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Harwood, Brisbane, and Coffin

Date: 1853
Description: Half plate daguerreotype of E. Harwood, Dr. William Brisbane, and Levi Coffin, sitting in a row.
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Sherman M. Booth

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Description: Sherman M. Booth, anti-slavery editor, shown seated reading newspaper.
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Sherman M. Booth

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Description: Sherman Booth (1812-1904), abolitionist editor and leader.
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Christopher Latham Sholes

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Description: A portrait of Christopher Latham Sholes, the inventor of the typewriter. Sholes was an editor in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and later continued this work in Milwa...
Painting

Frederick W. Horn

Date: 1872
Description: Portrait of Frederick Horn (1815-1893), a Democrat. He was a lawyer and editor of the Cedarburg Weekly News. His years of public service began in 1842 and ...
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Thomas Meehan, Botanist

Date: 1869
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Thomas Meehan (1826-1902), American botanist. Meehan emigrated from England to Philadelphia in 1848. Served as editor...
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William George Bruce

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of William George Bruce, Milwaukee editor and publisher.
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Erwin Knoll

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Description: Informal waist-up portrait of Erwin Knoll (1931-1994), editor of the Progressive Magazine from 1973 to 1974.
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Belfrage at Moscow Synagogue

Date: 1956
Description: Cedric Belfrage, co-editor and founder of the "National Guardian," visiting a Moscow synagogue after his deportation from the United States. Belfrage was d...
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Fritz Anneke

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Description: Ninth plate tintype/ferrotype portrait of Fritz Anneke sitting in a chair. Fritz Anneke was a German socialist and newspaper editor and writer. He immigrat...
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Editorial Staff of the Milwaukee Journal

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Description: Two men sitting at desks in the editorial room of the Milwaukee Journal. The room was decorated by a newspaper staff artist. At left, the balcony sc...
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American Newspaper Publishers Association Menu

Date: 1957
Description: Exterior of menu for the Banshee Luncheon at the 1957 American Newspaper Publishers Association (ANPA) convention. Features a bearded figure in a green sui...
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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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Rasmus B. Anderson

Date: 1935
Description: Portrait of Rasmus B. Anderson as an old man. He is seated and looking to his side. Behind him, a table is stacked with books. Another collection of books ...
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Levi Alden

Date: 1899
Description: Carte-de-visite profile portrait of Levi Alden, founder of the Janesville Gazette and later an editor of the Madison State Journal. He was a ...
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Levi Alden

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Description: Three-quarter profile carte-de-visite portrait of Levi Alden, founder of the Janesville Gazette and later an editor of the Madison State Journal<...

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