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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1924
Description: Pen sketch of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., by Willy Pogany in 1924. The original bears La Follette's signature.
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Charles Darwin

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Description: Charles Darwin seated on a wicker chair with folded hands.
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Henry David Thoreau

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Description: Head and shoulders image of Henry David Thoreau.
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Theordore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders

Date: 07 01 1898
Description: Illustration of Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill.
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Shooting of Arndt by Vineyard

Date: 1842
Description: Shooting of Charles C.P. Arndt by James Vineyard in the territorial council chamber of the legislature. This depiction of the event was created by the staf...
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Henry Dodge

Date: 1834
Description: Full-length illustration of Henry Dodge in frontiersman attire. He is holding a hat, a gun, and has a sword on his belt.
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General C.C. Washburn

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Description: Portrait of Major General C.C. Washburn in uniform.
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Herman Haertl

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Description: Head and shoulders illustration of Herman Haertl.
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Francis Huebschmann

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Description: Portrait of Dr. Francis Huebschmann.
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Captain Augustus Quarles

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Captain Augustus Quarles of Southport (now Kenosha) who served in an Illinois Regiment during the Mexican War.
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Robert Spencer

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Description: Engraved quarter-length portrait of Robert Spencer.
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Melancton Smith

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Description: Pencil drawing of Melancton Smith in profile.
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Seneca Lapham

Date: 1825
Description: Portrait of Seneca Lapham.
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Rev. H. Gilliland, D. D.

Date: 1878
Description: Lithograph portrait of Reverend Harrison Gilliland, around the end of his tenure as President of Galesville University.
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Brevet Brigadier General Thomas Scott Allen

Date: 1868
Description: Engraved lithograph of a waist-up portrait of Brevet Brigadier General Thomas Scott Allen. Allen was a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly f...
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John Peter Altgeld

Date: 1893
Description: Engraved lithographic quarter-length portrait of John Peter Altgeld, a Union veteran of the Civil War, judge, lawyer, and politician. Altgeld was a Progres...
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Milo J. Althouse

Date: 1877
Description: Engraved lithographic portrait of Milo J. Althouse, engineer and businessmen. Althouse moved to Waupun as a young man and designed the "Waupun pump" for we...
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Fisher Ames

Date: 1864
Description: Engraved lithographic portrait of Fisher Ames, a Federalist politician. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1788, then a membe...
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Fisher Ames

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Description: Engraved lithographic waist-up portrait of Fisher Ames posed sitting in a chair holding a book. He was a Federalist politician. He was a member of the Mass...
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General James Buntin Ray

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Description: Waist-up profile portrait of Gen. James Ray of Kentucky.

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