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Salzburg Seminar

Date: 1962
Description: Arthur Altmeyer standing at a blackboard speaking at the Salzburg seminar in American studies.

Arthur J. Altmeyer (1891–1972) was the United States Commi...

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William Dempster Hoard

Date: 1912
Description: A head and shoulders portrait of William Dempster Hoard (1836-1918).
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Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk and Staff at Grant Funeral

Date: 08 18 1885
Description: Wisconsin Governor Jeremiah M. Rusk and his staff at the funeral of General Ulysses S. Grant in New York City. Present with Rusk, 5th from the left, and i...
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William H. Upham

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Description: A signed head and shoulders portrait of William H. Upham, Republican, the 18th Governor of Wisconsin.
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Satterlee Clark

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Satterlee Clark. He was born in Washington, D.C., came to Wisconsin in April of 1829, and resided in Green Lake. In 1830, h...
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J.P. Dickson

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of J.P. Dickson. He was born in Danville, Caledonia county, Vermont. Dickson emigrated to Wisconsin on June 20th, 1836, and r...
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Moses M. Strong

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Moses M. Strong. He was born in Vermon on May 20, 1810, and came to Mineral Point, Wisconsin, in June of 1836. Strong was...
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John F. Potter

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of John Fox Potter. He was born in Augusta, Maine, on May 11, 1817. Potter came to Wisconsin in 1836 and resided in Potter's...
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William Henry Harrison Tribute

Date: 04 1841
Description: A notice published In Memory of President Wm. H. Harrison, 9th President of the United States, upon his death, April 4, 1841, at the age of 68. The tribut...
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Vel Phillips

Date: 08 11 1961
Description: Vel Phillips wearing a striped dress and a tag that reads "We're here for Wisconsin Human Rights Legislation." Phillips was taking part in a sit-in in supp...
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Lyndon Johnson signs Medicare Bill

Date: 07 30 1965
Description: President Lyndon Baines Johnson signs the Medicare bill. Former President Harry S. Truman, "who started it all," is present with Mrs. Bess Truman, Hubert H...
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Benjamin Harrison with Group

Date: 04 27 1891
Description: Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd President of the United States, with Mrs. Harrison and a group of men and women on the parapet of Sutro Heights, San Francisco,...
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Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson

Date: 1963
Description: Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the United States, is shown with his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, having an intense discussion, while seated in an...
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Proxmire and Senate Committee Chairmen

Date: 01 09 1973
Description: Senator William Proxmire (bald head toward the camera) makes a point with Majority Leader Mike Mansfield (center) at a meeting of the Senate committee chai...
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Proxmire and President Carter

Date: 01 18 1978
Description: Senator William Proxmire meeting with President Jimmy Carter in the White House.
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R.L. Joiner

Date: 1891
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of R.L. Joiner, a member of the Wisconsin Senate. From a composite of portraits.
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R.L. Joiner

Date: 1890
Description: Quarter-length portrait of R.L. Joiner, from a composite of images of the Wisconsin Senate.
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Joseph McCarthy in Army-McCarthy Hearings

Date: 06 09 1954
Description: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin during the Army-McCarthy hearings, with committee counsel Roy Cohn next to McCarthy and Republican Senator Ralph Fl...
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Khruschev and Sukarno

Date: 02 1960
Description: Nikita Khruschev and President Sukarno meeting to view the start of work on the world games stadium that was being presented to Indonesia by the Soviet Uni...
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Abraham Lincoln

Date: 1863
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Abraham Lincoln standing.

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