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| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Full-length publicity portrait of Leonore Ulric who played Alona in "Her Own People." |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified person in Native American costume. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified person wearing Native American costume. Subject is sitting and is holding a spear and a s... |
| Date: | 11 05 1953 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Lyall Scott, an epilepsy sufferer, and one of the leaders in lobbying for rights for people with epilepsy in the state of Wisconsin. |
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| Description: | Anpetu-tokeca (Other Day), of the Sioux tribe, who rescued 62 people in the Massacre of 1862 in Minnesota. |
| Date: | 08 04 1979 |
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| Description: | A person wearing a Richard Nixon mask and flashing a peace sign is posing with Michael Kienitz, who is holding a megaphone and wearing a t-shirt advertisin... |
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| Description: | A man and woman are standing together outdoors. People are in a field in the background. Written on back: "Al Peterson (Lieutenant)." |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Asher Treat, collector of Appalachian folk songs, which were transplanted to northern Wisconsin (Crandon vicinity) by the "Kaintucks" (people from Kentucky... |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of Olaus Pederson Grimsrud standing on the deck of a ship. Other people are sitting and standing behind him. |
| Date: | 07 1988 |
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| Description: | "The Captain of the Concorde hobnobbed with the people at the EAA." |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Glenn Davis in a necktie with an autograph to Warren Knowles, which reads, "For my friend Warren Knowles, to whom the people of Wisconsin, and ... |
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| Description: | Henry and Renee Harris are seated together in an almost-empty theater. This is half of a photograph that includes three other people in the side not visibl... |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of Olaus Pederson Grimsrud standing on the deck of a ship. Other people are in the background. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Arthur J. Altmeyer, probably during the time he was Chair of the three-person Social Security Board from 1935-1937. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | The person on the right is Frank Kulick, who worked on and drove some of Henry Ford's early race cars. The individual on the left is unidentified. |
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| Description: | Sam Carley Blowsnake and Jacob Lone Tree stand side by side, drawing back arrows in their bows. People are standing in the background. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Billy Mac wearing a backpack while standing on rocks. He is holding a fishing pole, and another person is sitting on a rock near water in the background. |
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| Description: | A woman is posing outdoors while holding up the tail of a large sturgeon hanging from a hook. Behind her people are standing under a tent. |
| Date: | 1985 |
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| Description: | A woman is standing and posing in front of a building. Caption reads: "Liz Welsh, organizer from Washington, D.C." |
| Date: | 1985 |
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| Description: | A woman is standing and posing outdoors in front of a building. Caption reads: "Marcella Tardy, organizer, from Kalamazoo, MI." |
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