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| Date: | 02 17 1872 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Victoria Woodhull. The drawing was done during her marriage to John Biddulph Martin. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Helen Gilbert Van Vechten. In 1897 Helen co-founded the Philosopher Press in Wausau, and became an expert in all matters rel... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Formal oval-framed group portrait of Vida James, Ada James and Beulah James. Ada James (center back) later became active in the Wisconsin Women's Suffrage ... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Waist-up studio portrait of William Metcalf seated sideways in a chair. |
| Date: | 11 24 1862 |
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| Description: | Waist-up oval-framed portrait of Luther Hanchett. Hanchett served as a U.S. House of Representative member from 1861-1862 for the 2nd district in Wisconsin... |
| Date: | 05 12 1889 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Nelson Dewey on a cabinet card. He is wearing a suit and has a long white beard. |
| Date: | 03 06 1898 |
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| Description: | Death notice and image of Arthur McArthur, Sr. (the last name was sometimes spelled MacArthur). The death notice was printed in the Milwaukee Sunday Sen... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Harrison Ludington, the future 13th governor of Wisconsin (left) and Talbot C. Dousman (right). They are both wearing top hats and suits. They ... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Jeremiah Rusk, the 15th governor of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length portrait of Wisconsin's 17th governor, George W. Peck, on a cabinet card. He wears glasses and a suit, vest and necktie, and is standi... |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Indoor portrait of Jonathan E. Arnold, pioneer lawyer of Wisconsin. Born February 16, 1814. Settled in Milwaukee, 1836. Died there June 2, 1869. |
| Date: | 09 1887 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of six men sitting around a table in military uniform in an open field. On the table are pens, an inkwell, two cigar boxes and paper... |
| Date: | 1861 |
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| Description: | Engraved quarter-length portrait, framed in a decorative matte, of Lieutenant Colonel Bertine Pinckney in uniform. |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length oval-framed portrait of John Bascom at the age of 28. |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Professor William F. Allen seated and writing at a desk in the study of his home at 228 Langdon St. His son Will is seated in a chair and reading. A large ... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length, formal studio portrait of George S. Parker of Janesville, Wisconsin. |
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