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Military Portrait

Date: 1900
Description: Unknown soldier in full dress uniform.
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Samuel Davis Sturgis II

Date: 1880
Description: Born August 1, 1861, Samuel Sturgis was the younger brother of Nina Sturgis Dousman. He attended West Point Military Academy and had a distinguished career...
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General Ulysses S. Grant

Date: 1861
Description: Civil War portrait of Ulysses S. Grant seated wearing a military uniform.
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Ole A. Lee

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Description: A seated studio portrait of Ole A. Lee, a private in Company D, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform, holding a musket across his chest. The following info...
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Syver (Sivert) Larson

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Description: Studio portrait of Civil War soldier Syver (Sivert) Larson holding a rifle. He served as a Private in Company K of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. H...
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Martin Norda, 15th Wisconsin Regiment

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Description: Three-quarter length seated portrait of Martin Norda of the 15th Wisconsin Regiment.
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World War I Soldier

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Description: Gus Sharlow, a Native American Indian World War I soldier from Hayward, Wisconsin.
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Philip La Follette with Koalas

Date: 1950
Description: Former Wisconsin Governor Philip La Follette wearing his World War II uniform and holding two koala bears with a third koala on his head.
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Robert K. Beecham

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Description: Robert K. Beecham studio portrait in front of a painted background, at age 26. In the book "As If It Were Glory," Robert Beecham recounts his Civil War exp...
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Portrait of Morrill Dunn in Uniform

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Morrill Dunn dressed in a United States Army dress uniform.
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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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Forest Middleton in Navy Uniform

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length portrait of Forest Middleton in a World War I era Navy uniform.
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William Rubin and Son

Date: 1918
Description: William Rubin, Wisconsin political figure and labor leader, in civilian clothes, visiting his son Abner, in military uniform, at a military camp.
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Children Dressed up for War

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length portrait of two children, about 6-7 years old, posed in a studio in front of a painted background. On the left the young boy is costumed as a s...
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William and George Taylor at Camp Douglas

Date: 1917
Description: Copy photograph of an exterior view of two men in military uniform posing sitting on the ground. Identified as William and George Taylor at Camp Douglas.
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H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and H.R.H. Duke of Edinburgh

Date: 1952
Description: Foil-covered portrait of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The Queen is seated and wearing a tiara...

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