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Two Men Posing on a Porch

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Description: Snapshot of two African American men standing on a porch by a wooden chair in front of a brick building. A third man is standing behind them. The men are w...
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Webb TB Album: Is Everybody Happy!

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Description: A page from a scrapbook created by Andrew Webb Jr. when he was a patient at the Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium from 1931-1934, with images of st...
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Webb TB Album: Miss Bessie Wilson

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Description: Full-length cut-out portrait of Bessie Wilson wearing a fur-trimmed overcoat.
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Irrigation Ditch

Date: 1917
Description: Irrigation ditch with a silo and farm buildings in the background. Original caption reads: "Union Pacific Silo Special Trip; irrigation ditch, Mrs. Carolin...
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Scrap Portrait of a Young Man

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Description: Studio portrait of a three-quarter length view of an African American youth wearing a three-piece suit and a tie, in front of a painted backdrop. The image...
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Woman Posing with Dog

Date: 1888
Description: Woman in a long dress wearing a glove and holding a book [?] in her hand posing before a painted backdrop. There is a small white dog seated on a fur rug a...
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Man Posing by Shoeshine Stand

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Description: An African American man wearing a hat, shirt, open vest, trousers, and boots, posing by a shoeshine stand in front of a commercial building.
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Webb TB Album: Horses Were Useful

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Description: A page from a scrapbook created by Andrew Webb Jr. when he was a patient at the Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium from 1931-1934, with images of ot...
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Webb TB Album: Andy, Again

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Description: A page from a scrapbook created by Andrew Webb Jr. when he was a patient at the Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium from 1931-1934, with images of An...
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Kirkpatrick Grandchildren

Date: 08 15 1956
Description: The Kirkpatrick grandchildren sitting on a couch for a group portrait. They include, left to right: Thomas, Jane, Carol, John, Richard, David, and Janet. T...
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Sitting Bull Oil Painting

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Description: Photograph of an oil painting of Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull, depicted standing and holding a rifle. Caption reads: "Oil painting of Sitting Bull b...
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Tuberculosis Patient

Date: 11 15 1949
Description: Doris Trameri of 568 Park Lane, previously diagnosed with tuberculosis, posing in her former room at Lake View Sanatorium while knitting argyle socks. She ...
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Portrait of Woman Wearing Beaded Dress

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of an African American woman posing in front of a wooden bench and a velvet curtained backdrop. She is wearing a long dress emb...
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Webb TB Album: A Page of Pals

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Description: A page from a scrapbook created by Andrew Webb Jr. when he was a patient at the Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium from 1931-1934, with a cut-out of...
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Chameleon Club Party

Date: 02 22 1958
Description: Two couples attending the Chameleon Dancing Club party at the Blackhawk Country Club are, left to right: Don Messner, Dorothy Cleary, Dr. Gerald Cleary, an...
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Foreign Students Visiting Governor Goodland

Date: 11 1946
Description: Foreign students at the University of Wisconsin visit Governor Walter Goodland in his office at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The visit was arranged by Caro...
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Henry H. Proctor Jr.

Date: 1924
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Henry H. Proctor Jr.? wearing a suit jacket, shirt, and tie.
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Webb TB Album: A Pair of Spectacles?

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Description: Two identical cut-out images (one accented with red coloring) of two women in bathing suits and caps posing on a path surrounded by foliage, from a scrapbo...
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Partie de l'Amérique Septentrionale: Qui Comprend le Cours de l'Ohio, la Nlle. Angleterre, la Nlle York, le New Jersey, la Pensylvanie, le Maryland, la Virginie, la Caroline

Date: 1755
Description: Map of colonial America, showing the lands north of South Carolina and west of the Mississippi River. An inset map of the Carolinas and Georgia sits in the...
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United Church Women Breakfast

Date: 07 20 1955
Description: United Church Women board members attend a breakfast to honor their president, Mildred Campbell, who will be moving from Madison. Ilma Wallenfeldt (left), ...

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