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Portrait of Samuel Marshall

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Description: Quarter-length formal oval painting of Samuel Marshall, (1820-1907), banker, co-founder and President of the Marshall & Ilsley Bank.
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Dr. Laura Ross Wolcott

Date: 09 06 1882
Description: Engraving of Dr. Laura Ross Wolcott, the first president of the Woman Suffrage Movement in Milwaukee.
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Sherman M. Booth

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Description: Sherman M. Booth, anti-slavery editor, shown seated reading newspaper.
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Mathilda Hughes

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Description: Mathilda Hughes, wife of Louis Hughes. They were charter members of St. Mark's AME (African Methodist Episcopal) Church, and she was the first stewardess o...
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Dr. Joseph Schneider, Famous Eye Surgeon

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Description: Dr. Joseph Schneider performs surgery on the eye of a man laying on a gurney, with assistance from a nun nurse and another man.
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Miss Lutie Stearns

Date: 1922
Description: Portrait of Lutie Stearns, copied from 'The Echo' of 1922, the Milwaukee Normal Annual.
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Frackleton Baptismal Font

Date: 02 17 1901
Description: Baptismal font created by Mrs. S. S. Frackleton, noted ceramic artist.
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Susan Frackelton Pottery

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Description: Array of pottery created by Mrs. Susan S. Frackelton.
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William Proxmire's Victory

Date: 08 27 1957
Description: William Proxmire, his wife, Ellen (to Proxmire's right), and his supporters celebrate his victory in the special election to fill the Senate seat vacated u...
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Ezekiel Gillespie

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Ezekiel Gillespie. Gillespie was born in 1818 and died March 31, 1892. In 1866, Milwaukee's Ezekiel Gillespie successfully s...
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Ezekiel Gillespie

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Ezekiel Gillespie.
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Seated Portrait of Rennebohm

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Description: Seated portrait of Governor Oscar Rennebohm.
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Edward Salomon

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Description: Portrait of Edward Salomon, on the back of which is autographed, "To Dr. C.B. Chapman in kind remembrance. Edward Salomon".
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Governor Philipp and President Taft

Date: 1908
Description: Wisconsin Governor Emmanuel L. Philipp with U.S. President William Howard Taft.
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Frederick Heath

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Description: Studio portrait of Frederick Heath, newspaper man from Milwaukee. He wears a Social Democratic Party pin on his lapel.
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Fred Rietbrock

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Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Fred Rietbrock.
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William Kelley, Helen Brown, and Art Schmidt

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Description: William Kelley on left shaking the hand of Helen Brown as Art Schmidt of Schlitz Brewing Company looks on.
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FDR in Milwaukee

Date: 10 01 1932
Description: Franklin D. Roosevelt campaigning for the presidency in Milwaukee in 1932. FDR is riding in a flag-draped open car and escorted by police on motorcycles.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt with Crowd

Date: 1932
Description: Franklin D. Roosevelt sits on the back of an automobile in the midst of a large crowd of people.
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Gabriel Bouck

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait of Gabriel (Gabe) Bouck.

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