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Poster

Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Painting

Mrs. Austin Quinney and Her Daughter Harriet

Date: 1849
Description: Portrait of Jane Quinney, (born Ashotomay) wife of Austin E. Quinney, chief of the Stockbridge nation, and their daughter, Harriet.
Photograph

Governor La Follette Buying a "Buddy Poppy"

Date: 03 25 1932
Description: Governor Philip F. La Follette buying a "buddy poppy" from two women in behalf of the American Legion. The governor is standing in his Wisconsin State Cap...
Photograph

Women Holding Fans

Date: 
Description: Studio group portrait tintype in front of a painted backdrop of four women sitting and holding hand fans with portraits of men printed on them. The women a...
Photograph

Natwe Family

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Description: Group portrait of the Natwe Family with three women, three men, a boy, and a puppy.
Photograph

Ho-Chunk Group Near Arbor

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Description: A group of Ho-Chunk men, women, and children posed standing in a field. In the background behind them is the front of an arbor with a United States flag, a...
Photograph

Group Picture: Frat Party

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Description: A fraternity party photographed for Smiles Magazine. Harold Gauer and Alice Bedard sit on a couch while Robert bloch pours a drink for Angie Vail.
Photograph

Breaking Up a Fake Fight

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Description: Angie Vail and Alice Bedard pose in an attempt to break up a staged fight between Robert Vail and Sprague Vonier, while Harold Gauer lies on the ground und...
Photograph

Panoramic Ho-Chunk Group Portrait

Date: 
Description: A panoramic group portrait of Ho-Chunk men, women, and children, possibly gathered for a powwow. They are posed standing and sitting in a field in front of...
Print

National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic

Date: 1890
Description: Depiction of the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, held in Boston, Massachusetts. On the border surrounding the group portrait are ind...
Photograph

Jayne Blodgett

Date: 1949
Description: "Jayne Blodgett — Conover Model."
Print

Dolly Payne Madison

Date: 1836
Description: Engraving of Dolly Madison, wife of James Madison, the fourth President of the United States. The engraving was done by J.F.E. Prudhomme from a drawing don...
Photograph

Portrait of Man and Woman

Date: 
Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of an elderly man and woman posed sitting.
Photograph

Frame 49: Signs of the Three

Date: 08 1964
Description: A nighttime rally on the Atlantic City boardwalk in support of the Mississipi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Three people in front of the group carry sig...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 116-123

Date: 
Description: Well-scrubbed proprieties, in no danger
except the possible over-minding of their own manners
or being out-voted by Activists
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 697-705

Date: 
Description: A child could count in rounded numbers
the Christmas chance of pudding from the sky
Photograph

Actress Florence Lawrence in a head and shoulders studio portrait with hat

Date: 1908
Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Florence Lawrence wearing a hat. She wears a cameo and looks directly at the camera.
Book or Pamphlet

Davis Platform Binder Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1891
Description: Catalog cover with an illustration of a framed portrait of a red headed woman wearing an off-white hat and pink dress, surrounded by foliage and flowers.
Photograph

Copy Photograph of Charcoal Drawing of Woman

Date: 
Description: Copy photograph of a charcoal or pastel drawing of a woman wearing a dark-colored blouse with a light-colored collar.
Photograph

Unidentified Family

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a painting of a family with a woman on the left, a man standing in the center, and two young children. The backdrop is a pine ...

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