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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... |
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| Description: | A painted portrait of Andrew Jacques Vieau, son of Jacques Vieau. |
| Date: | 1839 |
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| Description: | Painted portrait of Wa-me-ge-sa-ko, or The Wampum, the head chief of the Chippewas, Pottawattamies and Ottawas. |
| Date: | 1836 |
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| 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... |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of Yellow Thunder , noted warrior, and chief of the Winnebagoes (Ho-Chunk). |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Oil painting of Caroline Klauber, wife of Samuel Klauber. |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Oil painting of Samuel Klauber one of Madison's first Jewish settlers and founder of Gates of Heaven Synagogue. |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of George Washington, copied from the Athenaeum portrait by Gilbert Stuart, painted in 1796. |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | James K. Proudfit, adjutant general of Wisconsin, in uniform. |
| Date: | 05 1833 |
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| 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... |
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| Description: | Oil portrait, life-size, of Col. Stephen V. Shipman, of Chicago. |
| Date: | 1833 |
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| Description: | Oil portrait of Wa-bo-kia-skiek or White Cloud the Prophet. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Campaign button for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, with Roosevelt's image at the center and the phrase "Carry on with Roosevelt" around the outer edge. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Campaign banner in support of Franklin Delano Roosevelt for President. The banner bears Roosevelt's image and the phrases "God Bless America" and "our next... |
| Date: | 1993 |
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| Description: | Robert Brady Lawrence Murphy was born on December 5, 1901 at 711 Langdon Street in Madison, Wisconsin. He received a B.A. (1929) and an M.A. (1930) in hist... |
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