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| Description: | Portrait of Philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Jr. |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of banker and philanthropist, J.P. Morgan. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Poster for "Democratic Candidates Kept Off the Ticket" for "Election Tuesday Nov. 7, 1922." Candidates and their photos include: Joseph R. Pfiffner, Emil T... |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Calbraith Perry Rodgers, with a cigar characteristically clenched in his jaw, was the first man to fly across the United States. He undertook this flight i... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | John Kaminski of Milwaukee in his World War I pilot's uniform. |
| Date: | 05 08 1912 |
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| Description: | License #121 issued to John Kaminski in 1912 by the Aero Club of America. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Rodney Williams, a World War I pilot from Delafield, Wisconsin, posed wearing his U.S. Air Service uniform. With five enemy aircraft downed in July 1918, ... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | John Schwister at the controls of the "Minnesota-Badger," the plane he built in St. Paul, Minnesota and Wausau, Wisconsin. The passenger beside Schwister i... |
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| Description: | Portrait of Orville Wright inscribed to aviation publicist and historian Harry Bruno, whose collection of papers and photographs is housed at the Wisconsin... |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Edwin H. Blashfield, American mural painter and mosaic artist, whose work can be seen at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Whe... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Alfred C. Clas (1859-1942), Milwaukee architect whose firm designed the Wisconsin Historical Society Headquarters building. The architectural f... |
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| Description: | Portrait of Attilio Piccirilli, sculptor of many figures adorning the Wisconsin State Capitol. Attilio was one of several brothers who operated a stonecarv... |
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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... |
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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... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Oshkosh native Helen Farnsworth Mears, age 20, at the time of the unveiling of her sculpture, "Genius of Wisconsin," on display at the southwes... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Sculptor Jean Pond Miner working on her statue "Forward" in the Wisconsin Building at the Columbian Exposition. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | General William "Billy" Mitchell in full dress uniform. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | General William "Billy" Mitchell in the cockpit of his airplane. |
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| Description: | Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker, who earned the title "Ace of Aces" for his 27 victories during World War I. In this photograph he is posed against a plane ... |
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