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Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 1867
Description: Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick.
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Caroline Klauber

Date: 1868
Description: Oil painting of Caroline Klauber, wife of Samuel Klauber.
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Samuel Klauber

Date: 1868
Description: Oil painting of Samuel Klauber one of Madison's first Jewish settlers and founder of Gates of Heaven Synagogue.
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Train Crossing 12th Wisconsin's Bridge

Date: 06 1862
Description: First train crossing the Obion River, Tennessee, on the Ohio and Mobile Railroad on a bridge built by the 12th Wisconsin Volunteers. Watercolor by John Ga...
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Governor Walter Goodland

Date: 10 1945
Description: Photograph of painted portrait of Governor Walter Goodland.
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Portrait of Joseph McCarthy

Date: 10 1945
Description: Photograph of painted portrait of Joseph McCarthy.
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Germania Building

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Description: Germania Building with streetcars, automobiles, and pedestrians on the south side of W. Wells Street between N. Plankinton Avenue and N. 2nd Street.
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John Tyler

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Description: A painting of John Tyler, the tenth president of the United States, from the National Collection of Fine Arts of the Smithsonian Institute. John Tyler was ...
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George Washington

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Description: A portrait of George Washington, our nations first president, possibly done by Gilbert Stuart.
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Painting of Young Washington

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Description: A painted portrait of young George Washington in the uniform of a British Colonial Colonel. The portrait was possibly made by Peale (Charles Wilson?) and o...
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Elizabeth Paddy Winsley

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Description: A copy of the portrait painting of Elizabeth Paddy Winsley, who was of Plymouth, Massachusetts Colony ancestry. Elizabeth was marred to John Wensley, a ver...
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Governor Edward Winslow

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Description: A copy of the portrait painting of Edward Winslow, who was an American Pilgrim leader on the Mayflower as well as the Governor of the Plymouth, Massachuset...
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John Winslow

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Description: A copy of the portrait painting of John Winslow who was a passenger on the Fortune, a boat like the Mayflower, on which two of his brothers were pas...
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Portrait of James Monroe

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Description: A portrait of James Monroe (4/28/1758 – 7/4/1831), the fifth President of the United States (1817–1825).
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Fort Sumter

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Description: A painting of a harbor view of Fort Sumter. A sailboat sails through the foreground waters, and the fort is in the background, with a United States flag wa...
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Painting of 'The Charge of the New Market Cadets'

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Description: A painting of 'The Charge of the New Market Cadets' by West Clinedinst (Clinedienst). The work commemorates the Battle of New Market that took place on May...
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Painting of 'The Battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac"

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Description: A painting of 'The Battle Between the Monitor and the Merrimac.' The work commemorates the Battle of Hampton Roads, fought on March 8–9, 1862, and depicts ...

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