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Photograph

Ole Bull

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

Columbus at Banquet

Date: 1655
Description: Christopher Columbus, ca. 1492.
Print

French Construct a Fort on the May River, Later Named Fort Caroline

Date: 1655
Description: Engraving made after a painting by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues (died 1588) during the Laudonnière Expedition in Florida, ca. 1564.
Painting

Centennial Mural Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: Two preliminary watercolors of the right panel of the Centennial Mural in the Wisconsin Historical Society. The panel displays the history of Wisconsin ex...
Painting

Centennial Mural Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: A watercolor of the right panel of the Centennial Mural in the Wisconsin Historical Society. This panel displays the history of Wisconsin exploration, mos...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Charlie Saunders and Family

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American man, and two Ho-Chunk women. The man is wearing a military hat and suit j...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Two European American Boys

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American boy posed sitting on the left, wearing striped coveralls, a striped shirt, and a hat....
Photograph

Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Man and a European American Man

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posed sitting on the left with his legs crossed, hands clasped, and wearing a suit, bow ti...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of John Hazen Hill

Date: 1910
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man with a beard posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is smoking a pipe and holding a cane in his left ...
Photograph

Portrait of a Young European-American Man

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of a young European American man posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit, necktie, and lapel pho...
Photograph

Portrait of Julia Maddock Wearing Ho-Chunk Dress

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Description: Studio portrait of a European American girl posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop, holding a Ho-Chunk cradle board with a china-headed doll. She is...
Photograph

Deceased European American Woman

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Description: Interior view of a European American woman lying on a bed near a window with her hands on her chest. Probably a corpse on her deathbed. A framed painting i...
Postcard

Greetings from Green Bay, Wisconsin

Date: 1957
Description: Large Letter style postcard for Green Bay depicting various scenes in the letters that spell the name of the city. Caption reads: "Greetings from Green Bay...
Photograph

Portrait of John Wiggin and Muskie

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of European American man posed standing. He is holding up in his right hand a fishing pole, tree branch, and...
Photograph

Portrait of John Darwin

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American man posed standing with his right hand on the back of a wooden chair. He ...
Photograph

Potrait of Lena Baumel

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American woman posed standing partially behind a chair. She is resting he...
Photograph

The Krohn Family and Their Dogs

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American family and their two dogs. One woman is posed sitting on the left with her hands in h...
Photograph

Czar and Czarina of Russia

Date: 1890
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Tsar Alexander III and Tsarina Maria Feodorovna.
Photograph

Alexandra of Denmark

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Description: Three-quarter length standing carte-de-visite portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Alexandra of Denmark, Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the ...

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