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Robinson D. Pike with Baby

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Description: Portrait of Robinson D. Pike of Bayfield seated with baby.
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John D. Rockefeller

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Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of a young John D. Rockefeller, taken around the time he began to make his mark as an oil baron.
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John Pierpont (J.P.) Morgan

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of banker and philanthropist, J.P. Morgan.
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Attilio Piccirilli

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Description: Portrait of Attilio Piccirilli, sculptor of many figures adorning the Wisconsin State Capitol. Attilio was one of several brothers who operated a stonecarv...
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Stanley Robert McCormick

Date: 1904
Description: Portrait of Stanley Robert McCormick (1874-1947), son of inventor and industrialist Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884).
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Andrew Carnegie

Date: 1902
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Andrew Carnegie.
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Edward Salomon

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Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Edward Salomon wearing a suit and tie.
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Portrait of Fred Pabst

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Description: "Pabst, Frederick (Mar. 28, 1836-Jan. 1, 1904), brewer, business executive, b. Thuringia, Germany. He migrated with his parents to the U.S. and to Milwauke...
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Studio Portrait of William Tennant

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Description: Studio portrait of William Tennant sitting and wearing a suit and hat in front of a painted backdrop. He was a newspaper and magazine agent in Black River ...
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Printer at RC Printing

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Description: John Maas, a printer at RC Printing, poses at work.
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Hosea Rood

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Hosea Rood.
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Anders G. Urness

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Description: Waist-up oval studio portrait of Anders G. Urness [as written on portrait backing; also written as Anders G. Urnces on the published Roster of Wisconsin Vo...
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Lt. Nils J. Gilbert

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Description: Full-length portrait of Nils J. Gilbert, a first lieutenant in Company A, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Regiment...
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Daniel W. Hoan

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Daniel W. Hoan.
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David R. Obey

Date: 2000
Description: Official portrait of Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey.
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Charles J. Van Schaick

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an elderly European American man posing sitting. Identified as Charles J. Van Schaick.
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William Wesley Young

Date: 1892
Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of William Wesley Young. Young started the student newspaper, the "Daily Cardinal." He was also the University of Wisco...
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Victor L. Berger

Date: 1925
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Victor Berger.
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Publius V. Lawson

Date: 1920
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Publius V. Lawson.
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Seated Sheik

Date: 1930
Description: A turbanned man, identified as a Sheik, is sitting on a patterned rug on the ground in front of a doorway. He is wearing a red robe with elaborate gold tri...

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