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Charles Darwin

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Description: Charles Darwin seated on a wicker chair with folded hands.
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Dome Elevation

Date: 1884
Description: Drawing by architect Stephen Vaughn Shipman of the dome for the third Wisconsin State Capitol. Wisconsin selected Shipman's design for the dome because of ...
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Comparing the Wisconsin State Capitols with the United States Capitol

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Description: Drawing comparing the dimensions of two Wisconsin State Capitols and the United States Capitol.
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Capitol (Third) Rotunda Section

Date: 1857
Description: Section drawing of the rotunda of the third Wisconsin State Capitol (second in Madison) by Stephen V. Shipman. August Kutzbock and Samuel H. Donnel were th...
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Henry David Thoreau

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Description: Head and shoulders image of Henry David Thoreau.
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State Street Panorama

Date: 1858
Description: Panoramic sketch of State Street between North and South Halls on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Published in Frank Leslie's Illustrate Newsp...
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George Baxter Burrows

Date: 1880
Description: Charcoal portrait of George Baxter Burrows. A Wisconsin State Senator (1878-1882) and real estate broker, he willed his twelve-acre Lake Mendota frontage e...
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Tonyawatha House

Date: 1885
Description: Illustration of people standing in front of the popular tourist resort Tonyawatha House from a book of two-tone lithograph views of Madison. About 1885 the...
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Tonyawatha Spring Hotel from across Lake Monona

Date: 1885
Description: Illustration of the exterior of the tourist resort Tonyawatha Spring Hotel (an earlier version was called Tonyawatha House) from across Lake Monona. There ...
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Second Ward School House

Date: 1868
Description: Illustration of the exterior of the Second Ward School House, copied from the 1868 Madison City Directory.
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Bruen's Block

Date: 1853
Description: Illustration of the new museum building, also known as "Bruen's Block," on the corner of East Washington Avenue and South Pinckney Street. Named for W.D. B...
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Madison Capital House

Date: 1853
Description: Illustration of the Capital house, a first-class hotel, copied from page 320 of Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion.
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Madison from University Hill

Date: 1852
Description: Pencil drawing of Madison landscape as seen from University Hill. The main street in the center is State Street, and the building with Greek columns in the...
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Madison Landscape

Date: 1852
Description: Pencil drawing of view overlooking Madison. The sketch looks down North Hamilton Street from the capitol. Rutted, irregular streets and frame houses mark ...
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Madison Female Academy

Date: 1848
Description: Sketch of the Madison Women's Seminary on the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and East Johnson. The Madison Female Academy was a 19th century school for girls w...
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Theordore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders

Date: 07 01 1898
Description: Illustration of Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill.
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Farmer Thrifty

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Description: Illustration of an immaculate farmstead captioned as "Woodland home as occupied by Farmer Thrifty".
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Farmer Slack

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Description: Illustration of farmstead in disrepair captioned "Woodland home ten years later in the hands of Farmer Slack".
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Commemorative Roster of Co. D, 7th Wisconsin Infantry

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Description: Hand-lettered Civil War commemorative roster of Company D, Seventh Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, known as the Stoughton Light Guard. The background is decor...
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Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin in 1830

Date: 1848
Description: The first Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien, with the Mississippi River in the foreground. Although dated 1830, this scene was actually painted by Henry Le...

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