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Painting

Edward Salomon

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Edward Salomon.
Photograph

McCarthy-Army Hearings

Date: 06 09 1954
Description: McCarthy-Army hearings. Left to right: G. David Schine, Joseph R. McCarthy, and Roy Cohn.
Photograph

William F. Vilas

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of William F. Vilas posing with one hand on a law book and the other inside his long overcoat.
Photograph

Law Office

Date: 1894
Description: Patent attorney Charles L. Goss (seated), with clerk Arthur Muerless in the law offices of Winkler, Flanders, Smith, Bottum, & Vilas.
Photograph

Senator Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn

Date: 01 1953
Description: Joseph (Joe) McCarthy is seen here with his chief counsel, Roy Cohn, whom he hired on the advice of J. Edgar Hoover.
Photograph

Herbert William Chynoweth

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Description: Portrait of H.W. Chynoweth, follower of Robert M. La Follette and an attorney who served as legal counsel for the Progressive cause. As a member of the Uni...
Photograph

La Follette Campaign Train

Date: 1900
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr. with a group on his special campaign train. From left to right they are Alfred T. Rogers, La Follette's law partner; Mr. and Mrs...
Photograph

Robert B.L. Murphy

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Robert B.L. Murphy. Robert Brady Lawrence Murphy was born on December 5, 1901 at 711 Langdon Street in Madison, Wisconsin. H...
Photograph

Earl Rogers

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Description: Portrait of Earl Rogers wearing a suit. Rogers was a criminal lawyer in California and on the West Coast.
Print

Martin Van Buren

Date: 1840
Description: A head and shoulders portrait of Martin Van Buren, the 8th President of the United States from 1837-1841. Born on December 5, 1782 in Columbia, New York, ...
Photograph

Gilbert Roe

Date: 1898
Description: Gilbert Roe, Madison attorney and partner in the firm La Follette, Harper, Roe, seated in his office in the second floor of the Fairchild Block at 29 East ...
Photograph

A.G. Zimmerman and Legal Secretary Jennie Nelson

Date: 12 1898
Description: Attorney Albert G. Zimmerman in his Madison law office, dictating a letter to secretary Jennie Nelson. Until 1894 Zimmerman was the law partner of Robert ...
Photograph

Samuel A. Harper

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Description: Attorney Samuel A. Harper, a partner with Robert M. La Follette, Sr., first in the Madison law firm, La Follette, Siebecker & Harper, and later, La Follett...
Photograph

Meggett Building on Barstow

Date: 1884
Description: Stereograph of three-story brick building on a dirt road.
Photograph

Barstow Street and the Meggett Building

Date: 1884
Description: Stereograph view with the Meggett building on the right hand side, and another building along the left hand side. A church's steeple is visible behind the ...
Photograph

Gilbert Roe

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Description: Formal quarter-length portrait of Gilbert Roe, probably taken about the time he was a law partner of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Drawing

Karl Armstrong

Date: 03 20 1973
Description: Artist's courtroom depiction of Karlton Armstrong. He is sitting with his arms folded and legs crossed, with the judge visible in the background.
Photograph

Obadiah M. Conover

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Description: Obadiah M. Conover (1825-1884), a member of the University of Wisconsin faculty and Madison attorney.
Photograph

Amasa Cobb in Uniform

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Description: Portrait of Amasa Cobb seated, wearing his military unform.
Photograph

Amasa Cobb

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Description: Oval, head and shoulders portrait of Amasa Cobb.

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