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Lucius Fairchild

Date: 1890
Description: Quarter-length formal studio portrait of Lucius Fairchild.
Photograph

Isaac L. Stephenson

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Description: Oval-framed quarter-length portrait of United States senator Isaac Stephenson.
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Thomas Jefferson

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Description: Quarter-length engraving of Thomas Jefferson.
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Gaylord Nelson in High School

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Description: Gaylord Nelson during his high school years wearing a white, short-sleeved shirt standing in front of hedges and a bandstand.
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Raising Flag at Long Lake C.C.C. Camp

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Description: Men standing at attention as the flag is raised at Long Lake C.C.C. Camp F.
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Abraham Lincoln

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Description: Three-quarter length seated portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
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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."
Photograph

Ada James

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of the leader of women's suffrage in Wisconsin, Ada James.
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

Fighting Bob La Follette

Date: 1906
Description: Portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., during his tenure as U.S. senator from Wisconsin.
Photograph

Magnus Swenson (1855-1936)

Date: 1890
Description: Studio portrait of Magnus Swenson. He was a Norwegian immigrant who made his name in business and as an inventor. He served on the Wisconsin Capitol Buildi...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Assemblyman

Date: 1909
Description: Otto Onstad, a newly elected assemblyman from Dane County, in the newly constructed Assembly Chamber of the present Wisconsin State Capitol. He is sitting ...
Print

Ulysses S. Grant

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Description: Portrait engraving of Ulysses S. Grant.
Photograph

Honorable John W. Reynolds

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of John W. Reynolds, Chief Judge of the U. S. District Court.
Photograph

Freedom Day School Withdrawal

Date: 1964
Description: Four people seated at a desk which has a poster on it advertising Freedom Day School Withdrawal, set for Monday, May 18th, 1964.
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Lyndon Johnson signs Medicare Bill

Date: 07 30 1965
Description: President Lyndon Baines Johnson signs the Medicare bill. Former President Harry S. Truman, "who started it all," is present with Mrs. Bess Truman, Hubert H...
Photograph

Robert M. La Follette, Sr., as Congressman

Date: 1885
Description: Waist-up portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. at the age of 29 when elected to Congress in 1884.
Photograph

Chief Monegar

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Description: Chief George Monegar of the Winnebago holding an United States flag.
Photograph

Rachel Jastrow

Date: 1915
Description: Rachel S. Jastrow campaigning for women's suffrage from the back of an automobile with a banner reading "Votes for Women."

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