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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Magnus Swenson. He was a Norwegian immigrant who made his name in business and as an inventor. He served on the Wisconsin Capitol Buil... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Magnus Swenson. He was a Norwegian immigrant who made his name in business and as an inventor. He served on the Wisconsin Capitol Buildi... |
| Date: | 05 30 1851 |
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| Description: | Portrait of the Siggelkow Family of copied from a lost daguerreotype. In the back row from left to right are Augusta Scharlotte, Johann Adolph, Marie Louis... |
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| Description: | Publicity still of actress Billie Burke, with a black bow in her hair. Caption reads: The charm that is Billie Burke continues to captivate screen audience... |
| Date: | 11 12 1917 |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of A. J. Sack, who was director of the Russian Information Bureau and author of The Birth of the Russian Democracy, America's P... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Portrait. Caption reads: "George Gillette. Born in London, England in 1811, died Swaledale, Iowa in December 1908. Farmed at Springfield Corners, Wisconsin... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite of Edward Gilley, an English immigrant and farmer near Cooksville. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of a man seated, with a woman standing next to him. Caption reads: "Rev. Jas. Gillespie & wife. Preached in Necedah over 50 years ... |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Oval-framed waist-up portrait of Lars K. Aaker, a Norse immigrant, farmer, Civil War veteran and Minnesota state legislator. He emigrated to the United Sta... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Oval-framed quarter-length portrait of Reverend Monseigneur Peter Matthias Abbelen, who was vicar general of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, and later spirit... |
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| Description: | Vignetted waist-up portrait of Dr. Henry William Abraham, a German immigrant, physician, and president of the Fox River Valley Medical Society. |
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| Description: | A man poses holding an easel, next to a portrait painting. The artist is Christian Abrahamsen, a Norwegian-born painter who was active in Chicago. The subj... |
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| Description: | Lithographic caricature of a man holding two vehicles, and surrounded by other vehicles and a factory. He is identified as Charles Abresch, a German immigr... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Vignetted waist-up portrait of Mary Matthews Adams, wife of Charles Kendall Adams, 1890-1902. She was a philanthropist and poet, whose published works incl... |
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| Description: | Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Mary Matthews Adams, wife of Charles Kendall Adams, 1890-1902. She was a philanthropist and poet, whos... |
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| Description: | Photograph of a framed painting of Mary Mathews Adams, wife of Charles Kendall Adams, 1890-1902. She was a philanthropist and poet, whose published works i... |
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| Description: | Lithographic portrait of David Adler, a retail clothier, one of the organizers of the Wisconsin National Bank, one of the founders and a vice-president of ... |
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| Description: | Engraving of a portrait of Solomon Adler, a clothing merchant and brother to David Adler. He assisted in conducting the first Jewish service in Wisconsin, ... |
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| Description: | Engraved lithographic portrait of Robert Aitken, a printer and the first to publish an English-language Bible in the United States, in 1782. |
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| Description: | Portrait of a couple. Caption reads: "Hans Albertson (Kellesvig - Norway name) and Aslaug Jordee Albertson. "Most of life on her father's homestead. Amund ... |
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