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Two Men with Guitar

Date: 1920
Description: Two men posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. James Gorman, standing, has a pipe in his mouth; the seated man holding a guitar is un...
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Postman Michael P. Adler

Date: 1910
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...
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Hoo Hoo Club Hotel

Date: 04 24 1910
Description: The Hoo Hoo Club Hotel, a lumbermen's social organization. Two men are standing near a man driving a sled carrying milk cans pulled by two horses in front ...
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Newly Completed Post Office

Date: 1909
Description: View across street toward the post office just after completion. A man is standing on the sidewalk at the street corner. Caption reads: "Post Office, Wausa...
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Old Mission

Date: 1910
Description: View from pier towards the Old Mission in La Pointe on Madeline Island. Men are sitting at the shoreline. Caption reads: "Apostle Islands, Wis. Madeline Is...
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Guests with Muskies at Ross' Teal Lake Lodge

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Description: Group of men displaying 13 muskellunge caught at Ross' Teal Lake Lodge. Caption reads: "Muskies caught by Guests at Ross' Teal Lake Lodge, Hayward, Wis."
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Lover's Leap

Date: 1906
Description: View of Lover's Leap with a group of people on the rocks near the shoreline under an overhang. Caption reads: "Lovers Leap, Sturgeon Bay, Wis."
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Making a Toast

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Description: Group of men in a tavern making a toast. The bartender is behind the bar and the man at the right is in a wheelchair and smoking a pipe.
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Tall-tale Postcard: Musk Melons

Date: 1911
Description: A man and a boy use dollies to haul giant musk melons near a train. In red text on the upper center portion is the inscription, "How we do things at Bald K...
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Tall-tale Postcard: Loading Cabbage

Date: 10 30 1909
Description: A group of male laborers load a giant cabbage up a ramp and onto a train car. The side of the train says "Wisconsin and Michigan." A pile of other giant ca...
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Tall-tale Postcard: My Vacation Dream

Date: 1934
Description: A fisherman is reclining in his boat at sunset as many fish swim in the lake. He is drinking beer out of a tap attached to a barrel floating in the water. ...
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Infant Dorothy Zander in Fur Coat

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of Dorothy Zander as an infant dressed in a white fur coat and bonnet.
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Two Fashionable Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of two women, Mrs. John Zander (Mamie Endres Zander), and Catherine Endres Mick, wearing fashionable clothing, including muffs,...
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World War I Soldier and Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a woman seated in a chair, and a soldier dressed in a First World War uniform sitting on the arm of the chair. They are posi...
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Fathers and Sons Drinking

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Description: Studio portrait of two fathers and their sons holding drinks in front of a painted backdrop. In the front row, from left to right, are Jacob Birrenkott of ...
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Two Fashionable Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of two women standing in front of a painted backdrop. They are dressed in black and are wearing fashionable coats, muffs and ha...
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Six Bollenbeck Sisters

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Description: Studio portrait of the Bollenbeck sisters, three of whom were nuns, in front of a painted backdrop. First row from left to right: Mary Haack, Sister Claudi...
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Man Wearing Coat and Hat

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of a man wearing a long overcoat and a bow tie in front of a painted backdrop. His hat is tilted at a jaunty angle.
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Young Boy with Tricycle

Date: 1908
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young boy with a tricycle.
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Girl with Certificate

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of young girl with a scroll on a table, probably a graduation diploma. She is wearing all white and has a fa...

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