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Jean Pond Miner with "Forward"

Date: 1893
Description: Sculptor Jean Pond Miner working on her statue "Forward" in the Wisconsin Building at the Columbian Exposition.
Photograph

Surveying Fire Damage to the Third Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 02 1904
Description: Elevated view of the damage to the East Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol caused by the fire of February 27-28. The statue of "Forward" can be seen...
Book or Pamphlet

Runaway Slave

Date: 1837
Description: Image of a runaway slave with stick and satchel.
Photograph

Portrait of a Woman Painter

Date: 
Description: A woman holds a paintbrush, palette, and painter's stick while observing her painting on an easel in front of her.
Print

"Prospy" Greeting Card from Russia

Date: 1913
Description: Russian greeting card, with a cut-out front, of the IHC logo and evergreen branches with pine cones. Inside the tri-folded card is an image of "Prospy" fly...
Photograph

Lydia Willms

Date: 1898
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Lydia Willms (b. 1896). She is resting her hand on a chair, and is wearing a dress, ribbons a...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Boy and Girl

Date: 1915
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a boy and girl, probably brother and sister.
Manuscript

Ireland-United States Bilateral Agreement Luncheon Menu

Date: 06 28 1948
Description: Front and back sides of a one-page luncheon menu commemorating the signing of a bilateral agreement between Ireland and the United States that allowed Irel...
Photograph

Unidentified Woman

Date: 1884
Description: Portrait of a woman posing in a studio, leaning on what appears to be a framed picture on a decorated easel.
Print

Charles Francis Adams

Date: 1871
Description: Facsimile engraving of Charles Francis Adams Sr., Republican Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd district (1859-1861) and ...

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