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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

Chief Oshkosh

Date: 1850
Description: Drawing of Chief Oshkosh rendered from a daguerreotype by J.F. Harrison. He is wearing a top hat wrapped with a ribbon. Also a suitcoat, bowtie, beaded nec...
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Thomas Jefferson

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Description: Quarter-length engraving of Thomas Jefferson.
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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."
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Lyman Copeland Draper

Date: 1881
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Lyman Copeland Draper.
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Evangelist with Movie Projector

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Description: Rural evangelist John E. Zoller with a Zenith projector and stereopticon with a DeVry generator used during sermons. Original caption reads: "We show excel...
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.
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William Howard Taft

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Description: Portrait of William Howard Taft.
Painting

James Madison

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Description: Portrait engraving of James Madison seated, from a painting by Chappel.
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Governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1904
Description: Formal portrait of Governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
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Ulysses S. Grant

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Description: Portrait engraving of Ulysses S. Grant.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Three Men

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait of three men standing, one of whom is a little person, standing in front of a painted backdrop. All of the men are wearing hats, and the ma...
Photograph

Portrait of Lars Dahl

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Lars Dahl, with bow tie.
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Dr. Lars Dahl and Wife

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Description: A portrait of Dr. Lars Dahl and his wife, who is Danish nobility.
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Wright Passport Photograph

Date: 07 10 1956
Description: Two alternate views in front of a painted backdrop of Frank Lloyd Wright, seated, for an unretouched passport photograph. He is holding a cane in his left ...
Photograph

John Nolen

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of landscape architect, John Nolen.
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Allan H. "Bud" Selig

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Bud Selig, when he was President of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team.
Photograph

Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. The man on the left holding the blanket, is Louis Bearchief. Both men a...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Charles Smith and Wife

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Description: Studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man, Charles Smith, and his wife. The man is posing standing by a prop stone wall, and is wearing a suit jacket, vest w...
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Portrait of Ho-Chunk Family

Date: 1905
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man sitting and wearing modern dress, flanked by two Ho-Chunk women standing and wearing several necklaces and sh...

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