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John Adams

Date: 1862
Description: Engraving from a painting of John Adams. Inscription reads: "John Adams From a Painting by Chappel, in the possession of the Publishers. Johnson, Fry & C...
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Henry Chapman Baker

Date: 1900
Description: Quarter-length engraving of Henry Baker in profile. Baker was police chief of Madison from 1897-1907.
Photograph

William Otto Petersen

Date: 1943
Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of William O. Petersen (1924 - 2012), attorney and owner of Black Point Estate with his wife, Jane Jordan Browne. Peters...
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Irving Berlin

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Description: Portrait of Irving Berlin sitting at a piano and looking directly at the camera. He is wearing a suit and tie.
Magazine or Periodical

"Salute to Cuba"

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Description: Full page "Salute to Cuba" in the United Artists newsletter "Around the World" from November 27, 1942. There are five photographs showing the staff and var...
Photograph

Frank Borzage on Set

Date: 1937
Description: Film director Frank Borzage and camera operator Joseph Biroc, along with other members of the film crew, are seen in the reflection of mirrors on the set o...
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Egbert W. Gillett

Date: 1893
Description: Lithograph portrait of Egbert W. Gillett, who wrote Gillett's magic cook book in 1892 and founded the Northwestern Yeast Company in Chicago in 1893....
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Sam Adams

Date: 1862
Description: Engraved full-length portrait of Samuel Adams, a Founding Father of the United States and 4th Governor of Massachusetts (1792-1794).
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Daniel Agnew

Date: 1885
Description: Engraved lithographic quarter-length portrait of Daniel Agnew, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1873-1879, and author of the 1887 book <...
Drawing

Fisher Ames

Date: 1864
Description: Engraved lithographic portrait of Fisher Ames, a Federalist politician. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1788, then a membe...

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