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Robert M. La Follette, Sr.

Date: 1932
Description: Portrait of Robert Marion La Follette, Sr., a founder of the Progressive movement, governor of Wisconsin, and United States congressman and senator.
Painting

Orland S. Loomis

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Description: Painted portrait of Orland Steen Loomis in a suit and blue necktie.
Painting

Moses Meeker

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Description: Portrait of Moses Meeker, lead miner and politician.
Photograph

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Date: 07 1946
Description: Dwight D. Eisenhower, fishing with his brothers on Wisconsin Lake, proudly exhibit Muskies and one Northern Pike.
Photograph

Lucius Fairchild

Date: 1870
Description: Waist-up portrait of Lucius Fairchild.
Photograph

Isaac L. Stephenson

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Description: Oval-framed quarter-length portrait of United States senator Isaac Stephenson.
Painting

Edward Salomon

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Edward Salomon.
Painting

Levi Sterling

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Description: Levi Sterling — "Born in Woodford county, Ky., Jan 2,, 1804. Arrived at Galena, March, 1826, and in May located near Mineral Point, Wis.; served as sheriff...
Photograph

UAW-CIO Local 75 Election

Date: 12 1946
Description: Members of the United Automobile Workers union, Local 75, line up outside the local's headquarters, 308 E. Center Street, to vote on delegates to the union...
Painting

Alanson Sweet

Date: 1856
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 ...
Painting

Absalom Townsend

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Description: Absalom A. Townsend — "Born in New Jersey, Dec. 7, 1810. Settled near Gratiot's Grove, Wis., May 18, 1827; served in the Black Hawk war; filled various cou...
Print

View of the Great Treaty Held at Prairie du Chien

Date: 09 1825
Description: Treaty at Prairie du Chien, with Fort Crawford seen in the background. This treaty negotiated between Governor William Clark and Governor Lewis Cass and ov...
Photograph

Anti-Franco Demonstration

Date: 03 1946
Description: CIO members joined Lincoln Brigade veterans in a demonstration on Wisconsin Avenue last week to demand the breaking off of U.S. diplomatic relations with F...
Photograph

Henry Wallace for President Demonstration

Date: 08 12 1948
Description: One of the many demonstrations organized by the People's Progressive Party in Milwaukee to fight the ever-rising cost of living. The campaign includes the ...
Photograph

Children and Adults Participating in Milwaukee Labor Day Parade

Date: 09 03 1945
Description: The 6th Ward Contingent represented a community on the march. Black men, women and children from the CIO and AF of L, from small business, brought a messa...
Photograph

Picketers in Favor of Continued Price Controls

Date: 07 19 1946
Description: Young demonstrators at the CIO's "Don't Buy a Depression" rally.
Photograph

Awaiting the Arrival of Charles Lindbergh

Date: 1928
Description: View from stands of crowd gathered for the arrival of Charles Lindbergh and his famed airplane the "Spirit of St. Louis".
Photograph

Veterans Housing

Date: 1947
Description: Three men at the University of Wisconsin, with tent and sign that reads "People of Madison! Vets in tent need rooms to rent".
Photograph

Carrie Lane

Date: 1883
Description: Quarter-length vignetted studio portrait of Carrie Lane Chapman Catt when she was still single and a teacher in Mason City, Iowa.
Photograph

Carrie Chapman Catt

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Description: Carrie Chapman Catt in her Seattle home reading a book.

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