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Anti-La Follette Cartoon

Date: 12 13 1917
Description: A color cartoon depicting Robert M. La Follette, Sr. as pro-German, showing Kaiser pinning medals on him.
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Colonel Halbert Eleazer Paine

Date: 07 14 1861
Description: Studio portrait of Halbert Eleazer Paine.
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The Late Major J.W. Powell

Date: 1902
Description: Waist-up studio portrait, with accompanying obituary entry, of Major John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), American soldier, explorer, and geologist. Best known ...
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Industrial Plants

Date: 1955
Description: Buildings and smokestacks along a riverfront. Sky darkened by the smoke.
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Lincoln Statue

Date: 1909
Description: Lincoln Statue on Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The base of the statue has state names carved into it. The image of the statue...
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Boy with Lunch Pail on Dirt Road

Date: 1918
Description: A boy carrying a metal lunch pail walking along a dirt road.
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Six O'Clock Club Dinner Menu

Date: 12 04 1905
Description: Front and back covers of the menu and program for a Six O'Clock Club dinner, with an Art Nouveau style border in black-edged textured gold and the profile ...
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Six O'Clock Club Dinner Menu/Program

Date: 11 19 1900
Description: Front cover of the program for a Six O'Clock Club dinner, with a man in a pastoral setting wearing a chef's hat and an apron, reading a Thanksgiving procla...
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Mr. Daniel Fitch Brown

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Description: Indoor portrait of Mr. Daniel Fitch Brown, father-in-law of the photographer.
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Drawing on a Letter to William Proxmire

Date: 03 06 1962
Description: A pencil drawing of a man holding his hands over his ears, standing next to his bed as though he's just leapt out of it. His expression is similar to that ...
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Autographed Hank Aaron Print

Date: 1967
Description: Waist-up portrait of Hank Aaron in his Atlanta Braves uniform. The print is autographed at the top.
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Edwin Austin Abbey

Date: 1890
Description: Pencil sketch portrait of Edwin Austin Abbey, a muralist, illustrator, and painter. He began painting a series of murals for the Pennsylvania State Capitol...
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Louis Agassiz

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Description: Engraved profile portrait of Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, a biologist and geologist known for his studies of Earth's natural history.

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