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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.
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Colonel Theodor C. Rodolf

Date: 1881
Description: Quarter-length engraving of Colonel Theodor C. Rodolf.
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Thomas Jefferson

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Description: Quarter-length engraving of Thomas Jefferson.
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Edward George Ryan

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Description: Engraving of Edward George Ryan (1810-1880) at the age of 65. He was Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court after the Civil War, and a leading Democr...
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Joshua Glover

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Joshua Glover.
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Drafting the Declaration of Independence

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Description: An engraving of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Philip Livingston, and Roger Sherman, drafters of the Declaration of Independence gathered...
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Andrew Jackson

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Description: Portrait engraving of Andrew Jackson with small inset of his home, The Hermitage, near Nashville, Tennessee.
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George Washington

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Description: Quarter-length portrait engraving of George Washington.
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John Quincy Adams

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Description: A portrait engraving of John Quincy Adams, 6th U.S. president, with an inset of "Treaty With the Osages" at the bottom.
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Abraham Lincoln

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Description: Portrait engraving of Abraham Lincoln.
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John Adams

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Description: Engraving of John Adams with an inset of "M. Tallyrand Receiving the American Envoys, 1797."
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George Washington

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Description: Portrait engraving of George Washington.
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Robert E. Lee

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Description: Portrait engraving of Robert E. Lee, seated.
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Ulysses S. Grant

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Description: Portrait engraving of Ulysses S. Grant.
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Christopher Latham Sholes

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Description: A portrait of Christopher Latham Sholes, the inventor of the typewriter. Sholes was an editor in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and later continued this work in Milwa...
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Solomon Juneau, Founder of Milwaukee

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait engraving of Solomon Laurent Juneau (1793-1856), Wisconsin fur trader and politician.
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D.F. Tyrrel and Sound Money

Date: 10 22 1896
Description: "Sound Money!". A broadside advertising a talk by D.F. Tyrrel of Marinette, Wisconsin, in behalf of the Republican Presidential candidacy of William McKinl...
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Schlitz Beer Advertisement

Date: 04 1932
Description: "Here's to Health!", an advertisement for the alcohol-free beer brewed by Schlitz during Prohibition. The advertising touts the product's healthful qualiti...
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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.
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Republican Presidential Nomination Candidates

Date: 06 05 1884
Description: Engraved portraits of candidates for the Republican Presidential Nomination. Chester A. Arthur, General John A. Logan, George Franklin Edmunds, and James G...

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