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Portrait of Samuel Marshall

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Description: Quarter-length formal oval painting of Samuel Marshall, (1820-1907), banker, co-founder and President of the Marshall & Ilsley Bank.
Painting

Pocahontas

Date: 1832
Description: Portrait of Pocahontas.
Photograph

Mrs. Ketch Ka Mi

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Description: Full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Mrs. Ketch ka mi, daughter of Potowatomi Indian Chief John Young.
Poster

McCarthy for U.S. Senator

Date: 11 05 1946
Description: Campaign poster for Republican candidate Joseph R. McCarthy, for U.S. Senate from Wisconsin. His image is a painted portrait.
Photograph

Ho-Chunk Man Posed Sitting

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Description: Studio full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man with long hair posed sitting in a fringed chair, holding a stick in clasped ha...
Photograph

Portrait of Issac Winslow

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Description: A copy of the portrait painting of Judge Issac Winslow, who held many prominent positions in the Plymouth colony, both military and civil, including being ...
Painting

John Winslow

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Description: A copy of the portrait painting of John Winslow who was a passenger on the Fortune, a boat like the Mayflower, on which two of his brothers were pas...
Photograph

Josiah Winslow

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Description: A copy of the portrait painting of Josiah Winslow, an American Pilgrim leader and later governor of the Plymouth Colony from 1673 to 1680.
Photograph

Penelope Winslow

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Description: A copy of a portrait painting of Penelope Winslow, the wife of Josiah Winslow who was governor of the Plymouth Colony from 1673 to 1680. Both were of Plymo...
Photograph

Franz Sigel

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Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Major General Franz Sigel, posed in front of a painted backdrop.
Photograph

Portrait of George Washington

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Description: Portrait of George Washington (1732-1799) in profile.
Photograph

Governor Emanual Lorenz Philipp

Date: 1918
Description: Photograph of a painted portrait of Governor Emanual Lorenz Philipp, the 23rd Governor of Wisconsin. He was a conservative Republican, born in Honey Creek ...
Poster

Goodland for Governor

Date: 11 05 1946
Description: Campaign poster for the Republican candidate Walter S. Goodland, for Governor of Wisconsin. His image is a painted portrait. The poster also recommended ca...
Photograph

Creative Center Workshop Group Portrait

Date: 03 30 1973
Description: Group portrait at the Mary Church Terrell Creative Center, which was founded in 1963 by Bernice Lindsay (second from left). The Creative Center was located...
Photograph

Caroline Allcott Stone

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a painting of Caroline Allcott Stone. Head and shoulders portrait, facing slightly left but eyes gazing forward. She is wearin...
Photograph

Thomas Mears

Date: 1890
Description: A photographic copy of a ca. 1824 head and shoulders oil painting of Thomas Mears (1775-1832). A caption accompanying the photograph notes that Mears was ...
Photograph

Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears

Date: 1860
Description: A photographic copy of an early, full-length studio portrait of Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears (1830-1907) standing in front of a painted backdrop with column ...
Photograph

Hercules Dousman

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Description: Digital reproduction of a framed oil painting of Hercules Dousman. He is leaning on the back of a chair, holding his gloves, and iis wearing a suit with an...
Photograph

The Reverend Jesse Jackson

Date: 1975
Description: The Reverend Jesse Jackson addressing an Operation PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) rally in its headquarters. He is pointing with one finger while s...

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