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Belle Case La Follette

Date: 1885
Description: Formal studio portrait of Belle Case La Follette wearing a black lace dress. This photograph was taken about 1885, the year in which her husband, Robert M....
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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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Mary Tyler Sturgis (Mamie)

Date: 1880
Description: Portrait of Mamie Sturgis, younger sister of Nina Sturgis Dousmann, wife of H. Louis Dousman.
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Lora

Date: 1890
Description: Seated portrait in front of a painted background of a young woman with the notation: "from cousin Lora." Unknown relationship to the Dousman family.
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Jerusha Abigail Wilcox Sturgis (Juty)

Date: 1880
Description: Profile portrait of Jerusha Sturgis, wife of Samuel Davis Sturgis I and mother of Nina Dousman. Born December 1, 1827; Died July 4, 1915.
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Louis de Vierville Dousman

Date: 1890
Description: Portrait of Louis de Vierville Dousman, only son of Nina and Louis Dousman. Born February 17, 1882; died August 11, 1955.
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Jerusha Abigail Wilcox Sturgis

Date: 1870
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Jerusha Sturgis standing, mother of Nina Dousman. Born December 1, 1827; died July 4, 1915.
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H. Louis Dousman

Date: 1880
Description: Portrait of H. Louis Dousman, son of Hercules Dousman and Jane Fisher Rolette Dousman. Born April 3, 1848; died January 13, 1886.
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Louis de Vierville Dousman

Date: 1880
Description: Portrait of Louis de Vierville Dousman as an infant wearing a formal white baby dress. Son of Louis and Nina Dousman. Born February 17, 1882; died August...
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Louis LeBrun

Date: 1860
Description: Full portrait of Louis LeBrun with dog at his feet. Hercules Dousman brought LeBrun from Canada as an indentured servant in 1852. After completing his in...
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J.N. Hegeman

Date: 1894
Description: Portrait of the druggist J.N. Hegeman, who was the proprietor of several drugstores in New York City in the late 19th century. Hegeman was also once the se...
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Madison Capitol View Looking South

Date: 1868
Description: Stereograph of view from the Capitol looking southwest by south. In the foreground are the Capitol Park, the First Baptist Church on Carroll Street; and be...
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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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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) and Park

Date: 1870
Description: The third Wisconsin State Capitol as it appeared during the early 1870s. Close scrutiny of the entrance (whether it is the north or south entrance cannot b...
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Drawing of Milwaukee

Date: 1850
Description: View of Milwaukee.
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The Earliest Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Date: 1848
Description: Studio portrait of Abraham Lincoln, from the original daguerreotype owned by his son, Robert T. Lincoln.
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Breese Stevens Home

Date: 1886
Description: The Breese Stevens home.
Document

Dane Cavalry Festival

Date: 12 30 1859
Description: Printed invitation from the Dane Cavalry militia company in Atwood's Hall.
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Salvatorian Seminary

Date: 1880
Description: Salvatorian Seminary and Provincial house.
Manuscript

Samuel Marshall Diary Page

Date: 09 28 1842
Description: A page in Samuel Marshall's diary, dated September 28, 1842, with several short entries.

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