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Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 1879
Description: Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor in 1831 of the first commercially successful reaper, a hor...
Photograph

John Muir

Date: 1875
Description: Head and shoulders oval framed portrait of John Muir (1838-1914).
Photograph

Carl Schurz

Date: 1879
Description: Portrait of Carl Schurz, seated, holding a hat and cane.
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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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William H. Noland

Date: 07 04 1876
Description: Studio portrait of "Professor" William H. Noland in costume as leader of the Mock Parade, or "Horribles". He was a barber, musician, chiropodist, and publi...
Photograph

Lillian Sholes

Date: 1872
Description: Lillian Sholes, demonstrating a prototype typewriter invented by her father, Christopher Latham Sholes.
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Elizabeth Therese Baird

Date: 1879
Description: Formal full-length studio portrait of Elizabeth Therese Baird wearing a long, black dress.
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Susan B. Anthony

Date: 1870
Description: Portrait of Susan B. Anthony on her 50th birthday.
Photograph

Mrs. Roseline Peck

Date: 1874
Description: Mrs. Roseline Peck, born 1808 - died 1898, first white woman in Madison, Wisconsin. She was the wife of the first tavern keeper, Eben Peck.
Photograph

N.B. Van Slyke

Date: 07 13 1872
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of N.B. Van Slyke at the age of 50 years.
Print

Samuel Tilden

Date: 1876
Description: An engraving from a photograph of Samuel Tilden.
Photograph

Stephen Nicholas

Date: 1875
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Stephen Nicholas (1840-1901) of Chilton, Wisconsin. Stephen was a member of the Narragansett tribe. He served with Co. D, 1st ...
Photograph

Roland D. Irving

Date: 1879
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Professor Irving Roland.
Photograph

Alice Russell Hobbins Porter

Date: 1873
Description: Mrs. Robert B. (Alice Russell Hobbins) Porter posing for a waist-up formal portrait. She is wearing a light-colored lace dress with a lace headpiece. She i...
Magazine or Periodical

Get Thee Behind Me, [Mrs.] Satan!

Date: 02 17 1872
Description: Political cartoon depicting a woman on a rocky path carrying two children and a drunken husband on her back being tempted by Victoria Woodhull depicted as ...
Print

Republican Ticket for Harrison Ludington

Date: 1876
Description: Republican ticket for Harrison Ludington for governor, Henry L. Eaton for Lieutenant-Governor, Hans B. Warner for Secretary of State, Henry Baetz for State...
Photograph

Publius V. Lawson

Date: 1876
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Publius V. Lawson, of Menasha, standing and leaning against a chair. Portrait was taken when he was a senior at the University ...
Photograph

Thure (Theodore) Kumlien

Date: 1875
Description: A portrait of Thure Kumlien which was taken at a photography studio in Stoughton.
Photograph

Carrie Lane Chapman Catt

Date: 1873
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Carrie Lane Chapman Catt at about age 14.
Print

James Bridger

Date: 1874
Description: An illustrated portrait of wilderness guide and mountain man James Bridger. He is wearing a hat and a fringe jacket.

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