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Benjamin Butts Wisconsin Legislature Assembly Portrait

Date: 1877
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Benjamin Butts, which was part of a composite portrait of Officers, Clerks and Employees of the Wisconsin Assembly. He worke...
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R.L. Joiner

Date: 1891
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of R.L. Joiner, a member of the Wisconsin Senate. From a composite of portraits.
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William W. Mather, Geologist

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Description: Reproduction of a vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of William W. Mather (1804-1859), geologist and U.S. Army officer. Ohio's first state geologist. Capti...
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John Wells Foster, Geologist

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Description: Reproduction of a carte-de-visite portrait of John Wells Foster (1815-1873, American geologist and paleontologist. In 1837, worked as assistant to the Geol...
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Dr. John Lang Cassells, Chemist

Date: 1866
Description: Reproduction of a carte-de-visite portrait of Johnathan Lang Cassells (1808-1866), Scottish-born chemist. Worked as a physician and a Professor of chemistr...
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Miletus Knight

Date: 1877
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Miletus Knight, taken from a composite photograph of officers, clerks and employees of the Wisconsin Assembly.
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Sig Olson and Wilderness Guides

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Description: Sigurd Olson (second from the left), his two sons on the right, and two unidentified men, thought to be wilderness guides who worked for his Border Lakes O...
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Cranberry marshes flooded and full of cranberries for the harvest. In the background is farm equipment, and men are removing the cranberries from the marsh...
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 1983
Description: Man with cranberry rake harvesting berries on flooded marsh.
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Cranberry Harvest

Date: 10 1983
Description: Men harvesting cranberries on flooded marshes with rakes.
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Increase Lapham

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Description: Oval head and shoulders vignetted portrait of Increase A. Lapham.
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Alexander M. Thompson

Date: 1869
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Alexander Marshall Thompson, from a detail of the 1868 composite portrait of the Wisconsin Assembly.
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Vel Phillips at Common Council Desk

Date: 1971
Description: Rear view of Vel Phillips sitting at her desk in the Milwaukee Common Council chamber. Other unidentified council members are sitting at their desks. The m...

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