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| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | Oil portrait of Nathaniel Ames, a former Revolutionary War soldier. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of John Arndt sitting and resting his hands on a cane. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Wisconsin governor, William A. Barstow 1854-1856. |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Lyman C. Draper. This shows him at the time he assumed the position of Historical Society superintendent, at the age of 38. |
| Date: | 1856 |
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| Description: | Alanson Sweet -- "Migrated from Owasco, N.Y. in 1835, to Milwaukee; was a member of the Milwaukee Union for the protection of settlers on the public lands ... |
| Date: | 06 24 1852 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the Washington, D.C. Delegation of Indians. Five Indians pose with a man in a beard and suit. From Benjamin Armstrong, "Early Life Among Th... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Drawing of Chief Oshkosh rendered from a daguerreotype by J.F. Harrison. He is wearing a top hat wrapped with a ribbon. Also a suitcoat, bowtie, beaded nec... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length engraving portrait of Thomas Jefferson painted by G. Stuart and engraved by J.C. Buttre. From "The History of Democracy in the United States... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Lithograph of the Wisconsin State Capitol, surrounded by portraits of Wisconsin Statesmen. Governor Bashford hired the Madison architectural firm Kutzbock ... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of an oval-shaped pendant with a portrait of General Daniel Brodhead (October 1736-November 1809) of Pennsylvania. General Brodhe... |
| Date: | 1853 |
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| Description: | A head and shoulders portrait of Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States, 1850-1853. Fillmore was born in the Finger Lakes country of New Yo... |
| Date: | 1855 |
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| Description: | A portrait of Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States, 1853-1857. Pierce was born on November 23, 1804 in Hillsboro, New Hampshire and died O... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Proof sheets of five and ten dollars bills of the Wisconsin Bank of Madison. Among other illustrations, the notes include an engraving of Leonard J. Farwel... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Inset of an engraved portrait of Governor William Barstow. |
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