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Mathilde Anneke

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Description: Photograph from a drawing of a portrait of Mathilde Anneke. Script below the portrait reads: "about 25-years-old."
Photograph

Mrs. Grover Cleveland

Date: 1887
Description: Formal portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Frances Folsom Cleveland, wife of President Grover Cleveland, during his first term.
Photograph

Susan B. Anthony with Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Date: 1891
Description: Portrait of Susan B. Anthony (standing), with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, five years after completion of their three-volume work entitled "History of Woman Suf...
Print

Andrew Jackson

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Description: Portrait engraving of Andrew Jackson with small inset of his home, The Hermitage, near Nashville, Tennessee.
Photograph

Tired Kitten

Date: 06 03 1963
Description: Nancy Krahn dressed as a kitten relaxes after dance practice.
Photograph

Buttered Corn

Date: 09 30 1959
Description: A boy eating buttered corn on the cob at a Golden Spike Day party.
Photograph

Susan B. Anthony

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Description: A portrait of an elderly Susan B. Anthony. She is known primarily for her leadership in the women's rights movement, but was also an activist for other soc...
Print

George Washington

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Description: Portrait engraving of George Washington.
Magazine or Periodical

The Woods on Fire

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Description: Illustration of a man driving a horse-drawn wagon out of burning woodland.
Print

The Reprimand

Date: 1842
Description: An engraving depicting a woman reprimanding a young woman, while a young man looks in at a window in the background.
Print

The Favored Captive

Date: 1844
Description: A young woman looks out her arched window with a bird cage hanging outdoors.
Print

The Love Token

Date: 1845
Description: Illustration of a young couple romancing by a well as another young woman watches from behind.
Print

Godey's Paris Fashions Americanized

Date: 04 1849
Description: Engraving with color of two women modeling high fashion dresses.
Photograph

Dreyfus "State of the State" Address

Date: 01 31 1979
Description: Framed by a window in the Assembly Chamber door, Governor Lee Sherman Dreyfus addresses the Wisconsin Legislature.
Photograph

Portrait of Albert G. Schmedeman

Date: 1910
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a young Albert Schmedeman.
Manuscript

Gridiron Club Annual Dinner Menu

Date: 04 08 1972
Description: Front and back of two-sided menu for the annual dinner of the Gridiron Club, with a cartoon by Eldon Pletcher of club president (Edgar A. Poe?) posing with...
Photograph

Rock Festival

Date: 06 30 1970
Description: Elevated view of a man standing wearing a vest, furry hat and headband, American Flag cape and holding a tin of sardines in front of a crowd sitting at a r...
Photograph

John Adams

Date: 1825
Description: Lithographic portrait of John Adams, 2nd President of the United States (1797-1801). Inscription reads: "Engraved by J.B. Longacre from a Painting by B. Ot...
Photograph

Brigadier General Barton Stone Alexander

Date: 1866
Description: Full-length portrait of Barton Stone Alexander, an architect, engineer, and United States Army officer. He held the rank of Lieutenant colonel in the Union...
Drawing

Fisher Ames

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Description: Engraved lithographic waist-up portrait of Fisher Ames posed sitting in a chair holding a book. He was a Federalist politician. He was a member of the Mass...

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