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Ole C. Johnson

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Description: Waist-up seated studio portrait of Ole C. Johnson, a colonel in the 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Regimental and...
Photograph

Thor P. Sloan

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Description: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Thor P. Sloan, a first lieutenant in Company E, 15th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform. The following information was ob...
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...
Painting

Louis Ross or Louis Kossuth

Date: 1852
Description: Oil painting portrait of a man. He is wearing an overcoat and dark top hat with two feathers in the hatband.

There is some confusion about the last name;...

Photograph

Lt. Nils J. Gilbert

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Description: Full-length portrait of Nils J. Gilbert, a first lieutenant in Company A, 15th Wisconsin Infantry. The following information was obtained from the Regiment...
Photograph

Portrait of Man and Woman

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

Campaign Buttons

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Description: Seven campaign buttons from three decades. The buttons "Better a Third Termer Than a Third Rater" and "No Man is Good Three Times" refer to Franklin D. Roo...
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...
Photograph

Lieutenant H. Pryale

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor portrait of Lieutenant H. Pryale of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, C Company, wearing a heavy coat and gloves, as well as a fur hat. ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 116-123

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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
Print

Alpha Iota, of Chi Psi Third Annual Banquet Menu

Date: 11 05 1891
Description: Front cover and menu page of the third annual banquet of the Alpha Iota of Chi Psi fraternity at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. On the cover is a por...
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.
Book or Pamphlet

Old Settlers' Club Banquet Menu

Date: 02 22 1892
Description: Back cover, front cover, and menu page for the Old Settlers' Club of Milwaukee County annual banquet. The back page includes an illustration of a monument ...
Print

Lotos Club Dinner to General Nathan F. Twining Menu

Date: 05 21 1957
Description: Menu for a state dinner in honor of General Nathan F. Twining, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. The front cove...
Photograph

Shirley and a Christmas Tree

Date: 12 1932
Description: Shirley Krueger standing next to an outdoor decorated Christmas tree. Several of her presents are placed at the base of the tree.
Book or Pamphlet

McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1895
Description: Front cover of catalog featuring a framed portrait of Cyrus H. McCormick surrounded by foliage. A putto is pulling away a drape from the portrait with one ...
Drawing

Chief Oshkosh

Date: 1850
Description: Waist-up pen and ink drawing of Chief Oshkosh. He is wearing a top hat wrapped with a ribbon. He wears a suitcoat, bowtie, beaded neckpouch and a blanket w...
Poster

"Dr. Mabuse der Spieler" (Dr. Mabuse the Gambler) Film Poster

Date: 1962
Description: German film poster for the re-release of the film. Illustrated image of the face of a man with a moustache wearing a top hat. Several numbered playing card...

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