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Portrait of Samuel Marshall

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Description: Quarter-length formal oval painting of Samuel Marshall, (1820-1907), banker, co-founder and President of the Marshall & Ilsley Bank.
Photograph

Henry Mathews

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Description: Portrait of Henry Mathews, 1866-1941, an early African American resident, holding the tools of his trade in front of a painted backdrop. He was a stone mas...
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Agnes Moorehead as a Child

Date: 1903
Description: Agnes Moorehead is shown at about 4 years of age. She wears a white dress stands beside a flowering bush.
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Florence Lawrence in dressing room

Date: 1914
Description: Actress Florence Lawrence seated at the vanity mirror in her dressing room wearing a white satin dressing gown and night cap.
Print

Thomas Jefferson

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Description: Quarter-length engraving of Thomas Jefferson.
Photograph

Riverboat With Lumberjacks

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Description: Five lumberjacks, one of whom is playing the fiddle, pose by a docked riverboat with a rowboat nearby.
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Abraham Lincoln

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Description: A full-length seated portrait of Abraham Lincoln in the form of a print from the "likeness of a photograph."
Print

Robert E. Lee

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait engraving of Robert E. Lee.
Painting

George Washington

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Description: Full-length portrait engraving of George Washington seated with books and saber, from a painting by Chappel.
Painting

James Madison

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Description: Portrait engraving of James Madison seated, from a painting by Chappel.
Photograph

Malcolm Hanson at WHA

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Description: Malcolm Hanson at the University of Wisconsin-Madison radio station in the Department of Physics. Hanson helped to develop the radio station and equipment.
Photograph

Capitol Park Entrance and Madison City Hall

Date: 1880
Description: View from the Wisconsin Avenue entrance of the Capitol Park to Madison City Hall. The City Hall building has a clock tower on the roof. The stone gateways ...
Photograph

Radio Broadcasting In The Gymnasium

Date: 1922
Description: Several men broadcasting via radio from the University of Wisconsin gymnasium during a basketball game.
Photograph

1st Legion Band

Date: 1920
Description: 1st Legion Band.
Print

Robert E. Lee

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Description: Portrait engraving of Robert E. Lee, seated.
Print

Ulysses S. Grant

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Description: Portrait engraving of Ulysses S. Grant.
Photograph

Ballet Couple

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Description: William F. Christensen, one of the famous Christensen brothers, and his professional pupil, Mignon Lee, in a ballet pose. The print is inscribed to "My fr...
Photograph

The Gem Theatre

Date: 1916
Description: Exterior view of entrance with displays of coming attractions and advertisements.
Print

Major General O.M. Mitchell

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Description: Engraving from Alonzo Chappel's painting of Major General O.M. Mitchell.
Photograph

Unidentified Civil War Soldier

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Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified Civil War soldier standing and holding a rifle.

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