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Ezra Carr

Date: 1860
Description: Ezra S. Carr (1819-1894), one of the first members of the University of Wisconsin faculty as well as a member of the board of regents.
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Tzi-Kal-Tza

Date: 1866
Description: Tzi-Kal-Tza, Nez Perce, seated outdoors with a rifle across his lap. The original photo is attributed to the William Henry Jackson collection (PH 252 (3...
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Edward V. Whiton

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Edward V. Whiton, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin from 1853-1859.
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Amos Parker Wilder

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Amos Parker Wilder, editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, and father of writer, Thornton W. Wilder.
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Crazy Man's Castle

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Description: "Crazy Man's Castle" near Minneiska, Minnesota. Built of lumber salvaged from Mississippi River log and lumber rafts which occasionally lost some of their ...
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Mountain Slide

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Description: Men work at a mountain slide at the head gate of the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming.
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Timber Cribs

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Description: Timber cribs retain the wall foundation of the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming.
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Big Horn Ditch Head Gate

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Description: The head gate of the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming.
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Big Horn Ditch Head Gate

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Description: The head gate of the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming.
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Cherokee Woman

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Description: Miss Carlotta Shackelford, "The Cherokee Duchess."
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Two Young Cherokees

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Description: Two Cherokee children embrace for a portrait.
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Cherokee Boy

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Description: C.W. Turner, Jr., a young Cherokee "Rough Rider" who wished to go to war.
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Alice M. Robertson

Date: 12 1897
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Alice M. Robertson.
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Krubsack Residence

Date: 1916
Description: The home of the Ludwig M. Krubsack family.
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Louis P. Harvey

Date: 1860
Description: Portrait of Republican Louis P. Harvey, while he was Wisconsin secretary of state (1860-1861). Harvey became governor in January, 1862, but drowned in the ...
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Perry H. Smith

Date: 1858
Description: Oval quarter-length portrait of Perry H. Smith.
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Morgan L. Martin

Date: 1858
Description: Morgan L. Martin (1805-1887), Wisconsin lawyer, judge, politician, land speculator, and one of the leading figures in early Wisconsin history. Martin sett...
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Dusting Potatoes with Pesticide

Date: 1919
Description: A man dusting a potato crop in a field with arsenate of lead.
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Evaline Marshall Bennett

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of young Evaline Marshall Bennett.
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Charles G. Hammarquist

Date: 1860
Description: Waist-up oval framed portrait of Charles Hammarquist, Representative in the Wisconsin Assembly from Fort Atkinson.

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