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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Magnus Swenson. He was a Norwegian immigrant who made his name in business and as an inventor. He served on the Wisconsin Capitol Buil... |
| 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: | 09 1908 |
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| Description: | View of worker with a grey beard and hat standing and posing in front of a furnace inside IHC McCormick Works foundry. |
| Date: | 09 1908 |
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| Description: | Carpenter standing with his hand on a C. Parker bench vise attached to a work bench at International Harvester's McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was b... |
| Date: | 06 19 1907 |
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| Description: | Waitress tending a table in the dining room of the McCormick Works Club House. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Alfred C. Clas (1859-1942), Milwaukee architect whose firm designed the Wisconsin Historical Society Headquarters building. The architectural f... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Young girl in dress and bonnet posing with wood crate. The photograph was likely used by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company's advertising department ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Advertising photograph of young girl in overalls and straw hat pointing to spot on a blank poster. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of a lumberjack wearing a hat, fringed shirt, trousers, suspenders, and what appear to be spiked boots. He is holding a peavey and is posin... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Self-portrait of Dr. Edward A. Bass sitting in his Pratt house office. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Waist-up studio portrait, with accompanying obituary entry, of Major John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), American soldier, explorer, and geologist. Best known ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Susan M. McCutcheon, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as an actress, posing on a fur rug. Part of a yearbook created by classmat... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Paul H. Ryan, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as an attorney, sitting at a desk with his feet up. The bottom of his shoes bear ... |
| 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: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Interior portrait of two men, including the photographer, Otto Lindner. In the background is a large safe. |
| Date: | 01 25 1909 |
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| Description: | Large family group posed in parlor. Appearing in the back row, third from the left, Alma Reinhardt Taylor holding Ellen Taylor Higgins next to J. Robert ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | J. Robert Taylor and his wife, Alma Reinhardt Taylor, sit for a portrait on a park bench. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Portrait of a cowgirl sitting on her horse. She is wearing a work shirt, skirt, and hat. Caption reads: "A 101 Ranch Cow Girl, Oklahoma." In 1975 the ra... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Portrait of a cowgirl sitting on a horse. A fence runs along the left, with an open field in the background. Caption reads: "Cowgirl on 101 Ranch, Oklahoma... |
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