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| Date: | 01 05 1935 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Governor Albert G. Schmedeman, painted by Merton Grenhagen, in the gallery of governors at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Mary and Shurley, daugh... |
| Date: | 07 03 1934 |
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| Description: | W.A. Devine, Madison postmaster for 24 years, with his portrait, painted by Arthur N. Colt, a Madison artist, at State Historical Society, 816 State Street... |
| Date: | 05 10 1934 |
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| Description: | Victorian cocktail room, Park Hotel, featuring a portrait of Queen Victoria and a large pier mirror. |
| Date: | 03 25 1932 |
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| Description: | Governor Philip F. La Follette buying a "buddy poppy" from two women in behalf of the American Legion. The governor is standing in his Wisconsin State Cap... |
| Date: | 10 28 1931 |
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| Description: | Abraham Lincoln impersonator, Charles E. Bull, of Hollywood, California, and Jesse S. Meyers, commander of the Madison G.A.R. post, stand in front of a por... |
| Date: | 10 19 1931 |
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| Description: | Edison kinetascope, patented in 1897, one of the first motion picture projectors invented by Thomas A. Edison. It is hand cranked and chain driven. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1903, the year in which a constitutional amendment approved expansion of the court from five to seven judg... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Keyes residence, home of political leader Elisha W. Keyes. According to Keyes' daughter, Mrs. John C. Gaveney of Whitehall, Wisconsin, the... |
| Date: | 05 07 1944 |
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| Description: | John Steuart Curry, University of Wisconsin Artist in Residence, and Wesley Kanuse with his painting of his brother, Kendall Kanuse. Kanuse won the major a... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Dining room of Fred and Annie Storer Brown's home (built in 1888), 121 East Gilman Street. |
| Date: | 11 05 1944 |
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| Description: | Members of the Wisconsin Banking Commission shown examining a State Historical Society collection of coins and currency, and bank notes signed by some of W... |
| Date: | 02 03 1947 |
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| Description: | Julius Rehder with his "Portrait of a Gentleman," which won first prize in oils at the Madison Artist's exhibition. The painting, which received the Oscar ... |
| Date: | 11 05 1946 |
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| Description: | Campaign poster for Republican candidate Joseph R. McCarthy, for U.S. Senate from Wisconsin. His image is a painted portrait. |
| Date: | 01 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Portrait painting of Kit Carson, a famous trapper and guide of the west. The painting is leaning on a wall, with part of another painting on the right. Par... |
| Date: | 01 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Portrait painting of Chief Little Shell, Chippewa Native American. The painting is leaning against a wall. Part of the T.B. Walker Indian Collection, on lo... |
| Date: | 02 04 1949 |
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| Description: | View of the living room of the Carl A. Anderson home on East McKinley Street. A portrait of the Anderson's daughter, Mrs. Owen Klongland, hangs above the s... |
| Date: | 08 01 1949 |
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| Description: | A framed waist-up portrait of historian Frederick Jackson Turner painted by Charles Thwaites. It hangs in the gallery of the Pan-American Institute of Geog... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite studio portrait of man standing with a frilled-bodice, cloth hunting shirt with leather leggings. A wool plaid shawl is worn toga-style; an... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite studio portrait of man posing on chair in front of a painted backdrop. He has a beard and is wearing a hat, jacket, and trousers. |
| Date: | 04 27 1950 |
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| Description: | Noted Chicago artist Christian Abrahamson holds a palette and paintbrushes as he stands next to a portrait of the retired chief justice of the Wisconsin Su... |
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