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Painting

Solomon Juneau

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Solomon Juneau. He was born in Lower Canada on August 9th, 1793, Juneau came to Michigan (then), now Wisconsin, in Septembe...
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George H. Walker

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of George H. Walker, who was born in Lynchburgh, Campbell County, Virginia, October 5th, 1812. He emigrated to Wisconsin in Oc...
Photograph

Ebenezer Brigham

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Ebenezer Brigham, founder of the first major community in the Blue Mounds of Wisconsin, which included a mine, frontier inn...
Photograph

John H. Rountree

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Major John H. Rountree. He was born in March of 1805 in Kentucky, near the Mammoth Cave, and came to Wisconsin on May 27, 1...
Photograph

Augustus A. Bird

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Augustus A. Bird. He was born in Reading, Windsor County, Vermont and emigrated to Wisconsin in 1836. He and his family w...
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James Rogan

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of James Rogan. He was born in County Down, Ireland on August 12th, 1801, and came to America in April of 1823. In 1836, Rogan...
Photograph

Ebenezer Brigham

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Ebenezer Brigham, founder of the first major community in the Blue Mounds of Wisconsin, which included a mine, frontier inn...
Photograph

Pioneer Christmas Scene

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Reenacting a pioneer Christmas custom of many foreign settlers in the early days of Wisconsin of singing carols around the family organ, are left to right:...
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Frank Blied Receiving Award from Bishop O'Connor

Date: 03 04 1949
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor presents the medal of Benemerenti to Frank Blied, a member of a pioneer Madison family. The medal, awarded by Pope Pius XII, is ...
Photograph

Quinney Family

Date: 1900
Description: Posed studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Quinney family, including Bridget (O'Keefe) Quinney, her sons Thomas (Tom) and William (Bill), ...
Photograph

Grignon House and Family

Date: 1896
Description: The house built by Charles A. Grignon between 1837 and 1839 for Mary Meade, his Pennsylvania bride. Mrs. Grignon and her family are standing in front of th...
Photograph

Nathan Myrick

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Description: Portrait of Nathan Myrick, first white settler of La Crosse.
Photograph

Israel Donalson

Date: 09 1855
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of Samuel Donalson, 1767-1860, around the age of 90, sitting and holding a cane. Mr. Donalson was an early set...
Painting

Colonel Robert Patterson

Date: 1850
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of Colonel Robert Patterson (1753-1827). Patterson was a pioneer settler to both Kentucky and Ohio. He served in ...
Photograph

Far Traveled Ox-Drawn Cart

Date: 1838
Description: Ox-drawn cart in which Mr. and Mrs. Salmon Upson traveled from Connecticut in 1838.
Painting

Bland Ballard

Date: 1850
Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of a painting of Bland Ballard (1761-1853). Ballard was a noted Kentucky pioneer, and also served as a scout for General George...
Photograph

Colonel William Martin

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Description: Quarter plate daguerreotype of Col. William Martin of Tennessee. Williams was an early Tennessee settler who fought in the Indian Wars and the War of 1812....
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Harrison Ludington and Talbot Dousman

Date: 1857
Description: Portrait of Harrison Ludington, the future 13th governor of Wisconsin (left) and Talbot C. Dousman (right). They are both wearing top hats and suits. They ...
Photograph

Ceylon Childs Lincoln

Date: 1868
Description: Quarter plate ferrotype/tintype of Ceylon Childs Lincoln. Full-length seated pose facing 45 degrees to the right, with left arm on cloth covered table and ...
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James McKesson

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Description: Ninth plate ferrotype/tintype of James McKesson, pioneer settler in Superior, Wisconsin. Waist-up portrait, seated, facing forward wearing a suit, tie, and...

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