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Nils Otto Tank

Date: 1821
Description: Waist-up portrait of Nils Otto Tank.
Painting

Three Potawatomi Chiefs

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Description: Portrait painting of Three Potawatomie Chiefs.
Painting

Absalom Townsend

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Description: Absalom A. Townsend — "Born in New Jersey, Dec. 7, 1810. Settled near Gratiot's Grove, Wis., May 18, 1827; served in the Black Hawk war; filled various cou...
Painting

Andrew Jacques Vieau

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Description: A painted portrait of Andrew Jacques Vieau, son of Jacques Vieau.
Painting

Cadwallader Colden Washburn

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Description: Portrait.
Painting

Waumegesako

Date: 1839
Description: Painted portrait of Wa-me-ge-sa-ko, or The Wampum, the head chief of the Chippewas, Pottawattamies and Ottawas.
Painting

Randall Wilcox

Date: 1856
Description: Waist-up portrait of Randall Wilcox sitting.
Painting

Eleazer Williams

Date: 1836
Description: Waist-up portrait of Eleazer Williams. Label on painting reads: "Eleazer Williams. Born ca. 1792 -- Died 1857. Pretender to French Throne. George Catlin, A...
Painting

George Washington

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Description: Waist-up portrait of George Washington, copied from the Athenaeum portrait by Gilbert Stuart, painted in 1796.
Painting

Black Hawk

Date: 05 1833
Description: Painting of Black Hawk by Robert M. Sully. Black Hawk, a Native American Sauk warrior and leader, sought to attack and drive out the settlers in the Blue M...
Painting

Frederick W. Horn

Date: 1872
Description: Portrait of Frederick Horn (1815-1893), a Democrat. He was a lawyer and editor of the Cedarburg Weekly News. His years of public service began in 1842 and ...
Historical Object

Girl's Cotton Dress

Date: 1905
Description: Ivory check-woven cotton; machine-sewn; slightly dropped waistline; straight, unfitted bodice; knee-length skirt, gathered into waistline; full puffed slee...
Historical Object

Worth Gown

Date: 1880
Description: Gown made by Charles Frederick Worth of Paris for Frances Fairchild, wife of Wisconsin Governor Lucius Fairchild.
Historical Object

Worth Gown

Date: 1880
Description: Gown made by Charles Frederick Worth of Paris for Frances Fairchild, wife of Wisconsin Governor Lucius Fairchild.
Photograph

Beaded Baby Bonnet

Date: 1856
Description: Knitted baby bonnet made with tan cotton yarn and decorated with glass beads.
Photograph

Baby Booties

Date: 1905
Description: Baby booties knitted of pink wool yarn.
Photograph

Blue Baby Mittens

Date: 1827
Description: Baby mittens knitted of blue and white wool yarn.
Photograph

Ecru, Red and Pink Baby Mittens

Date: 1847
Description: Baby mittens knitted of ecru, red and pink wool yarn.
Photograph

Child's Slippers

Date: 1900
Description: Child's slippers, with ribbon ties, knitted of ecru and blue wool yarn.
Photograph

Knitted Petticoat

Date: 1885
Description: Petticoat knitted of yellow, pink, blue, black, and white wool yarn, with a ribbon belt.

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