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Increase A. Lapham

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Description: Formal portrait of Increase Lapham sitting in a chair.
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Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, the President of UW Madison 1887-1892.
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Thornton N. Wilder

Date: 1949
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Thornton Wilder wearing eyeglasses.
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Capitol Interior (third) — Supreme Court Chamber

Date: 1893
Description: Interior view of the Supreme Court room in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, with Chief Justice William Penn Lyon seated in the center, and Justices J.B. ...
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Mrs. Roseline Peck

Date: 1874
Description: Waist-up portrait of Mrs. Roseline Peck, born 1808 - died 1898, the first white woman in Madison, Wisconsin. She was the wife of the first tavern keeper, E...
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Reuben Gold Thwaites

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Reuben Gold Thwaites, second Director of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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Martha and Notley Henderson

Date: 1885
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Martha and Notley Henderson with their three children. Their son Allen is standing. The Hendersons were e...
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Frederick Jackson Turner

Date: 1884
Description: Portrait, head and shoulders of Frederick Jackson Turner, historian, scholar, and writer. As a freshman at the University of Wisconsin.
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John Myers Olin

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Description: Vignetted quarter-length studio portrait of John Myers Olin. lin was a professor of the University of Wisconsin Law School and the president of the Madiso...
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Dr. Babcock with Butterfat Tester

Date: 1926
Description: Dr. Stephen Babcock with an electric centrifuge butterfat tester.
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Lyman Copeland Draper

Date: 1881
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Lyman Copeland Draper.
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James Reeve Stuart

Date: 1900
Description: James Reeve Stuart in his studio, with paintings.
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Harriet Bell Merrill

Date: 1890
Description: Vignetted head and shoulders studio portrait of Harriet Bell Merrill.
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Wisconsin Capitol, South Wing

Date: 1921
Description: Employees of the business office of the Insurance Department.
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Office of Judge Marshall

Date: 1904
Description: Office of Roujet Delisle Marshall, who served as Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice 1895-1918. The judge's office was located in one of the octagon tower room...
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Governor Walter Kohler, Sr.

Date: 1929
Description: Portrait of Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., taken in the Governor's Office in the Wisconsin State Capitol on his Inauguration Day.
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Angus McVicar in His Darkroom

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Description: Angus McVicar, commercial photographer in Madison, works intently in his darkroom.
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Frederick Jackson Turner

Date: 1892
Description: Frederick Jackson Turner in office in Historical Society quarters in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Gilbert Roe

Date: 1898
Description: Gilbert Roe, Madison attorney and partner in the firm La Follette, Harper, Roe, seated in his office in the second floor of the Fairchild Block at 29 East ...
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A.G. Zimmerman and Legal Secretary Jennie Nelson

Date: 12 1898
Description: Attorney Albert G. Zimmerman in his Madison law office, dictating a letter to secretary Jennie Nelson. Until 1894 Zimmerman was the law partner of Robert ...

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