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Painting

Moses M. Strong

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Description: Painted portrait of Moses Strong.
Painting

Absalom Townsend

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Description: Absalom A. Townsend — "Born in New Jersey, Dec. 7, 1810. Settled near Gratiot's Grove, Wis., May 18, 1827; served in the Black Hawk war; filled various cou...
Painting

Randall Wilcox

Date: 1856
Description: Waist-up portrait of Randall Wilcox sitting.
Print

La Follette, Sr. Engraving

Date: 1904
Description: An engraved head and shoulders portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., during the period when he was the governor of Wisconsin.
Print

Colonel Theodor C. Rodolf

Date: 1881
Description: Quarter-length engraving of Colonel Theodor C. Rodolf.
Painting

George Washington

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Description: Waist-up portrait of George Washington, copied from the Athenaeum portrait by Gilbert Stuart, painted in 1796.
Photograph

Mr. Sinykin Penciling Reri's Eyebrows

Date: 07 25 1932
Description: Reri (Anne Chevalier), Tahitian star of the Fanchon and Marco "Tahiti" show at the Orpheum theater, having her eyebrows penciled in her dressing room by Mr...
Photograph

Henry Vilas Zoo Award Presented to Boy

Date: 10 05 1931
Description: Two men are presenting a radio to a boy, Phillip Harris, as an award for naming the Vilas Zoo lion cubs. The names were "Thor" and "Yama." Left to right in...
Photograph

Soviet Men at Adams Hall

Date: 10 02 1931
Description: Five men from the Soviet Union at Adams Hall, and John Merkel, the foreign student advisor at the U.W., second from the left. Engineering students.
Photograph

Interior View of Suspension Bridge

Date: 1877
Description: View towards men and women sitting and standing, beneath the lower deck of a suspension bridge (train uses upper deck). There are two booths (for tolls or ...
Photograph

Pupils of Rhine Center School

Date: 1931
Description: The students of the Rhine Center School, District No. 6, pose for their photograph in the schoolyard. The girls are wearing good dresses; the boys wear kni...
Painting

Mason C. Darling

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Description: Photographic print of a waist-up painting of Mason C. Darling. Darling served as a member of U.S. House of Representative from the 2nd District in Wisconsi...
Painting

Portrait of Wisconsin Governor Louis P. Harvey

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Governor Louis P. Harvey, 7th governor of Wisconsin.

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