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V-J Day Celebration

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Seaman 1st class Tom Teeley with newsboy, Bernard Ehrmann, holding a copy of the Wisconsin State Journal with headline declaring peace in the Pacific. Cele...
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Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, the President of UW Madison 1887-1892.
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William Ellery Leonard

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Description: William Ellery Leonard, who was a poet and professor of English at the University of Wisconsin from 1906-44.
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George W. Peck

Date: 1860
Description: Portrait of George W. Peck, 2nd Lieutenant, Company E, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry.
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Joe Fedele Receives Badge

Date: 10 17 1932
Description: Captain Leo Kinney, Captain of Detectives, pinning a detective's badge on Joe Fedele, member of Post's Junior Detective Club, an organization sponsored by ...
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Young Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 1885
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright as a young man.
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr., as University Student

Date: 1879
Description: Stereograph portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., taken during his senior year at the University of Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin State Assembly in 1861

Date: 1861
Description: Composite of photographic portraits of the members of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
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Chimney Sweep George Stahl

Date: 10 05 1931
Description: Portrait of George Stahl, chimney sweep, with a pipe in his mouth, and wearing a tall hat and carrying a bag and a rope around his shoulder. He is standing...
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Richard Lloyd Jones

Date: 08 1916
Description: Richard Lloyd Jones, editor and publisher (1911-1919) of the Wisconsin State Journal, at his desk.
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Reuben Gold Thwaites

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Reuben Gold Thwaites, second Director of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
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Chanticleer Building

Date: 02 21 1930
Description: Chanticleer Orchestra managers, each with a dog at his side, sitting on the front steps of a building with an awning overhead that reads "Chanticleer."
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Harley-Davidson Motorcycle

Date: 08 22 1928
Description: Harley-Davidson motorcycle, used as a service vehicle for the Madison Tire Company, distributor of Goodyear tires, at 205 North Bassett Street.
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Orpheum Theatre Usher

Date: 1936
Description: Orpheum Theatre usher, Rolland W. Hamelin, who had recently received an appointment to West Point. 216 State Street.
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Charles Crownhart Jr.

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Description: Portrait of Charles Crownhart Jr., a member of the Industrial Commission.
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Judge John Bolivar Cassoday

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Description: Studio portrait of Judge John Bolivar Cassoday, Chief Justice.
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John Myers Olin

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Description: Vignetted quarter-length studio portrait of John Myers Olin. lin was a professor of the University of Wisconsin Law School and the president of the Madiso...
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Magnus Swenson (1855-1936)

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait of Magnus Swenson. He was a Norwegian immigrant who made his name in business and as an inventor. He served on the Wisconsin Capitol Buil...
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Lyman Copeland Draper

Date: 1881
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Lyman Copeland Draper.
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James Reeve Stuart

Date: 1900
Description: James Reeve Stuart in his studio, with paintings.

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