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Thornton N. Wilder

Date: 1949
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Thornton Wilder wearing eyeglasses.
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Frank A. Haskell

Date: 1862
Description: Lt. Frank A. Haskell, adjutant of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry. In 1862 Haskell became aide-de-camp to General John Gibbon who commanded the Iron Brigade. Wh...
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Nina Sturgis Dousman

Date: 1870
Description: Portrait of Nina Sturgis Dousman, wife of H. Louis Dousman.
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Re-dedication of St. Raphael's Cathedral

Date: 03 10 1955
Description: Re-dedication of St. Raphael's Cathedral. Elevated view of people sitting in pews for a service. Newspaper caption reads: "Resplendent St. Raphael Cathedra...
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Edwin H. Blashfield

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Edwin H. Blashfield, American mural painter and mosaic artist, whose work can be seen at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Whe...
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Limnology Apparatus

Date: 1890
Description: Apparatus for limnological research conducted at Trout Lake, Wisconsin and elsewhere.
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NASA Parasev

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Description: Astronaut Neil Armstrong (right), the first man to walk on the surface of the Moon, with Tom Poberezny, the son of EAA founder Paul Poberezny and the presi...
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John Nuwi

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Description: Three-quarter length formal portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John Nuwi, a Mascouten (or Prairie) Potawatomi, who lived at Skunk Hill in Wood Coun...
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Osage Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Black Bow's wife, with infant in a papoose, and Saucy Chief's squaw.
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Native American Family

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Black Dog, wife, and papoose sitting.
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St. Mark's-in-the-Bouwerie Towers Model

Date: 1930
Description: Model of the St. Mark's-in-the-Bouwerie Towers project, ca. 1927-1931, intended for New York City. Taken at an exhibit of the works of Frank Lloyd Wright a...
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Room at Rockford College

Date: 1889
Description: A room at Rockford College with a table and chair, and several stringed instruments.
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Aleksendra Zukowska

Date: 1910
Description: Portrait of Aleksendra Zukowska, a Russian Pole who was a machine hand at an International Harvester Twine Mill, probably in Chicago.
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Samuel Sterling Sherman, Educator

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Description: Cabinet card of Samuel Sterling Sherman (1815-1914), American educator. In 1842, Sherman became president of Howard College in Alabama, which was later ren...
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Gloria Ray, One of the Little Rock Nine

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: Portrait of Gloria Ray, one of the Little Rock Nine.
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Edwin E. Witte

Date: 1928
Description: Portrait of Edwin Witte, chief of the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Service from 1922-1933.

While the executive director of the President's Committee o...

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Jeremiah Rusk

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Jeremiah, copied from an original by Curtiss.
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Woman Holding Small Girl on Her Lap

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Description: A woman wearing a hat, blouse, and long skirt sits in profile in a studio with a small girl wearing a white dress on her lap. They are in front of a studio...
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Gilbert M. Simmons Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Gilbert M. Simmons Public Library. The library opened in 1900 and was funded with a gift of $150,000 from G.M. Simmons. Through a larg...
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Gilbert M. Simmons Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the rotunda of the Gilbert M. Simmons Public Library. In the center background is a window with a sign that reads: "Renting Collection." A...

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