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Family Golf Outing

Date: 1936
Description: Two generations of the Brandel family pose with golf clubs at the Fox Lake Golf Course.
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James Duane Doty

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of James Duane Doty, who was a Wisconsin judge, territorial governor, congressman, and land speculator.
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Locomotive No. 539

Date: 1882
Description: View across railroad tracks of two men posing near the right side of locomotive no. 539 on another set of railroad tracks. The locomotive was built by the ...
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Daniel Chester French

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Description: Portrait of Daniel C. French, sculptor of the figure, "Wisconsin" which graces the top of the Wisconsin State Capitol dome. French met George Post at the C...
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Adolf Weinman

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Description: Portrait of sculptor Adolph Weinman. He sculpted the South Pediment at the Wisconsin State Capitol, and the seated figure of Abraham Lincoln that sits in f...
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Governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. when he became governor of Wisconsin. This original of this item is a postcard that was probably used for campaign p...
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Governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1904
Description: Formal portrait of Governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1908
Description: Portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1915
Description: Portrait of Senator Robert Marion La Follette, Sr.
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1915
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
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Alexander Legge

Date: 01 09 1923
Description: Portrait of Alexander Legge (1866-1933). Legge was president of International Harvester Company from 1922 to 1929. He was vice chairman of the War Industri...
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Ole Bull

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Description: Monograph of famous Norwegian violinist Ole Bull holding his violin and bow.
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Ebenezer Brigham

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Ebenezer Brigham, founder of the first major community in the Blue Mounds of Wisconsin, which included a mine, frontier inn...
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Opening to No. 2 Mine

Date: 12 11 1918
Description: Two men, at least one of them a miner, standing in front of the no. 7 opening to the no. 2 mine. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harve...
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John Nolen

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of John Nolen, landscape architect.
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Man and Fan at Lawrence Lunch

Date: 05 22 1936
Description: Man standing next to new fan at Lawrence Lunch, 662-664 State Street.
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Bowling at Madison Alleys

Date: 04 18 1934
Description: Louis Fiore, Captain of the Phillips "66" team, bowls at Madison Palm Garden and Bowling Alleys, 112 N. Fairchild Street.
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Sheriff Finn with Sledgehammer

Date: 07 11 1933
Description: Sheriff Finn holding sledgehammer used to break open the safe of Odin Tofsrud, carpenter and truck farmer, who was murdered during the theft of his safe by...
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Judge Patrick T. Stone

Date: 06 17 1933
Description: Portrait of U.S. Federal Judge Patrick T. Stone sitting at his desk.
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Frank Ross Bowls Perfect Score, 300

Date: 11 06 1931
Description: Frank Ross posing in bowling stance after bowling perfect game in the Cosmos league at the Plaza Alleys.

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