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Increase A. Lapham

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Description: Formal portrait of Increase Lapham sitting in a chair.
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Isaac L. Stephenson

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Description: Oval-framed quarter-length portrait of United States senator Isaac Stephenson.
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William Howard Taft

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Description: Portrait of William Howard Taft.
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Studio Shenanigans

Date: 1900
Description: Four men use a ladder to pose on top of each other. There is a painted backdrop behind them. They are wearing suit jackets, vests with watch fobs, and trou...
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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 ...
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Ulysses S. Grant

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Description: Portrait engraving of Ulysses S. Grant.
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Chester A. Arthur

Date: 1885
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Chester A. Arthur, the 21st President of the United States. Arthur was born on October 5, 1829 in Fairfield, Vermont, and di...
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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...
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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.
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Charles Van Hise

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Charles Van Hise.
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John Nolen

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of landscape architect, John Nolen.
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Studio Wedding Portrait

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Description: A married couple stands, holding hands, for a wedding portrait in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing flowers in the lapel of his suit jacket, and s...
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Wedding Portrait

Date: 02 1895
Description: A couple, possibly Gust Schultz and Ida Gehring, poses for a wedding portrait in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a long dress with a veil, and ...
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Studio Portrait of E.M. Taylor

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Description: A man, identified as E.M. Taylor, leans against a chair and holds a hat in a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a long suit jack...
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Studio Portrait of a Man

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Description: An unidentified man leans against a chair and poses for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing hat, suit jacket, vest, and trouser...
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Studio Portrait of T.R. Roddy

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Description: A studio portrait of a well-dressed man, identified as T.R. Roddy, in front of a painted backdrop holding onto a prop railing of a porch. He is wearing a s...
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Studio Portrait of a Well-Dressed Man

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Description: A well-dressed man leans against a chair and poses for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a matching suit jacket, vest, and tr...
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Portrait of Man and Infant

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Description: A studio portrait of a man standing and holding a bicycle with an infant in a basket near the handlebars in front of a painted backdrop. The man is wearing...
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Portrait of Man Smoking Cigar

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Description: A man leans against a stump while smoking a cigar in front of a painted backdrop in a photography studio. He is wearing a hat, suit jacket, vest, and trous...
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Studio Portrait of an Elderly Man

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Description: An unidentified elderly man stands with a cane for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit jacket, vest, and trousers.

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