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La Follette, Sr. Engraving

Date: 1904
Description: An engraved head and shoulders portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., during the period when he was the governor of Wisconsin.
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

"The Pharmacopeia Comes of Age" Painting

Date: 02 1956
Description: Photograph of a painting titled: "The Pharmacopeia Comes of Age" by the artist Robert Thom. The painting depicts a scene from 1880. Pictured are the notabl...
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Painting of Lyman Spalding

Date: 1955
Description: Photograph of an oil painting of Lyman Spalding, a founder of the United States Pharmacopeia, and its first chairman. The painting was done by the artist R...
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James Reeve Stuart

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

Vilas Flying Certificate

Date: 1915
Description: Certificate issued to E.M. Griffith, the Wisconsin State Forester, so that Griffith could prove that he had flown at an altitude of 1600 feet in the "flyin...
Photograph

Proxmire Portrait

Date: 10 1975
Description: Informal portrait of Senator William Proxmire.
Photograph

William Jennings Bryan Addressing Crowd

Date: 10 03 1900
Description: View from audience of William Jennings Bryan, as Democratic nominee for election to the presidency, addressing a crowd, estimated at 15,000 people, at a st...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

1st Wisconsin Cavalry Veterans

Date: 1902
Description: Newspaper page with a composite of portraits of the First Wisconsin Cavalry veterans from the Civil War who enlisted at Ripon, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Views of Oslo

Date: 1914
Description: Multiple views of Oslo. Some pictured are the woolen mill and the dam.
Postcard

Joe McCarthy Postcard

Date: 1946
Description: Postcard depicting Joe McCarthy issued by the Republican Party of Wisconsin during the 1946 senatorial campaign.
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.
Poster

Che Guevara Poster

Date: 11 1971
Description: Poster of Che Guevara based on a famous photograph from 1960 by Alberto Korda. Created by RPM printing co-op in Madison, Wisconsin, using a crosshatching t...
Photograph

Morris Family Portrait

Date: 1912
Description: Informal portrait of the W.A.P. Morris family, with the patriarch seated at the head of the table at the left, and his children and grandchildren. Portrai...
Photograph

Pela Rosen Alpert in Kristianstad, Sweden

Date: 1947
Description: Portrait of Pela Rosen Alpert in Kristianstad, Sweden. She is sitting on the steps outside of a house looking at a photograph.
Print

Ellis B. Usher

Date: 1914
Description: Engraved portrait of Ellis B. Usher, editor and prominent Wisconsin Democrat, from the frontispiece of his multi-volume history of Wisconsin.
Photograph

Bass Family Portrait

Date: 1905
Description: Lorinda Hill Bass sits in the center, with daughters Martha Bass Haskin, left, and Rhoda Bass Shephard beside her. Her sons, Edward, left, and Frank, right...
Photograph

Senator Wiley with Apollo Model

Date: 09 14 1962
Description: Senator Alexander Wiley posing with a cutaway model of an Apollo rocket. Behind him on a wall are portraits of Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy.
Photograph

Cowboys Outside of Their Cabin

Date: 1905
Description: A view of cowboys posing outside of their log cabin dwelling. Three stand against the wall, while four sit. The sitter on the right has a banjo. In the lef...
Photograph

Memorial Continental Hall

Date: 1921
Description: A general view of the Disarmament Conference in Memorial Continental Hall from the balcony. Politicians sit around tables, and an audience gathers on the m...

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