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Mrs. John H. Kinzie

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Mrs. John Kinzie, born Juliette Augusta Magill (1808-1870), author of "Wau-Bun", from an oil painting made in 1855 by G.P.A. Healey.
Postcard

"Queen Marinette" Residence

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Description: Inset of head and shoulders portrait of "Queen Marinette" along with a depiction of her home, which was one of the earliest houses in Marinette. She was th...
Print

Dr. Laura Ross Wolcott

Date: 09 06 1882
Description: Engraving of Dr. Laura Ross Wolcott, the first president of the Woman Suffrage Movement in Milwaukee.
Poster

Testing the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1883
Description: Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc...
Painting

Sarah F. Conover

Date: 1856
Description: Painted portrait of Mrs. Sarah F. Conover.
Painting

Jane Dousman

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Jane Dousman.
Painting

Vinnie Ream Hoxie

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Description: Portrait of Vinnie Ream Hoxie with a harp.
Painting

Ruth DeYoung Kohler

Date: 1960
Description: Portrait of Ruth DeYoung Kohler.
Painting

Pocahontas

Date: 1832
Description: Portrait of Pocahontas.
Painting

Mrs. Austin Quinney and Her Daughter Harriet

Date: 1849
Description: Portrait of Jane Quinney, (born Ashotomay) wife of Austin E. Quinney, chief of the Stockbridge nation, and their daughter, Harriet.
Painting

Florantha Thompson Sproat

Date: 1838
Description: Waist-up portrait of Florantha Thompson Sproat.
Painting

Abby Louise Smith Tallmadge

Date: 1833
Description: Abigail Louise Smith Tallmadge (1804-1857) was the daughter of a New York judge and the mother of nine children. This portrait of Mrs. Tallmadge was painte...
Poster

People's New Year's Party

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Description: Poster advertising the Peoples' New Year's Party at the Langston Huges [sic] Center. Includes the motto "Same struggle — same fight."
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.
Photograph

The National American Woman Suffrage Association

Date: 02 1916
Description: Round and oval-framed portraits of nine newly elected officers of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. The officers are Mrs. Frank M. Roessing...
Photograph

Mamah Borthwick Cheney

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Description: Mamah Borthwick Cheney, mistress of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Print

"Chippeway (Ojibwa) Squaws"

Date: 1826
Description: Portrait of three Chippewa (Ojibwa) women with their babies, originally titled "Chippeway Squaws." Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, p...
Print

"Chippeway [Ojibwa] Squaw and Child"

Date: 1826
Description: Portrait of a Chippewa (Ojibwa) woman and her child, originally titled "Chippeway Squaw and Child." Hand-colored lithograph from the Aboriginal Portfolio, ...
Painting

Tshusick

Date: 1835
Description: Portrait of Tshusick, an Chippewa (Ojibwa) woman, that appeared in Volume I of The History of Indian Tribes by Thomas McKenney and James Hall.
Painting

Caroline Klauber

Date: 1868
Description: Oil painting of Caroline Klauber, wife of Samuel Klauber.

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