with a reaping hook and the other with a handful of straw. The children were models and the photograp... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | A young girl posing in Native American costume with bow and arrow in a studio. The image was likely used as a model for an advertising artist. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Portrait of a young woman posing wearing a dress and bonnet in a studio. She is holding two young pigs. The image was likely used by the McCormick Harvesti... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A young girl wearing a bonnet and a dress is sitting and holding a large, blank, white piece of paper in a studio. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length portrait of a young girl posing with a basket. |
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