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General Atkinson's Victory over Black Hawk

Date: 1845
Description: Engraving depicting the defeat of Black Hawk by General Henry Atkinson at the Battle of Bad Axe on August 2, 1832. The engraving depicts Federal Regulars a...
Photograph

Leverett Steele Kellogg

Date: 1845
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Leverett Steele Kellogg, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin pioneer in 1836, from Connecticut. Waist-up portrait, facing forward. He is we...
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Smelting Lead Ore

Date: 1845
Description: Drawing of Shullsburg. Text at bottom reads: "Smelting lead ore in log furnaces. Scene in Gratiots Grove at Shullsburg, Wis. in 1845-6. Drawn from life. By...
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James Monroe Gillet

Date: 1845
Description: Waist-up portrait of James Monroe Gillet, around the time he founded the newspaper The Fond du Lac Whig.

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