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Altar Boy

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Raymond Bowar dressed in his altar boy robe and holding an incense burner.
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Portrait of Friends

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Description: Four young men pose in front of a painted backdrop with their heads together for a group studio portrait.
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Woman Standing with Violin

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of woman posing with her violin and bow. She wears a large white bow in her hair.
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Two Women Wearing Long Coats

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two women wearing fashionable long coats and large hats with hatpins.
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Woman Posing for a Portrait

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Nellie Faust, who is wearing a dress with a large sash belt.
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Four Men Posing with Cigarettes

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four men with cigarettes. From left to right, Mel Pick, Charlie Lenter of Milwaukee, Alphouse Frank, and ...
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Two Basketball Players

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of two brothers in basketball uniforms with their arms around each other's shoulders. They are standing in front...
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Woman Wearing Dress

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman standing near a table wearing a dress with her hand held behind her back. The dress has fringe de...
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Four Young People with Blackberries

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four young people. From left to right: Teresa Kalscheur Endres, Frank Kalscheur, Julia Kalscheur, and Ter...
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Two Men Smoking Pipes

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two men, Edward Kerd on the left and Matt Valentine on the right. Edward appears to be standing on a stoo...
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Man Wearing Hat and Tie

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Description: Dressed in a shirt, hat and narrow tie, Charles Brendier poses for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop with a cigar in his hand.
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Portrait of Two Women and a Man

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two women standing on either side of a man wearing a hat. Both woman are wearing dresses, and the woman o...
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Wedding Portrait

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a bride and groom on the occasion of their wedding. The groom, Matt Koch (son of Henry Koch), is sitting ...
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Sites of Madison — Collage

Date: 1960
Description: Views of popular sites in Madison. Numerous different types of recreation are depicted, along with popular sites such as the Wisconsin State Capitol buildi...
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City Hall Square

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Description: Elevated view from the top of a building looking onto the square and down East Water Street. A fountain with a monument to Henry Bergh is in the lower cent...
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Soldier's Monument

Date: 1900
Description: Soldier's Monument on Grand Avenue, with a wreath places at the base. Steeples of a church are in the background. Scroll work has been added to the upper a...
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Civil War Soldiers' Monument

Date: 1910
Description: Grand Avenue (now Wisconsin Avenue). A church building is in the background on the left. Caption reads: "Soldiers' Monument, Grand Avenue, Milwaukee."
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Congregational Church

Date: 1915
Description: Color postcard view from street toward the front of the church on Grand Avenue. There is a large stained glass window in the arch above the entrance. Capti...
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Milwaukee County Court House

Date: 1910
Description: Colororized view of the front of the courthouse. Bare trees surround a fountain in the front, which has the top-most part of the dome cut-off by the frame....
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Grand Avenue

Date: 1912
Description: Now called Wisconsin Avenue. Split avenue (strip of land down the center). There are several statues on plinths and/or columns in the median. Caption reads...

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