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American Inventors

Date: 1900
Description: Cigar box label with portraits of inventors Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney, Robert Fulton, Cyrus McCormick, Richard March Hoe. Around the edges are illustratio...
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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

Military Portrait

Date: 1900
Description: Unknown soldier in full dress uniform.
Poster

The Ringling Brothers Poster

Date: 1905
Description: A Ringling Brothers poster of "Kings of the Circus World", depicting Alf. T., Al., Chas., John and Otto Ringling.
Photograph

International Harvester Branch(?) Office

Date: 1906
Description: Two men and a woman working in a branch(?) office of the International Harvester Company. One man is talking on a telephone. Portraits of William Deering a...
Photograph

James Reeve Stuart

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

Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Supreme Court

Date: 1903
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1903, the year in which a constitutional amendment approved expansion of the court from five to seven judg...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Supreme Court Detail

Date: 1903
Description: Detail of the 1903 group portrait of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, showing Justice Robert G. Siebecker, then the least senior member of the court. Siebecker...
Photograph

Ojibwa Chief Obtossaway

Date: 1903
Description: Hand-colored postcard depicting Ojibwa Chief Obtossaway. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the first cur...
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.
Print

Racine Civil War Veterans

Date: 1900
Description: "Racine County War Veterans Living and Dead." Composite of small oval head and shoulders portraits, consisting of about 100 Union soldiers, all identified....
Book or Pamphlet

Robert M. La Follette Sr. Speech

Date: 09 19 1900
Description: Pamphlet of Robert M. La Follette's first speech of the campaign that took place at Schlitz Park. The pamphlet contains the full speech.
Photograph

Native American on Horse

Date: 1902
Description: Portrait of Native American on horseback. A similar photograph that appeared in the Williston Press, January 11, 1951, dated it as 1902.
Photograph

Cary Bass and his Uncle Cary

Date: 1900
Description: Cary Bass and his Great Uncle Cary seated in a chair. They are most likely inside the Bass family home at 207 Clay Street.
Photograph

Cary Bass and his Uncle Cary

Date: 1900
Description: Cary Bass, standing next to his Great Uncle Cary, who is seated. They are most likely seated inside the Bass family home, 207 Clay Street.
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

Studio Portrait of Four Young Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk men sitting in front of two standing young Ho-Chunk men wearing hats. The man sitting ...
Photograph

Edwin O. Kimberly

Date: 1900
Description: Photographic calling card of Colonel Edwin O. Kimberly. During the Civil War he was in the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry. It is noted on the card that he was the ...
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...

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