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Painting

James H. Lockwood

Date: 1856
Description: Waist-up portrait of James H. Lockwood.
Print

Colonel Theodor C. Rodolf

Date: 1881
Description: Quarter-length engraving of Colonel Theodor C. Rodolf.
Photograph

Abraham Lincoln

Date: 04 10 1865
Description: Waist-up portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
Print

William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt

Date: 1899
Description: Campaign poster with the title "Posterity" for Theodore Roosevelt and William McKinley featuring their portraits. In the center is an illustration of a wom...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Thwaites' Office

Date: 1897
Description: Reuben Gold Thwaites, secretary of the State Historical Society, at his desk in the South Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. Thwaites succeeded Lym...
Photograph

Perry H. Smith

Date: 1858
Description: Oval quarter-length portrait of Perry H. Smith.
Photograph

John Torrey, Botanist

Date: 1865
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite quarter-length portrait of John Torrey (1796-1863), American botanist. Worked as New York state botanist from 1836. Handwritten i...
Photograph

Man Operating Ox-Drawn Mower in Field

Date: 1899
Description: A man wearing dress clothes and holding a raised switch is driving an ox-drawn mower down a path in a field. The man is also wearing a bowler or derby hat ...
Photograph

Middleton Family

Date: 1898
Description: William and Clara Case Middleton sit on chairs alongside a building; their son Forest stands between them.
Photograph

Joseph Smith

Date: 1861
Description: Tintype portrait of Joseph Smith of Evansville, Wisconsin, member of the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry band. He is seated wearing a suit and holds a tenor horn.
Photograph

Fancy Dress Party

Date: 08 19 1887
Description: Cabinet card of a group portrait of four men in front of a painted backdrop. Two are dressed in male formal attire, with top hats. The other men are dresse...
Photograph

Rogers Family

Date: 11 17 1898
Description: Group portrait of the Rogers family. Pictured are William Henry Rogers, Clark M. Putnam, Maude Rogers, Martha Rogers, Grace (Rogers) Putnam and Mrs. Willia...
Photograph

Victor L. Berger and Frederick Heath

Date: 1892
Description: Victor L. Berger and Frederick Heath in Berger's room on Reed Street near Greenfield Avenue. Victor Berger was a founding member of the Socialist Party of ...
Photograph

Violet Lee Dousman and Fellow Travelers in Egypt

Date: 1896
Description: Group portrait including Violet Lee Dousman (back row, 4th from left) and her fellow travelers on a trip to Egypt.
Photograph

Young Richard Ely

Date: 12 1895
Description: Waist-up portrait of Richard Ely wearing pince nez, titled: "The Arena, Dec. 1895."
Photograph

Back River Falls High School Class of 1894

Date: 1894
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of six men posed standing, two men and four women posed sitting. Probably the Black River Falls High School ...
Photograph

Wisconsin Senate and State Officers

Date: 1873
Description: A composite photograph of the members of the Wisconsin Senate and State Officers.
Photograph

Wisconsin Assembly

Date: 1872
Description: A composite photograph of the members of the Wisconsin Assembly.
Print

Henry P. Andrae

Date: 1898
Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Henry Andrae.
Photograph

William Hall

Date: 1850
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a painting of General William Hall of Tennessee.

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