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William Gillette

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Actor's headshot of stage and early film actor William Gillette, best remembered for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes. Signature bottom right.

Date Created:
1916

Publication Information

Date Created 1916

Physical Description

Format Image
Dimensions 21 x 26 cm

Collection Information

Call Number NF Gill-Gillz

Copyright Information

Copyright Status NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Rights Holder Wisconsin Historical Society
Unique ID
W01383J
Legacy ID
WHi 151349

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Photographs
William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes

William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes

1916

Publicity still of William Gillette in costume as Sherlock Holmes for the 1916 Essanay silent film production "Sherlock Holmes," based upon the play Gillette himself wrote in 1899. He stands in a d...

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George Gillette

George Gillette

1900

Portrait. Caption reads: "George Gillette. Born in London, England in 1811, died Swaledale, Iowa in December 1908. Farmed at Springfield Corners, Wisconsin (Dane County). Eva Gillette's grandfather.

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Thomas Henry Gill

Thomas Henry Gill

1877

Carte-de-visite portrait of Thomas Henry Gill, a Madison and Milwaukee attorney, who also served the Wisconsin Central Railroad as tax and insurance expert, assistant general solicitor, and general...

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Everett Gillilan

Everett Gillilan

Quarter-length portrait of Everett Gillilan, owner of Pioneer Motors, Incorporated, in Lancaster.

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General John Gill

General John Gill

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Studio portrait of General John Gill, sitting in a chair and holding a hat and umbrella. He was a Confederate Cavalry officer, grain exporter, and author of Four Years as a Private Soldier in the C...

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Prints
Egbert W. Gillett

Egbert W. Gillett

1893

Lithograph portrait of Egbert W. Gillett, who wrote Gillett's magic cook book in 1892 and founded the Northwestern Yeast Company in Chicago in 1893. Signature below portrait.

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