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| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Interior portrait of an elderly man holding a book posed sitting in a wicker rocking chair. In the background it appears that a woman is sitting in another... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Cabinet card of an informal full-length portrait. (Mrs. Ben) Jessie Jack Hooper relaxes in a chair. The portrait may have been taken at the Sawyer House in... |
| Date: | 03 10 1888 |
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| Description: | Inscription from Reuben Gold Thwaites to The State Historical Society of Wisconsin in a copy of his book, Historic Waterways. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | First page of the Reuben Gold Thwaites' handwritten draft manuscript for his book Historic Waterways. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Map of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers to accompany Reuben Gold Thwaites' Historic Waterways. |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Henry C. Koch and his wife, Johanna Knab Koch, pose for a formal studio portrait. Henry C. Koch was a German born architect that designed many Wisconsin sc... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Increase Lapham's handwritten title page for A Geographical and Topographical Description of Wisconsin |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Handwritten first page of Increase Lapham's unpublished gazetteer of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | Handwritten page from Increase Lapham's unpublished gazetteer of Wisconsin. The page includes entries for Choaking Creek, Cincinnati, City of the Four Lak... |
| Date: | 1838 |
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| Description: | Title page of Increase Lapham's Catalog of Plants Found in the vicinity of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory. |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | "Recitation Room" at Downer College. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Foldout chart illustrating all elected officials in the United States federal government from 1789 to 1881. The upper half of the chart shows the persons e... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Foldout chart illustrating the political parties of the United States, beginning with the colonial era. The explanation on the chart is as follows: The s... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Interior of the La Follette, Harper, Roe & Zimmerman law office, Madison, Wis. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Two views of the interior of the La Follette, Harper, Roe & Zimmerman law office. Mr. Zimmerman is sitting in his inner office; the lady in the foreground ... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | 1893 calendar, with the months of August & September. Features an illustration of a woman holding a light. Around her are books, telescope, and other objec... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Calendar with the months of February and March, 1893. Features an illustration of a woman sitting on the top of a globe. She is holding a wreath, and is re... |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Seven yarn samples from St. Paul Knitting Works, dated between April 7, 1888 and February 21, 1889, affixed to a page in an Appleton Woolen Mills sample bo... |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Colorful patterned wool fabric in an Appleton Woolen Mills sample book. |
| Date: | 04 30 1889 |
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| Description: | Front cover and first two pages of the souvenir menu for the centennial of George Washington's inauguration at the Hotel Marlborough. The cover features a ... |
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